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(Buzz Knight) Scott Brown is the Senior VP for Engineering and Strategic Relations at Nielsen. His responsibility involves insights relating to impending changes to the media landscape, the impact of new technology, and the path of new advertising models. I talked to him about what to expect at CES 2018.

Paul Horton is the new Program Director and morning show host for WMXS-FM/Mix 103.3/Montgomery, AL. He debuted Monday on The Mix Morning Show. The show airs weekdays from 6-10 a.m. Horton joins Cumulus from WVRV-FM in Montgomery.

WPEG-FM/Charlotte (Power 98) has partnered with Habitat for Humanity Charlotte for the second year in a row to build a home for a local Charlotte family. The house will be located in the Lakewood neighborhood of Charlotte. No Limit Larry and the Morning Maddhouse will kick off the initiative with a live broadcast on January 12.

A lot of shuffling took place on the Media Monitors list last week. GEICO moved back to the top spot (from sixth) by running 52,133 on radio stations across America. The Fox Entertainment Group, promoting TV programs, moved from 12th to second with 50,886.

Honolulu’s Alternative station STAR 101.9 will debut The Woody Show, today, replacing Hudson & Scotty B, who hosted their last show Tuesday after working together for 20 years. Hudson move's to middays replacing John Manuel and Scotty B will now host the midday show on sister station KSSK-FM.

It's called "CMA’s 2017 Country Music Streaming Study: The Way Forward To Drive Consumption." The data will be presented in a session Wednesday, February 7, at 10 a.m. at the Country Radio Seminar in Nashville. Here's what the research will tell us...

The company says it flipped the frequencies of two Country stations on January 15. Texas Red Dirt Country KPUR-FM/“The Armadillo” will move from 107.1 to the more powerful 100,000-watt 95.7. KARX-FM will segue to its new home at 107.1 as NASH Icon 107.1 FM. There will be no changes in personnel or programming when the flip takes place.

That's what former WGN Chicago (and now Entercom Chicago Market Manager) Jimmy deCastro called Todd Manley when Manley worked for deCastro as WGN's VP of Content & Programming. Now Manley sits in the GM seat, running one of the most recognizable set of call letters in the country. What's his plan now that he has the keys?

Entercom announces that Aaron Axelsen will remain APD and Music Director for ALT 105.3 (KITS-FM) in San Francisco after signing a multi-year contract extension. Axelsen began as an intern at KITS-FM in 1995 and was later promoted to Music Director in 1998 and APD in 2008.

After 17 years co-hosting the WKKO morning show, Harvey Steele's last day on the air was December 20. He passed away on the 28th. Steele and Gary Shores teamed up to do afternoons on K100 starting in 1994. They were #1 in PM Drive for six years and won a CMA Award as Best Medium Market Broadcasters in 1995. In 2000, they were moved to morning drive where they became the longest-running morning duo in the market.