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Early pirate radio operator in Richardson,Texas,circa September 1975.
"AM1-point-6-Mega-cycles-W-I-L-Deeeee" This station was a combination phonograph micophone preamp, a Heathkit RF
generator, a tube type Channel Master 20 db video distribution amp and a CB lowpass filter feeding a long wire. By mid 1976
broadcasts with the same setup 87.7 or nearby 88 AM modulated at the bottom of the FM Band, the discovery that radio was work
kept broadcast times unreliable. By 1977 legal understanding of commission practices prevented further experiments. The drive
to become a licensed operator was granted in November 1977 You can listen to us now at: www.tantalk1340.com
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The broadcast business has
shifted away from independent station ownership, marketing and the construction related to it. Today content producers and
network distribution is the only place my talents are needed. My email is simple... email@marknolte.com
Phone calls for Mark Nolte, +1(501) 859-0500. Check out my sales training page. Something
simple you can work from memory. Start where I started and remember that no is not rejecting you. No means you just have not
connected with the business owner how you intend to bring them the customers they want in a way they have confidence it will
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Mark, Myles and Merl Nolte, Three Engineers, Communications, Aerospace,and Locomotive.
My Radio background
started with component level electronics repair and design. As a young kid, I was interested in wireless radio, made out of
a maze of wiring. Later radio and circuit designs built from a Science Fair 100-in-One kit.
Visiting
Barry Goldwaters Ham Station as a Cub Scout planted the seed, eventually finding a High School Electronics Program that included
a High School Radio Station, KOHM 91.1 FM Lubbock, Texas, forever sealed my dream.
It
is no surprise my Amateur Radio Ham Call sign is: K"zero"H-M-S
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Mark Nolte, My Wife, Daughter and extended family of in-laws.
One sister number three is missing at the time of this picture. I have a son and daughter of my first wife and they are grown
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My good friend John and Aqing
whom introduced me to my wife Yun Bi. I married on my birthday...its a guy thing to forget important days. Imagine a time machine scrolling back 30+ years... My first few small jobs in Radio were KWGO Lubbock, TX 1977,
WIDD Elizabethton, TN 1978, WANO Pineville, KY 1979. Hitching a ride to Austin, TX, Spring break 1981...Kevin Stone and Jim
Ray gave me a chance as an Assistant Engineer at KOKE AM-FM Austin, Texas. Gene Bender hired me at KIXL where I worked as
an announcer.
The real secret to my success then and now is my lifetime love and experience in electronics, everybody
loves an arc-r-sparker fix anything Angus MacGyver type. If it does not come off the top shelf, I can find it for you. I can
filter truth and reality before the money runs out.
Gill Garcia of Hicks Communications (now Clear Channel) exaggerated my skills and recommended me for KIXK Dallas
my first major market job. I loved that experience and still owe Gill credit for his confidence.
I and Lee Rohden
with Texas Oil and Gas, Filed 3 FM 80-90 drop-ins, Lubbock, Canyon, Bastrop, TX and Ben Wollery in Columbus, KS (family hometown).
Texas Apps all failed but the Kansas deal was granted. We operated KCCU until it sold for $67K. At the time it seemed like
a deal. The financial responsibility of station ownership changed the direction of my life.
I was a Broadcaster
beyond the Columbus experience. I spent a few years in the Two Way/Cellular Biz away from broadcast for perspective and planning.
Jim Ray bought KOKE AM and KGNB/KNBT New Braunfels...I will still bet on Jim Ray today. Bobby Mack (Bob McDonald) burned into
my mind one phrase "You cant own a station...it will cost you $250 thousand just to flip the switch...then how are you
going to (staff it) run it!?" I was angry and could not have been so motivated to prove him wrong...and did so in Hobbs,
NM...again...and again...and again...and again....and again...the rest would be bragging but you get the idea.
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FCC General Class Radio Telephone licensed broadcast consultant
having 32+ years experience in all phases of Radio Broadcast engineering including component level repair of equipment, FCC
Applications for construction permits, Building radio and television station facilities, Installation of transmitters and
antennas, Specialized AM ground systems for signal enhancement regardless of license limits, Adjustment and proofing of AM
Directional Arrays, Design and Installation of Folded Unipole antennas for AM stations.
The secret to successful
station ownership is not in selling stations it’s running them. Learn the Angus MacGyver way to First, make your note
payment. Second, learn to train anyone to sell. Third, program and connect to your community. Forth, manage your stations
brand or image.
Everyone starts from different places financially. Prepare for your destiny. Train yourself in
every discipline i.e.; Accounting, Traffic/Billing systems, Music rotation systems, Production and Recording Software, Computer
Hardware and networking (Gut one and rebuild it, configure it to share files with another). Everyone seems to be in all stop
mode. Public Media Companies are throwing away very expensive assets for pennies on the dollar. $30 million of the
fifth Estate goes for $3 million. My buddy Kevin Ellis 401-359-0004 will finance Radio and TV properties that make money.
If you are a proven seller, producer and chief cook and bottle washer. Call Kevin about your deal.
FCC legal
issues and process comes with experience so start with "The Public and Broadcasting, a procedural manual" published
at FCC.gov also download the new EAS manual. RF Technical expertise is always just a phone call away at +1 (501) 859-0500
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