Contributor Pro-File: Mark Nootbaar

May 1, 2009 8:00 AM

Meet the professionals who write for Radio magazine.

This month: Mark Nootbaar, Field Report – JK Audio Bluepack

Mark Nootbaar
Assistant News Director
WDUQ-FM, Pittsburgh
Before joining WDUQ in 1996, Nootbaar was an anchor/reporter at KEDT-FM in Corpus Christi, TX, and WSOY-AM/FM in Decatur, IL. He often serves as station guinea pig for testing new field equipment and has been spearheading WDUQ”s Web 2.0 efforts. He has a bachelor’s degree from Western Illinois University. He is also a frequent contributor to National Public Radio.

Field Report: JK Audio Bluepack

I was bouncing back and forth between two election night headquarters, cell phone clipped to one hip and the Bluepack on the other. By using a microphone headset I had full hands-free operation….