NAB Fritts to resign

Edward O. Fritts, president and CEO of the National Association of Broadcasters since 1982, has announced his desire to step down.

Fritts has a contract to serve as president and CEO until April 2006. In the announcement, he said he wished to give the trade association adequate time to find a successor.

NAB Joint Board Chairman Philip Lombardo, CEO of Citadel Communications, and Immediate Past Joint Board Chair David Kennedy, president and CEO of Susquehanna Media Company, will co-chair the search committee.

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