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Bill Freston, Longtime Columbia Records Executive, Dies at 76
Bill Freston, a longtime executive at Columbia Records and a founder of the early digital radio service Click Radio, has died. He was 76.
Freston, brother of Tom, a co-founder of MTV, was born on May 9, 1948, in New Rochelle, New York and raised in Rowayton, Connecticut. Over the years he worked closely with such artists as the Rolling Stones, Billy Joel, Aerosmith, Janis Ian, Blue Oyster Cult, and John McLaughlin. Among other roles, he served as special assistant to label president Bruce Lundwall and was eventually promoted to senior VP.
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