Noalmark Broadcasting Corporation

Noalmark Broadcasting Corporation is an American radio and media company headquartered in El Dorado, Arkansas. Its business is centered on the ownership and operation of local radio stations serving communities in southern Arkansas and southeastern New Mexico. The company’s station operations are organized around local studio facilities in El Dorado, Magnolia, and Hobbs, with additional stations associated with markets including Arkadelphia, Camden, Hot Springs, Roswell, and surrounding communities. The company was founded in 1970 by William C. Nolan Jr., Edwin B. Alderson Jr., and El Dorado automobile dealer Russell Marks. All three founders are identified as deceased in the available reference material. The name Noalmark is associated with the founders’ names and the company’s origins in El Dorado, although the supplied reference does not provide a formal explanation of the naming convention. Noalmark’s portfolio includes both AM and FM outlets. In Arkansas, its stations have included KIXB, KMRX, KAGL, KELD, KELD-FM, KLBQ, KDMS, and KMLK, operated from El Dorado, as well as KVMA and KVMZ, operated from Magnolia. The company also pursued expansion in the Arkadelphia area, entering an agreement in May 2007 to purchase Clark County Broadcasting, whose group included KYXK, KDEL, and KVRC. The reference material also records construction permits obtained through the Federal Communications Commission’s Auction 70 for new Class A FM facilities, including the station later identified as 93.5 Bismarck and KIXC on 92.7 MHz in Bearden, intended to serve communities in the Camden, Hampton, and Fordyce area. Noalmark has also operated in New Mexico through studios in Hobbs. Its New Mexico group has included KIXN, KZOR, KEJL, KLEA-FM, and KPZA-FM. In January 2008, the company took control of the heritage stations KBIM and KBIM-FM in Roswell, broadcasting on 910 AM and 94.9 FM respectively. These transactions and station launches indicate a strategy of building regional clusters rather than operating as a national broadcast network. The company’s public identity is therefore tied to local radio ownership, market-specific programming, and the maintenance of multiple AM and FM licenses across two states. Available material does not establish a consumer-facing product brand, a national advertising campaign, a public stock listing, or a separately marketed digital-media division. The company should be understood primarily as a regional broadcasting operator whose assets and operations have developed through station ownership, acquisitions, and FCC-authorized construction projects.

Noalmark Broadcasting Corporation was established in El Dorado, Arkansas, in 1970 by William C. Nolan Jr., Edwin B. Alderson Jr., and local automobile dealer Russell Marks. The three founders are identified in the available reference material as deceased. From its Arkansas base, the company developed a regional radio-station portfolio rather than a national network, concentrating on local AM and FM broadcasting. The company’s Arkansas operations have included stations associated with El Dorado, Magnolia, Arkadelphia, Hot Springs, Bismarck, Bearden, Camden, Hampton, and Fordyce. Stations operated from El Dorado have included KIXB, KMRX, KAGL, KELD, KELD-FM, KLBQ, KDMS, and KMLK. Noalmark has also operated KVMA and KVMZ from studios in Magnolia. The available material records several stages of expansion and portfolio development, including FCC construction permits and the pursuit of additional local facilities. In May 2007, Noalmark entered an agreement to purchase Clark County Broadcasting in Arkadelphia. That group comprised KYXK, KDEL, and KVRC. Separately, through FCC Auction 70, Noalmark received a construction permit for a Class A FM station on 93.5 MHz, which became 93.5 Bismarck in the Hot Springs market. The company also received a permit for a Class A FM station on 92.7 MHz, identified as KIXC in Bearden, with the intended service area including Camden, Hampton, and Fordyce. Noalmark’s operations extend beyond Arkansas into New Mexico. Its Hobbs studio group has included KIXN, KZOR, KEJL, KLEA-FM, and KPZA-FM. In January 2008, Noalmark took control of KBIM and KBIM-FM in Roswell. Those heritage stations operated at 910 AM and 94.9 FM. The New Mexico expansion complemented the company’s Arkansas clusters and reinforced its role as a regional broadcaster with operations in multiple local markets. The company has also held stations in the Hot Springs market, including KBHS, KYRC, KHRK, and KLAZ, although the available reference states that these were no longer owned by Noalmark before June 1, 2016. The material does not provide a complete chronology of every ownership transfer, programming format, revenue figure, executive appointment, or current station roster. It does, however, establish a consistent business model: acquiring or developing broadcast facilities, grouping them around local studios, and serving regional audiences with AM and FM radio. Noalmark is best characterized as a private regional radio operator. There is no supplied evidence of a public listing, stock ticker, national consumer product line, or international business. Its historical significance lies in the accumulation and operation of local broadcast licenses and stations across Arkansas and New Mexico.

