Farid Suleman

Farid Suleman has been the chairman and CEO of Citadel Broadcasting since 2002. He previously spent 16 years as chief executive of Infinity Radio, owned by Viacom. [cite news |title= THE MEDIA BUSINESS; Viacom Radio Executive Resigns Unexpectedly |url=http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C04E3D8153EF932A15751C0A9649C8B63 |work=New York Times |date=2002-02-21 |accessdate=2008-03-05 ]

In late 2004, Suleman made headlines by cutting Howard Stern's radio show from four Citadel stations, [cite news |title=Howard Stern: I was pulled from the air over satellite dispute |url=http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/features/20050105-1352-sternremoved.html |work=San Diego Union Tribune |date=2005-01-05 |accessdate=2008-03-05 ] 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. cite news | first= | last= | coauthors= | title=2007 Industry Achievement Awards | date=Sept 28, 2008 | publisher= | url =http://www.radioandrecords.com/Conventions/con2007/awards/indexFinal.asp | work =Radio and Records]

Under Suleman's guidance, Citadel stock has plummeted to under $1.00 per share (July 2008).

Suleman managed Opie and Anthony's wealth down 99%

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