Dan Mason: A CEO With Roots In Radio Programming

Dan Mason

Today retirement announced by Dan Mason will end his current reign as President and Chief Executive Officer of CBS Radio.  He has served in the position since April 2007.

Mason oversaw CBS Radio's 117 radio stations in 260 markets, as well as the day-to-day operations of the division. He reported directly to Leslie Moonves, President and CEO of CBS Corporation.

Mason's return to CBS Radio came after serving as an adviser and consultant to CBS and other domestic and international companies in the radio broadcasting industry form 2002 to 2007. Prior to that, Mason was President of CBS Radio from 1995 to 2002. As the executive responsible for operating the group's 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 Washington, DC, 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 Bachelor of Science degree in Broadcasting, and in 2006 was given an honorary Doctorate of Humanities from that institution.

He has two sons and resides in suburban Washington, DC.