Norman J. Pattiz

Norman J. Pattiz
Born	1943 (age 73–74)
Nationality	United States
Occupation	Businessman
Known for	founder of Westwood One
Spouse(s)	Mary Turner

Norman J. Pattiz (born 1943) is an American broadcasting entrepreneur who founded radio network Westwood One. Pattiz is a member of the National Radio Hall of Fame.

Pattiz founded Westwood One, a radio syndication company, in 1976. It became America's largest radio network and one of the world's leading media companies.

In 2001, Pattiz joined the board of regents of the University of California and is chair of the Board of the Regents Oversight Committee of the Department of Energy Laboratories. He is also chairman of the board of Lawrence Livermore and Los Alamos National Security LLC and on the board of the USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism. He was president of the Broadcast Education Association and is on the Council of Foreign Relations and the Pacific Council on International Policy. He was appointed by President Clinton for the United States Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG), which oversees all U.S. non-military international broadcast services, in 2000, and reappointed by President Bush in 2002. He was chairman of BBG's Middle East Committee, where he helped create the U.S. government's Arabic-language radio and TV services broadcast to the 22 Middle East countries, including Radio Sawa and Alhurra Television.

In 2009, Pattiz was inducted into the National Radio Hall of Fame. Pattiz also received the Giants of Broadcasting Award from the Library of American Broadcasting.

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