DON JONES has been involved in various SCA and satellite operations
over the years, including co-founding Market Information of Omaha. His
broadcast equipment career began in 1965 when he joined McMartin Industries.
He worked in sales and marketing there until co-founding RF Specialties
in 1982.
E-mail: RFSTX@swbell.net
SAM LANE joined RF Specialties in 1984 from the Harris Corporation.
Previously, Sam was Director of International Marketing for Cetec Broadcast
Group, and spent 25 years in the radio communications industry, primarily
with RCA. Sam is a registered Professional Engineer and holds BSEE and
MBA degrees.
E-mail: rfsca@aol.com
DAVE EDMISTON has over 25 years experience in the Broadcast Industry,
beginning as a field technician with Edmiston Tower Inc. in 1972, supervising
FM and TV antenna installations as well as turnkey transmitter site installations.
Dave joined SWR Inc. in 1990, where he held the position of Plant Manager
for five years and then became vice-president of National and International
Sales in 1995.Dave now operates the Ebensburg (Pittsburgh), PA office for
the RF Specialties Group.
E-mail: rfofpa@aol.com
CHRIS KREGER started in radio behind the microphone in Dayton in 1974,
and has held positions as Chief Engineer and Sales Manager. Chris came
to RF Specialties in 1988 from the Harris Corporation. Chris holds FCC
General Class and Amateur Advanced Class licenses, as well as an FAA pilot's
license.
E-mail:
rfmo@uniteone.net
ED YOUNG was Customer Service Manager at TEXAR prior to joining RF
Specialties in 1989. He was Senior Field Service Engineer with Harris Corporation
for 14 years after working for several Pittsburgh radio stations, including
KDKA. Ed started in broadcasting as a part-time transmitter engineer while
a student at Carnegie Mellon University.
E-mail: edrfofpa@nb.n
HARRY LARKIN's 42 years of broadcast experience covers a wide range
of positions. He was Vice President of LPB for seven years, responsible
for sales and marketing, product design and applications. He was also V.
P. of Marketing for Belar Electronic Laboratories. He spent 5 years with
Northeast Broadcast Labs before opening the Philadelphia branch office
of RF Specialties in 1992. Harry is a degreed engineer and holds an FCC
Amateur license.
Harry is now
retired and his duties are being taken by Dave Edmiston in the
Ebensburg,
PA office.
E-mail: rfofpa@aol.com
BILL NEWBROUGH has over 35 years' experience in the radio and TV industry,
most recently as Manager of Technical Operations for NBC's clear channel
station in San Francisco, KNBR. Bill was a regional sales manager for Harris-Allied
prior to joining RF Specialties in 1993. Bill's other interests include
video production. E-mail: bill.newbrough@earthlink.net
JOHN SIMS began his broadcast career at the age of 14, playing country
music on Saturday afternoons at an AM daytimer. He worked for various stations
in and around Kansas City while earning his Bachelor's degree. In his 25
year career, John has started four new stations, and has worked in every
aspect of Christian radio from announcer to engineer, sales manager to
General Manager. John managed a non-commercial FM station and taught radio
courses in the Broadcast department of an accredited college before joining
RF Specialties of Missouri in 1996.
E-mail: rfmo@uniteone.net
BOB TRIMBLE started in Radio in High School, where he majored in radio
and electronics. Later, in college, he studied computers and electronics.
He has been an engineer,chief engineer and contract engineer at stations
in Portland and Seattle, where he constructed studios and transmitter sites.
Bob has worked for various companies in their computer and network departments,
and has sales experience in a variety of areas. Bob holds an FCC General
Class license and an Amatuer Radio Advanced Class license.
E-mail: rfswa@btis.us
WRAY REED has acquired over 30 years experience in the broadcasting
industry. Wray began his career as a transmitter technician, moved to assistant
chief engineer, then on to becoming chief engineer. After 17 years he moved
into broadcast sales where he has been providing service for the past 13
years. Joining the RF Specialties Group in 2002, Wray now operates the
Fort Worth office for RF Specialties of Texas.
E-mail: rfstxftw@charter.net
Rick Funk has over 25-years in radio, beginning as a teenage announcer
at WILE in his hometown of Cambridge, OH. He announced in Zanesville
and then engineered in Middlesboro, KY, Knoxville and Chicago before moving
into sales with Allied Broadcast Equipment in 1987. He became well-known
in the industry selling for Allied and Harris before joining RF Specialties
of Missouri in 2003. Rick holds SBE certifications as a Senior Broadcast
Engineer and Networking Technologist.
E-mail: rick@wilcobroadcast.com
Walt Lowery has sold broadcast equipment in the Pacific Northwest since
1985. He is known from his many years of service at Gentner Electronics,
Symetrix, Allied Broadcast Equipment and Harris broadcast sales. Walt was
also a contributing author to the seventh, eighth and ninth issues of the
NAB Engineering Handbook.
Prior to entering
the equipment sales field, Walt was Chief Engineer for WRAR-AM/FM, WMYK-FM
and WZAM-AM in his home state of Virginia.
E-mail: waltlowery(at)msn.com
Edward Edmiston has been in the Broadcast Industry for over 27 years
with experience in TV, FM and AM antenna installations. For the past decade
he has been supplying and installing broadcast equipment in Southeast Asia.
Since 1994, Ed has been based in the Philippines and is the newest member
of the RF Specialties Group, in fact, the first office located outside
the America's
E-mail: rfofa@skydsl.com.ph
BILL HOISINGTON started in radio in 1957 in Chanute, Kansas. From 1957
to 1970 he served as an Announcer & Chief Engineer at stations in Oklahoma,
Mississippi and Louisiana. From 1970 to 1987 Bill owned and operated AM
& FM stations in Mississippi, Alabama and Florida. From 1990 to the
present, he has managed the Florida office of RF Specialties. Bill holds
an FCC General Class license and General Class Amateur license. (WA4RPK).
E-mail: rfofga@aol.com