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Steve Capus

American businessman

Stephen Allan "Steve" Capus (born October 4, 1963) is a news executive, producter, and journalist. He has been president of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty since January 2024.2

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Born Oct 4, 1963.1

About

Previously, he was an Executive Editor of CBS News. He is the former president of NBC News.

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Early life and education

  • Date not recordedTemple University3
  • Date not recordedWilliam Tennent High School3

Steve Capus was born in 1963, the son of Jean and Paul Capus. His mother was a teacher's aide; his father was a district manager for a dental supply company. He graduated from William Tennent High School in Warminster, Pennsylvania, and went on to attend Temple University, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts in journalism in1986. Capus began his journalism career in radio and print, working at several stations and daily newspapers in the Philadelphia area. Capus was a director at WCSD-FM, a nonprofit community radio station in Warminster, in the early 1980s. He worked at WCAU-TV in Philadelphia in 1986, and became an executive producer with KYW-TV in Philadelphia in 1990.

Capus moved to Charlotte, N.C. in 1993, joining the NBC News team as the senior producer of NBC Nightside, an overnight news program.

Capus then continued his career with NBC in Manhattan. During this time, he was the broadcast producer of NBC News Sunrise and then the supervising producer for Today. From 1997 to May 2001, Capus was the executive producer of MSNBC's The News with Brian Williams. He was also the executive producer of numerous NBC News breaking reports and MSNBC special broadcasts. Among them were the 2000 presidential primaries and election, the “Summit in Silicon Valley” with Tom Brokaw and the political series 100 Days, 1000 Voices.

Capus was the executive producer of NBC Nightly News from May 2001 to June 2005. During this time, Capus was the executive producer for NBC News' coverage of the terror attacks on September 11, 2001, and the war in Iraq.

Capus was then promoted to senior vice president of NBC News, where he led the network news division, was executive in charge of MSNBC and NBCNEWS.com digital and mobile properties, and NBC News radio.

Capus served as a member of the following boards: NBC/Microsoft Joint Venture, The Weather Channel and weather.com, and The Newseum in Washington, DC.

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Career

Occupation: manager.8

  • Since 2024Chief executive, RFE/RL, Inc.4
  • Since 2024President6 7
  • Date not recordedBoard member, RFE/RL, Inc.5

Personal life

  • BornOct 4, 1963, Bryn Mawr9
  • CitizenshipUnited States10

In 1996, he married former NBC News producer Sophia Faskianos in a Greek Orthodox ceremony in Dover, New Hampshire. He has three children.

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Awards

  • 2004Gerald Loeb Award11

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