Mel Karmazin

Mel Karmazin (born 1943) is the CEO of Sirius Satellite Radio. Prior he has been the COO of Viacom, a media conglomerate that includes CBS, UPN, MTV, BET, Comedy Central, Paramount Pictures and Showtime. Karmazin worked his way up from the bottom rungs of the radio ladder in New York City, eventually becoming President of Infinity Broadcasting and boss to Howard Stern and Opie and Anthony. Karmazin has frequently been criticized by Opie and Anthony for bowing to intense pressure by Howard Stern to place gag orders on Opie and Anthony whenever the pair discuss or criticize Howard and his family, while at the same time, Howard denying the whole thing. Karmazin has been inducted into the Broadcasting Hall of Fame, the Radio Hall of Fame, a recipient of the National Association of Broadcasters National Radio Award, and the IRTS Gold Medal.

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Mel Karmazin is a graduate of Pace University.

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Karmazin has a son Craig, born July 11, 1975, and a daughter Dina, born in 1971, from his marriage to Sharon Karmazin, which ended in divorce in 1994.

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Karmazin is Jewish.

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