Citadel Broadcasting Names Bill Figenshu President - Western Region.Entertainment Editors/Business Editors NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 9, 2003 Citadel Broadcasting
Citadel Broadcasting Corporation NYSE: CDL is a Las Vegas, Nevada based broadcast holding company. Investment house Forstmann Little & Company owns 27% of Citadel. Corporation, a leading operator of radio stations in mid-sized markets throughout the U.S., today announced that it has named Bill Figenshu as President of its Western Region, effective July 23, 2003. Figenshu's experience as a long-time broadcaster gives him in-depth knowledge of all facets of the radio industry. He was most recently SVP SVP S'il Vous Plaît (French: Please) SVP Senior Vice President SVP Schweizerische Volkspartei (Swiss People~s Party) SVP Society of Vertebrate Paleontology SVP Social Venture Partners SVP St Vincent de Paul at Infinity infinity, in mathematics, that which is not finite. A sequence of numbers, a1, a2, a3, … , is said to "approach infinity" if the numbers eventually become arbitrarily large, i.e. Broadcasting. Prior to his work at Infinity, Figenshu was President of Viacom Radio. Farid Suleman Farid Suleman is the current chairman and CEO of Citadel Broadcasting. For years at Infinity Radio, Suleman was the main assistant of Mel Karmazin, who has since made a move to head up Sirius Satellite Radio. , CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of Citadel, said, "I am delighted to once again work with Bill. His experience will be invaluable at Citadel." Judy Ellis, COO of Citadel, added, "We are fortunate to be able to add someone with Bill's knowledge and talent to the Citadel team." "I am excited to be back on Farid's team and to work with Judy in growing Citadel's radio stations," Figenshu said. "I love day-to-day operations and look forward to meeting and working with the station staff at one of the country's top radio broadcasters." Citadel Broadcasting Corporation is a pure play radio broadcaster focused primarily on acquiring, developing and operating radio stations in mid-sized markets throughout the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. . The Company owns or operates 140 FM and 65 AM radio stations in 42 markets, including clusters of four or more stations in 32 markets. Citadel was acquired by Forstmann Little & Co. in June 2001. |
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