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David Oxenford breaks down exactly who will be paying more, and how much, perfectly in his latest blog. When the CRB set the rates for 2016 through 2020, it included increases based on increases in the Consumer Price Index. There was no increase in 2016, however the CRB has determined there was enough of an increase in the CPI in 2017 to warrant raising the rates in 2018.

Mary Lea Wagner is the new General Sales Manager for Bonneville’s KOIT and KMVQ in San Francisco. Wagner will oversee all sales for the two stations. Most recently, she was GSMfor KSWD-FM in Los Angeles.

Rob Kruz returns to the nation’s capital from WFLZ in Tampa, to take up the PD role at HOT 99.5, “DC’s No. 1 Hit Music Station,” effective December 18.  He replaces Tommy Chuck who was promoted to SVP Programming for Tampa/Sarasota.

You might think he is if you saw THIS COVER of the latest New York Times Magazine. The photo they chose for a cover story interview on Hannity makes him look pretty angry, even though the lengthy article about one of radio's most successful talkers was detailed, fair, and balanced.

DeDe McGuire will continue doing wakeup duties on Dallas-Ft. Worth’s K104 under a new four-year contract extension that includes national syndication in 2018. McGuire’s career has included stops in Chicago and Philadelphia, and she served as co-host with the late, great Doug Banks on the syndicated Doug Banks Show.

(Barry Cohen) Barry Cohen isn't shy about making predictions -- and he's been right on the money in the past. Which makes his 10 predictions about the sales world well worth reading. Let's see what he has to say about the future of radio sales.

(By Matt Miller) The talent of the future are no longer simply associated with a brand, they are the brand. The radio talent of the future will be a social media and digital force. The talent will be horizontally integrated in the digital space, able to be consumed in visual, written, and audio form to be everywhere with and for the audience, live or on demand.

(By Gary Krantz) Jeff Warshaw, CEO of Connoisseur Media, is pushing boundaries, combining streaming with terrestrial radio in a new New York digital station targeted to millennials. It’s called Satori. Here’s how his vision came about.

That's according to Newsday. Even though the station is now owned by Entercom, and longtime co-host Craig Carton resigned after being arrested, President of CBS Sports David Berson said the simulcast on the CBS Sports Network will continue as is. "It’s safe to say it’s going to continue without interruption.” Boomer & Carton started simulcasting in January 2014.

The Steve Harvey Morning Show Annual Turkey Give saw a fantastic 8,000 turkeys donated by the top-rated syndicated morning show, to help those less fortunate celebrate the Thanksgiving holiday.