Mark grew up in Northern Illinois, in a small farm town about 90 miles West of Chicago...Go Bears!! He was raised in a family of police officers. His dad, step dad and uncle were all Cheifs of police. After Highschool, Mark took that same route. He worked for the local police force and was also an E.M.T. on the local volunteer fire department. In 1985 he picked up and moved to denver where he met his wife Barbara. He also started working in broadcasting while in Denver. in 1989 mark and Barbara moved to Billings where Mark took a morning show job at 790 KGHL. In 1991, he was hired to work at 1090 KBOZ radio here in Bozeman. Mark currently does the morning show from 6-10am on Bozeman’s News Talk Leader 1450 KMMS-AM and Mid days on Xl Country 100.7 KXLB-FM. Mark’s wife Barbara is in charge of the Tele-Health clinic at the VA Office at 300 North Wilson. Mark’s daughter Shelby is 13, plays volleyball and goes to school in Belgrade.
Mark Allen
Senators Sales and Jent Talk Medicaid Expansion In Montana [AUDIO]
Senator Scott Sales and Senator Larry Jent joined me to talk about medicaid expansion in Montana. They each talked about their reasons for voting for and against the expansion. Listen and decide for yourself
Carl Graham Talks About “Messaging” And Our Message For Freedom [AUDIO]
Tunnel vision and messaging properly. The GOP's problem is coming up with the right message.
Don't insult to inform. That get's you nowhere.
Is the Constitution just an old yellow crusty piece of paper?
Democrats In Helena Go Off The Deep End [VIDEO]
We are going to talk more about this Monday morning on 1450 KMMS but I wanted you to see the video of what happened in Helena Friday.
Here is what Senator Sales had to say about this Monday morning.
Kate Reid And I Butted Heads This Morning On Gay Marriage [AUDIO]
Kate Reid joined me this morning and we talked about the Story Mansion and also talked about Gay Marriage. Kate wants to lump everyone together and I felt otherwise.
Tammy Hall And I Hit A Lot Of Topics Tuesday Morning [AUDIO]
We talked about a lot of fun things this morning. If you missed the last hour we hit up Easter, Ft Hood, Jim Carrey,Planned Parenthood and the President. Enjoy the replay
Jennifer Bordy Has Her Way With The Latest Supreme Court Decisions [AUDIO]
Jennifer discussed some recent Supreme court decisions, nope not the gay marriage debate, nope not the DOMA, defense of marriage act but the drug sniffing dogs...
Mike McCormick With Cascade Financial And Our Weekly Money Talk [AUDIO]
Cyprus, Stimulus, Retirement, Bernanke and where your money should be.
Senator Scott Sales Is Not So Excited About House Passing Budget 100-0 [AUDIO]
Scott Sales joined me live in studio Friday morning and we talked about a lot of things going on in Helena, he said when a budget gets passed 100-0, there is something to worry about. Don't look for the Senate to be that easy going.
SWMBIA Green Energy Payback. How Much Should You Spend? [AUDIO]
On our Monday visit with SWMBIA, joining us on the air were Rob Evans with Constructive Solutions and Jake Lewendahl talking about green energy.
At what point do you stop spending because it will not have a payback on invesment?
We have the answer here...
Should College Athletes Get Paid?
I know this has been debated over the years, but there has never been as much money in college sports as right now. For instance in 2010 the NCAA signed a 14 year deal with CBS Sports and Turner Broadcasting for $10.8 Billion. Just this season there will be $16 million made in rights agreements, ticket sales and merchandise...