Big Nate is the "Man!" To answer the ultimate question that is frequently asked this most awesome and incredible DJ: "Why are you called Big Nate?" It is a little known fact that he went and joined the midget circus right out of high school, and that there were four other Nates in the circus. Well, to distinguish himself from all the others he went by the name Big Nate.Enough of that and on to the real stuff now. He has been the real backbone to KIIM FM for the past three years now.