1. 2016Hot Springs stations no longer part of the portfolio

   KBHS, KYRC, KHRK, and KLAZ were no longer owned by Noalmark before June 1, 2016.

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2. 2008Expansion into Roswell heritage stations

   Noalmark took control of KBIM and KBIM-FM in Roswell, New Mexico.

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3. 2007Agreement to acquire Clark County Broadcasting

   Noalmark entered an agreement to purchase the Arkadelphia-based Clark County Broadcasting group, including KYXK, KDEL, and KVRC.

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4. 1970Company founded in El Dorado

   William C. Nolan Jr., Edwin B. Alderson Jr., and Russell Marks founded Noalmark Broadcasting Corporation in El Dorado, Arkansas.

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Regional, locally focused radio broadcaster serving communities in Arkansas and New Mexico through clusters of AM and FM stations.

• Arkansas radio station operationsRadio broadcasting

  Noalmark’s Arkansas portfolio has included AM and FM stations operated from El Dorado and Magnolia, together with stations connected to markets such as Arkadelphia, Hot Springs, Bismarck, and Bearden. The stations provide locally oriented radio service and represent the company’s core regional broadcasting business.

• New Mexico radio station operationsRadio broadcasting2008

  The New Mexico group has been operated from Hobbs and has included KIXN, KZOR, KEJL, KLEA-FM, and KPZA-FM. Noalmark also took control of the Roswell heritage stations KBIM and KBIM-FM in 2008.

• 2008Control of KBIM and KBIM-FMM&A

  Noalmark expanded its New Mexico presence by taking control of two established Roswell stations.

  What changed. The company took control of KBIM and KBIM-FM, operating at 910 AM and 94.9 FM.

  Aftermath. The stations became part of Noalmark’s New Mexico operations alongside its Hobbs-area outlets.

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• 2007Pursuit of the Clark County Broadcasting groupM&A

  Noalmark sought to expand its Arkansas station footprint through an agreement involving Clark County Broadcasting in Arkadelphia.

  What changed. The company entered an agreement to purchase the group, which included KYXK, KDEL, and KVRC.

  Aftermath. The transaction is recorded as part of Noalmark’s Arkansas expansion, although the supplied material does not provide closing details.

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• Development of new Class A FM facilitiesOther

  Noalmark participated in FCC Auction 70 as part of its effort to add broadcast facilities in Arkansas.

  What changed. The company obtained construction permits for 93.5 MHz, later identified as 93.5 Bismarck, and 92.7 MHz, identified as KIXC in Bearden.

  Aftermath. The planned facilities were intended to serve the Hot Springs market and communities including Camden, Hampton, and Fordyce.

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• 2016Noalmark’s Hot Springs station ownership changes

  The company’s ownership of KBHS, KYRC, KHRK, and KLAZ in the Hot Springs, Arkansas, market ended before June 1, 2016.

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• 2008Noalmark takes control of KBIM and KBIM-FM

  Noalmark took control of the heritage KBIM and KBIM-FM stations in Roswell, New Mexico, expanding its New Mexico presence.

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• 2007Noalmark enters agreement to purchase Clark County Broadcasting

  Noalmark Broadcasting entered an agreement to purchase Clark County Broadcasting in Arkadelphia, Arkansas. The station group included KYXK, KDEL, and KVRC.

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• Noalmark receives FCC Auction 70 construction permits

  Through FCC Auction 70, Noalmark received construction permits for Class A FM facilities on 93.5 MHz and 92.7 MHz. The former became 93.5 Bismarck, while the latter was identified as KIXC in Bearden.

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