CMT's Alan Leaving: CMT Hot 20 Countdown host Cody Alan will sign off at the end of the year after a 17-year run with the network. Alan continues to host SiriusXM's Highway Mornings.

Hot Air: No official word, but as the last remaining original music programming following last year's pause on production of CMT Crossroads and the CMT Music Awards, the end of H20C could be the end of CMT as a country music network. Parent company Paramount has been restructuring and laying off employees since its August acquisition by Skydance, but CMT has been in a years-long drawdown of staff and investment, punctuated most recently by the news that SVP Margaret Comeaux is also departing at year-end (CAT 10/30).