Farid Suleman has been the chairman and CEO of Citadel Broadcasting since 2002. A chief executive officer ( CEO) or chief executive is typically the highest-ranking corporate officer ( executive) or administrator For the similarly named television broadcaster see Citadel Communications. He previously spent 16 years as chief executive of Infinity Radio, owned by Viacom. This article is about the radio group for the radio network see CBS Radio Network. Viacom ( ( short for " Vi deo & A udio Com munications" is an American Media conglomerate with various worldwide interests [1]
In late 2004, Suleman made headlines by cutting Howard Stern's radio show from four Citadel stations,[2] citing Stern's frequent discussions regarding his upcoming move to Sirius Satellite Radio. Howard Allan Stern (born January 12 1954 is an American radio host and Television personality.
In 2007, he was nominated for the Group Executive of the Year award by Radio & Records magazine. Radio & Records ( R&R) was a weekly trade magazine that tracked radio airplay from the various genres including pop country R&B and many others Other finalists 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. John Hogan is CEO of Clear Channel Radio (a subdivision of Clear Channel Communications) in San Antonio Texas. Clear Channel Communications is a media conglomerate company based in the United States. Greater Media Inc, known as Greater Media, is an American media company that specializes in radio stations David Field may refer to David Field (actor David Field (astrophysicist David Dudley Field II Entercom Communications Corporation ( is the fourth-largest broadcasting company in the United States Lincoln National Corporation ( is a Holding company, which operates multiple Insurance and investment management businesses through subsidiary companies [3]