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	If I ride past any buffet the brakes lock up. I noticed when I eat at home all the time I never get sick. Hmm?
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	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 and successful on their own in Texas. I moved recently to Belize City Belize Central America. In the picture I am the tall one. email@marknolte.com Any service mail for: Mark Nolte 3034 North Creek Road Belize City, Belize (BZ) Central America (CA) I am up very late, Call me on Skype  (501) 859-0500, I live in Belize on US Mountain(Mexico) time.
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.	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 (501) 859-0500