Farid Suleman

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Farid Suleman
Occupation(s)CEO and chairman of Citadel Broadcasting[source?]

Farid Suleman has been the chairman (the person who leads the group of people that controls the company) and CEO of Citadel Broadcasting since 2002.[1] Before working at Citadel, he spent 16 years as CEO of Infinity Radio, owned by Viacom.[2]

In late 2004, Suleman was in the news for cutting Howard Stern's radio show from four Citadel stations[3] because of Stern's frequent discussions about Stern's move to Sirius Satellite Radio.

In 2007, he was put forward to get the Group Executive of the Year award by Radio & Records magazine. Other people who were close to getting the award included John Hogan of Clear Channel, Peter Smyth of Greater Media, David Field of Entercom, Lew Dickey of Cumulus, and Don Benson of Lincoln Financial.[4]

References[change | change source]

  1. "Farid Suleman". Archived from the original on 2008-10-24. Retrieved 2009-02-21.
  2. "THE MEDIA BUSINESS; Viacom Radio Executive Resigns Unexpectedly". New York Times. 2002-02-21. Retrieved 2008-03-05.
  3. "Howard Stern: I was pulled from the air over satellite dispute". San Diego Union Tribune. 2005-01-05. Retrieved 2008-03-05.
  4. "2007 Industry Achievement Awards". Radio and Records. September 28, 2008. Archived from the original on May 11, 2008. Retrieved February 25, 2009.