Venture Partner, SeventySix Capital

Strategic Media Advisor, SeventySix Capital Sports Advisory

Dan Mason is an accomplished media professional, National Radio Hall of Fame member and was the Chairman of SeventySix Capital portfolio company, VSiN, The Sports Betting Network founded by Brent and Brian Musburger, that was acquired by DraftKings (Nasdaq: DKNG).

Mason is a Venture Partner at SeventySix Capital and a Strategic Media Advisor to SeventySix Capital Sports Advisory.

Mason served as President and Chief Executive Officer of CBS RADIO until his retirement in 2015. In that role, he oversaw all aspects relating to CBS RADIO’s 117 stations across 26 markets, including all of the Top 10, as well as the day-to-day operations of the division.

Mason initiated an aggressive growth strategy at CBS RADIO including the launch of CBS Sports Radio, a 24-hour, seven-day-a-week lineup of national programming from premier entities CBS RADIO and CBS Sports. Under Mason’s leadership, CBS RADIO also took a number of steps to expand its digital presence; including building the online audio streaming platforms Radio.com and creating mobile applications that allow listeners to interact with CBS RADIO stations on the go, and expanding its use of online video to complement the division’s over–the-air programming.

A native of Louisville, Kentucky, Mason graduated from Eastern Kentucky University and in 2006 was presented with an honorary Doctorate of Humanities from that institution. He has won several awards including most recently the 2020 Broadcasting and Cable Hall of Fame Award presented to the pioneers, leaders and innovators in the media who have made exceptional contributions to the industry throughout their career.

Mason currently serves on the board of The Broadcasters Foundation of America, an organization which serves those in acute financial need within the radio and television industries. He also served several years on the board of directors of the National Association of Broadcasters which presented him in 2012 with their National Radio Award for outstanding leadership within the radio industry. In 2015, Dan Mason was inducted into the National Radio Hall of Fame at the Museum of Broadcast and Communications in Chicago.

He also previously served as Senior Advisor for Broadcast Relations to iHeartMedia of New York, America’s largest-reach media company. In that capacity, he advised the company on current and developing issues as they relate to the broadcast radio industry, government relations and important industry associations, including the National Association of Broadcasters.

Upon retirement from CBS Radio, Mason returned to where his broadcasting career began. Mason resumed a sportscasting career as a radio and television analyst specializing in women’s college basketball on the CBS Sports Network. He also is an analyst on thoroughbred horse racing for the Horse Racing Radio Network, having been a thoroughbred owner for several decades.