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Bob Pittman of Clear Channel, on the Value of Dissent

December 18, 2013 by admin

This interview with Bob Pittman, chairman and chief executive of Clear Channel Communications, was conducted and condensed byAdam Bryant.

Q. Were you in leadership roles when you were younger? 

A. I started as a radio disc jockey at age 15. I needed a job to pay for flying lessons. That was my passion. I tried to get a job at the men’s clothing store in my small town in Mississippi, because that’s where all the cool people worked and hung out. I was too young. I tried to get a high-paying job bagging groceries for the Piggly Wiggly grocery. There were none. Then I went to the radio station. Bill Jones, who owned it, said: “Do you have good grades? Do you stay out of trouble?” I said, “Yeah.” He said, “Go read this copy.” He listened to me and said, “O.K., you’re hired.” I got completely hooked on radio, and my first management job was in Pittsburgh when I was 19. I got to program a radio station there.

How many people were you managing?

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