DAN MASON BIO
Dan Mason serves
as President and Chief Executive Officer of CBS RADIO. In this role, he oversees
CBS RADIO's 140 stations, as well as the day-to-day operations of the division.
Mason returned to CBS RADIO in April 2007 after serving as an adviser and
consultant to CBS and other domestic and international companies in the radio
broadcasting industry for the past five years. Prior to that, Mason was
President of CBS RADIO from 1995-2002. As the executive responsible for
operating the group's then 184 stations in the largest markets across the United
States, Mason successfully integrated the original CBS, Group W, Infinity Radio
and American Radio Systems stations, among the most venerable radio broadcasting
groups in the country, by merging operations, blending business styles and
increasing profitability.
Mason joined Westinghouse as President of Group W Radio in 1993. He began his
career in radio in 1975 at WZGC-FM in Atlanta.
In 1977,
he moved to WPGC-FM in Washington, D.C., where he was that station's Program
Director as well as National Program Director for First Media, the parent
company. In 1979, at the age of 27, he was named Vice President/General Manager
of KTSA/KTFM in San Antonio. Mason later returned to First Media where he was
named Executive Vice President. When First Media became Cook Inlet Radio
Partners, he was named that organization's President in 1988.
A native of Louisville, Ky., Mason graduated from Eastern Kentucky University
with a degree in broadcasting, and was recently given an honorary Doctorate of
Humanities from that institution. In 1995, EKU named Mason "Outstanding Alumnus
of the Year," and Radio and Records honored him as Radio Executive of the Year.
He has two sons and is based in New York City.
(from CBS RADIO web site)
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