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Ray Taliaferro who was reported missing in Kentucky last week still has not been found, according to The Mercury News. The 79-year old Taliaferro is from San Francisco and was visiting the area around Paducah.

Nielsen's Board of Directors has hired David Kenny as CEO of the company. Kenny, who begins December 3, joins Nielsen from IBM, where he led IBM's Cognitive Solutions business. Kenny succeeds Mitch Barns who's retiring.

Shecterle will join NRG Media Omaha’s seven-station cluster — KZOT-AM, La Nueva, KOIL-AM, Power 106.9, Sweet 98.5, The Keg, and The Zone — December 10.

Redington of WMVY 88.7 FM in Edgartown, MA, won a Massachusetts Broadcasters Association Merit Award for Spot News.

The Madison Square Garden Company has named Ami Patel VP of Artist Relations & VIP Services for the Forum in Inglewood. Patel will oversee all ticketing and on-site VIP and celebrity management for the arena. Prior to joining MSG, Patel was Director of National Entertainment for iHeartMedia.

The Kuhner Report is returning to morning drive on WRKO-AM 680 in Boston, beginning November 26. In addition, the debut of the new V.B. in the Middle with host Doug “V.B.” Goudie will air weekday afternoons from 12 p.m. to 3 p.m., also beginning November 26.

Matt Siegel, host of Kiss 108’s Matty In The Morning, received the Broadcaster of the Year award at the Massachusetts Broadcasters Sound Bites event, November 18, at the Sheraton Framingham Hotel in Framingham, MA.

Gail Austin has been named Program Director for 93.7 KSD-FM/St. Louis. Her start date is December 3. Austin held previous operations and programming positions with Clear Channel Jacksonville, WQIK-Jacksonville, and WCOL-Columbus.

Elvis Duran’s 4th Annual Carney Awards can be seen on November 24, 8-10 p.m. on PIX11, Tribune Broadcasting’s New York flagship television station. Check local listings.

The Mets are moving games from iHeart's WOR-AM to Entercom's WCBS-AM next season and Josh Lewin will not be part of that move. For the past six years Lewin has called the games with Howie Rose. Rose is moving to CBS.