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A conversation with radio entrepeneur Norm Pattiz
with Norm Pattiz on Jul 8, 2003
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with Norm Pattiz on Jul 8, 2003
Norman Joel Pattiz is a radio entrepreneur and founder and chairman of Westwood One, the United States’ largest radio network. He was the inspiration for Al-Hurra TV, a United States-based satellite TV channel, sponsored by the U.S. government. Pattiz is a member of the Broadcasting Board of Governors which oversees the government’s nonmilitary international broadcasting services, including Voice of America, Radio Free Europe, and Radio Free Asia. He has been an active force in the Israel Policy Forum (IPF), an organization which promotes U.S. awareness and involvement in the Middle East peace process, serving as a donor and vice president.
Pattiz is founder and chairman of Westwood One, America’s largest distributors of commercial radio programming. He is also a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and Pacific Council on International Policy. A Clinton appointee, Pattiz had served on the Broadcasting Board of Governors since 2000. In his resignation letter to President Bush, Pattiz said the two ventures are now “reaching mass audiences previously unheard of for U.S. international broadcasting in that region of the world”.
Source: Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alhurra
