I do not think either option is a positive sign for shareholders here. First of all, no CEO of a suspended stock would go do a radio interview just hours after the stock was suspended.
It would have been nice if he just said. "I know, I just found out myself before the show. And I'm going to find out what happened as soon as I come off the show."
Good point, I was listening to the show and the way the question was worded by the host was "are you aware that your stock was halted this morning?" Kidder replied "no not aware." (paraphrased,by me) I think there is a possiblity of hearing the interview from the station's archives.
He could have been aware of pending action but not that it had actually happened this morning.