Carl Amari
Amari is the Founder of Radio Spirits, the world’s largest marketer and distributor of classic radio programs. Amari spent 20 years licensing more than 60,000 original radio programs from the estates of the creators. Amari created the nationally syndicated radio show When Radio Was (hosted by Art Fleming and later Stan Freberg) to feature these gems of radio’s past. CD collections of these golden-age radio dramas are sold in retail store chains everywhere. Amari developed the 24/7 Radio Classics channel for Sirius/XM. Under Amari’s leadership, Radio Spirits was twice named to the INC. 500 list of fastest growing privately held companies. In 1998, Amari was featured on the cover of INC. 500 Magazine. His business accomplishments have been highlighted in The Wall Street Journal, The Chicago Sun-Times, The Chicago Tribune, Variety, The Associated Press, Entertainment Weekly, The LA Times and The New York Post. Tribune Broadcasting named him one of “Chicago’s Very Own.”
