[4] He first worked as a typist for an advertising firm in high school[4] and then started selling radio ads at the age of 17.

[4] At Metromedia, Karmazin presided over New York's WNEW (now WBBR) and WNEW-FM when he was approached to run Infinity Broadcasting in 1981.

WFAN morning talent Don Imus often referred to Karmazin on the air, never by name, but by the nickname "The Zen Master".

"The joke about him was that he was so pushy that advertisers used to buy airtime from Mel just to get him out of their office," according to a Fortune magazine article.

By May of the same year he would become chairman and chief executive officer of the CBS Station Group, overseeing the network's radio and television properties.

He also recruited Martha Stewart to Sirius, acquired the programming rights to NASCAR, and raised $500 million in debt financing.

Sharon is the retired director of the East Brunswick Library and established the Karma Foundation dedicated to the development and enrichment of Jewish life.