Farid Suleman has been the chairman and CEO of Citadel Broadcasting since March 2002. He previously spent 16 years working for Infinity Broadcasting Corporation (now CBS Radio), owned by Viacom (now CBS Corporation).
In late 2004, Suleman made headlines by cutting Howard Stern's radio show from four Citadel stations, citing Stern's frequent discussions regarding his upcoming move to Sirius Satellite Radio.
In 2007, he was nominated for the Group ...
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Farid Suleman has been the chairman and CEO of Citadel Broadcasting since March 2002. He previously spent 16 years working for Infinity Broadcasting Corporation (now CBS Radio), owned by Viacom (now CBS Corporation).
In late 2004, Suleman made headlines by cutting Howard Stern's radio show from four Citadel stations, citing Stern's frequent discussions regarding his upcoming move to Sirius Satellite Radio.
In 2007, he was nominated for the Group Executive of the Year award by Radio & Records magazine. 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.
Farid Suleman was a director of Westwood One from February 1994 to February 2006, and Executive Vice President and CFO from February 1994 to March 2002. Suleman was also appointed to the positions of Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of the CBS Station Group in June 1997. In CBS, he was later named Senior...
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