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Employees want a minimum of $17 an hour for off-air staff, and $30 an hour for on-air talent at the Cumulus sports station. SFGate.com reports Cumulus has countered with the San Francisco minimum wage of $13.00 per hour, according to union negotiators. The rally was held outside AT&T Park in San Francisco. None of KNBR's big name talent such as Gary Radnich, Tom Tolbert, and Murph & Mac were at the rally. Clearly those KNBR stars are making more than minimum wage.

It's actually a gift certificate to win a rifle at a local gun shop because the station is not a licensed gun dealer and cannot give away the actual rifle. This image is how the giveaway is being promoted on the Talk 99.5 website. Host Matt Murphy tells Al.com, "This is a way to break down some of the miscellaneous beliefs about this type of gun (The Bushmaster XM15)."

WWJ Newsradio 950, 97.1 The Ticket, and CBS Sports Radio 1270 (WXYT-AM), in association with IMG, announced today a long-term agreement to air University of Michigan football, basketball, and hockey. This is an extension of a partnership that began more than 20 years ago.

The company is giving WBOS a new look and a new logo. The music will remain Alternative but the station will now cut out a lot of the clutter. PD Ken West said, "We are passionate about delivering our content in a non-cluttered, non-controversial, pure-play music environment by playing the most music. In doing so, we are offering the ALT 92.9 Promise: 60 minutes of music after every commercial break."

One day after opening registration for CRS 2017, Country Radio Seminar officials announced the New Faces of Country Music show is sold out. It's the second consecutive year New Faces tickets sold out the same day they became available.

This week, Radio One Atlanta stations Hot 107.9, Majic 107.5, Praise 102.5, and Boom 97.5/102.9 hosted the #StrategyForChange Town Hall meeting in Decatur, GA. Syndicated radio host Rickey Smiley hosted the event.

ASCAP has launched a redesigned version of ACE, its public repertory database. ACE ("ASCAP Clearance Express") is a searchable database that contains information relating to musical works in the ASCAP repertory of 10 million works, and is updated weekly.

WROQ-FM/Classic Rock 101.1, WTPT-FM/93.3 The Planet, and The Blood Connection will kick off their 12th Annual Rock N Roll Up Your Sleeve starting Thursday. The successful blood drive has become South Carolina Upstate's largest over the last 11 years and is expanding to three days this year.

How many recent reports have we read that stated radio was the tried-and-true blue way to discover new music? Is that a positive stat that can no longer be proudly touted by radio executives at radio conferences? Well, that would depend on whether you want to believe the Music Biz study just released this week? Let's dig into the numbers.