11-5-14
According to The Latin Post, Power 105.1's Angie Martinez is the first radio personality to sign a mnagement deal with Jay Z?s Roc Nation. Martinez resigned from Emmis' Hot 97 several months ago to join iHeartMedia's Power 105.1 and to explore other career opprtunities. She calls herself the "Voice of New York." She will now be managed under Roc Nation, joining a list of artists that includes Rihanna, Rita Ora, J.Cole, Calvin Harris and Big Sean.
8-2-13
Reporter and on-air personality Martha Martinez is headed for the Texas Radio Hall of Fame. Martinez was known to many as ?The News Muchacha? when she worked alongside Texas Radio Hall of Famer?s Mark Stevens and Jim Pruett on KLOL in Houston, as well as KEGL in Dallas. In a time when female news anchors were limited to fluff or puff, Martha strove to maintain the highest of journalistic integrity ? even in a studio full of ?Bad Boys.?
Born in San Antonio and a seventh-generation Texan, Martinez attended San Antonio College and Trinity University, majoring in Psychology and Radio, Television and Film. Martinez was first hired by Programmer Woody Roberts at KEXL-FM in San Antonio, where she worked 10p-2a and served as Music Director for the AOR leader. Roberts has pointed out that Martinez was the first Hispanic female on the air fulltime in the market. When KEXL?s format was changed and the staff replaced, Martinez was moved to sister station KITE-AM, where she began what has become a 35 year career in News and Information.
In 1983, Martinez was first linked with the infamous ?Bad Boys? of Radio, Stevens and Pruett, at KEGL-FM, and moved with them to Houston?s legendary Rocker, KLOL-FM in 1986. In 1996, she was fortunate enough to have been included in the lineup of the first All News Channel on the FM band, KEWS in Dallas?the brainchild of CBS Chief Les Moonves. A tragic antenna accident brought about the untimely end of KEWS, but Martinez was moved into the lineup at sister station KYNG-FM, the first ?Young Country? in the nation, where she remained until that station?s format was replaced with a ?Rock Talk? format.
After a tenure with Mobility Technologies? Traffic Dot Com, which gave her an opportunity to work as a traffic reporter with Terry Dorsey and Hawkeye at KSCS-FM, Martinez once again was blessed with the chance to work at KFNC in Houston, hired by Laurie Kendrick as part of a stellar team at the FM News Channel owned by Cumulus. For two and a half more years, Martinez worked for Navteq Traffic before she joined the News 92 FM
1-23-2013
Actor, New York Times bestselling author, Dancing with the Stars champ, motivational speaker, and retired U.S. Army soldier, J.R. Martinez is getting his own weekend show at KFI in Los Angeles. Martinez takes over Sunday evenings 6-8 beginning January 27.
KFI Program Director Robin Bertolucci said, ?He?s so inspirational and dynamic; he filled in for Bill Carroll during the holidays and I just had to have him join our line up! I?m thrilled he jumped at the opportunity and I?m excited to see what he will do with his own show."
In March of 2003, J.R. was deployed to Iraq, and on April 5, less than a month into his deployment, he was serving as a driver of a Humvee in Karbala when his left front tire hit a roadside bomb. Three other soldiers with J.R. were ejected from the burning vehicle, but he was trapped inside and suffered smoke inhalation and severe burns to 34 percent of his body. He spent 34 months at Brooke Army Medical Center and had 33 surgeries.
The new market Manager will head up Adelante's Modesto FM KBBU. He joins the company directly from his position as General Manager of EstrellaTV in Sacramento. Adelante CEO Jay Meyers said ?Gerardo is a special individual and he?s going to fit right in. My only concern is that he has an MBA and that means he?s clearly smarter than me. But I promise not to hold that against him. Seriously, this is a great day for our company.?
Martinez commented, ?It is a true honor to be asked to join the Adelante team. The vision that Ed and our CEO Jay Meyers have created is something that I want to be a part of, to do my part in building the very best broadcast company in the country specializing in reaching the fast growing Hispanic population. We?ve got great products with KBBU broadcasting our LaGranD Regional Mexican format, and KSTV affiliated with Azteca America. To be able to use my experience in two great mediums, Radio and TV, in one job is truly a dream come true.?