| BUSINESSWEEK ONLINE : APRIL 5, 1999 ISSUE | ||||||||
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| COVER STORY
Melvin Alan Karmazin BORN 1944, New York City. EDUCATION Pace University, BA in business administration, 1965, earned in four years while working full-time in ad agency. FAMILY Divorced; son Craig, 24, owns small radio stations in Midwest; daughter Dina, 22, runs a charitable foundation. FIRST RADIO JOB Ad salesman at WCBS-AM, 1967. TV VIEWING HABITS ''CBS from sign-on to sign-off.'' WORKDAY From 6 a.m. till ''I get things done.'' ON SLEEP ''I find it boring. Besides, when I turned 50 I stopped having good dreams.'' ON VACATIONS Spends long weekends at house on Jersey Shore but hates getting on airplanes and staying in hotels. ''When I go to Europe, I go for a day.'' ON THE PERKS OF BEING A MEDIA MOGUL Only glitzy events he attends are the Super Bowl and Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame, usually accompanied by his children. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ |
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