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Twelve years in radio, from the on-air studio to the transmitter site.

2026 – present

Civic Media

Wisconsin, Michigan’s U.P. and Ely, MN

Broadcast Engineer 2026 – present

Keeping a growing group of small-market AM and FM stations, and their FM translators, on the air across the state and beyond.

31 stations

WLAK 1260 AM Amery, WI Silent WSCM 95.7 FM Baldwin, WI WRPQ 740 AM Baraboo, WI WISS 1100 AM Berlin, WI WCFW 105.7 FM Chippewa Falls, WI WMDX 1580 AM Columbus, WI WGBW 1590 AM Denmark, WI WELY 1450 AM Ely, MN WELY-FM 94.5 FM Ely, MN WRJM 1290 AM Greenfield, WI WMPL 920 AM Hancock, MI WKMJ-FM 93.5 FM Hancock, MI WBZH 910 AM Hayward, WI Silent WHSM-FM 101.1 FM Hayward, WI WJMS 590 AM Ironwood, MI WIMI 99.7 FM Ironwood, MI WAUK 540 AM Jackson, WI WLCX 1490 AM La Crosse, WI Silent WNOV 860 AM Milwaukee, WI WIRI 105.5 FM Nekoosa, WI WZBU 1520 AM New Holstein, WI Silent WUPY 101.1 FM Ontonagon, MI WPFP 980 AM Park Falls, WI WCQM 98.3 FM Park Falls, WI WRJN 1400 AM Racine, WI WRCE 1450 AM Richland Center, WI WRCO-FM 100.9 FM Richland Center, WI WRPN 1600 AM Ripon, WI WXCO 1230 AM Wausau, WI WAUH 102.3 FM Wautoma, WI WFHR 1320 AM Wisconsin Rapids, WI

Plus their FM translators. Dimmed stations are silent right now. Station list as of October 2026.

2021 – 2026

Educational Communications Board

Statewide, Wisconsin

Broadcast Network Engineer 2025 – 2026
Broadcast Engineer 2021 – 2025

Kept Wisconsin Public Radio, PBS Wisconsin and NOAA Weather Radio on the air across the state, and maintained the statewide EAS network.

Services

WPR Statewide Wisconsin Public Radio PBS WI Statewide PBS Wisconsin NOAA Statewide NOAA Weather Radio EAS Statewide Wisconsin EAS network

2014 – 2021

Mid-West Family Broadcasting

La Crosse, WI

Broadcast Technician 2018 – 2021
On-air personality & board op 2014 – 2018

Started on the air at WRQT and KCLH, and ran the board on WIZM, KQYB and WKTY for Vikings, Packers, Brewers and local sports. Then I moved to the engineering side as broadcast technician for the whole La Crosse cluster.

La Crosse stations

WRQT 95.7 FM 95.7 The Rock On air KCLH 94.7 FM Classic Hits 94.7 On air WIZM-FM 93.3 FM Z93 WIZM 1410 AM NewsTalk 1410 Board op KQYB 98.3 FM KQ98 Board op WKTY 580 AM Sports Board op

Highlighted: the stations I was on air at or ran the board for.

2005

WWBA / WHBO

Tampa, FL

Intern 2005

Straight out of broadcasting school and back home in Tampa, I interned at a news/talk and sports AM pair. First time inside a real working station.

Tampa stations, as they were in 2005

WWBA 1040 AM News/talk Intern WHBO 1470 AM Sports Intern

Both have since moved: news/talk WWBA went to 820 in 2008, and 1040 is WHBO again. 1470 is now WMGG.

Hands-on

Gear & systems

What I’ve installed, run or fixed.

Transmitters
- Nautel VS
- Nautel VX
- Nautel NV
- Nautel NV-LT
- Nautel GV
- Rohde & Schwarz THR9
- Rohde & Schwarz THU9
- Rohde & Schwarz TMU9
HD Radio
- Nautel HD Multicast
- Rohde & Schwarz HDR900
Monitoring & processing
- Inovonics 526
- Inovonics 541
- Inovonics 551
- Inovonics 677
Automation & traffic
- iMediaTouch
- WideOrbit
- MetaRadio
- Mr. Master AIM
- Broadcast Tools switchers
Codecs & networking
- Tieline
- Comrex
- Peplink
Audio over IP
- Livewire
- Wheatstone WheatNet
Monitoring software
- Zabbix
- Grafana
- InfluxDB
- SNMP
- n8n
Streaming
- Icecast
- Shoutcast
Virtualization
- Proxmox
- XCP-ng
- Nutanix
- VMware

Training

Education & certification

Education Connecticut School of Broadcasting Graduate, class of 2004–2005 Certification SBE Certified Broadcast Networking Technologist (CBNT) Society of Broadcast Engineers