Name: Charles K. Cotton
Age: 55
Position: Sales director, Pacific Star Communications
First job: Supermarket boxboy, Pasadena, Calif.
Favorite pastimes: Sailboat racing, golf
Charles K. Cotton takes on new responsibilities for national, regional and local sales for Pacific Star Communications which owns seven radio stations in Hawaii. They are KSSK, KHVH-AM, STAR 101.9, Classic Rock 98.5, Country 990 AM, I-94 (KIKI-FM) and KIKI-AM. Selling Star quality
Cotton's career include a stint as president and general manager at Kilohana Broadcasting Inc. After the company sold KPOI to Caribou Broadcasting in 1996 Cotton became a consultant and did work in Asia. Cotton also worked from 1972-1992 as sales manager for KFMB AM and FM in San Diego.
He is active in the local community as a board member at the Hawaii Food Bank and the Hawaii Association of Broadcasters.
Pacific Star Communications is a unit of Capstar Communications, one of the largest networks of radio stations in Hawaii.
By Jerry Tune, Star-Bulletin