The Broadcast Industry Mourns The Loss Of Joan Martin

Martin At WFBC

The broadcast industry is mourning the death of long-time radio veteran JOAN MARTIN, who passed away on THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 3rd, at ST. FRANCIS HOSPITAL in GREENVILLE, SC, at the age of 90.

MARTIN got her start at WOBM/TOMS RIVER, NJ, shortly after the station signed on in 1968. She was an award-winning copywriter and commercial voiceover artist before conceptualizing her own groundbreaking twice-daily segments focused on women. “Women’s World,” as the segment was called, aired twice weekdays, and offered information for “today’s woman.”

In 1978 she moved to JACKSONVILLE, FL where she worked in radio sales for WSNY. In 1979, she became a newscaster at WRQK, a “rock ’n’ gold” formatted station in GREENSBORO, NC. She then was named news director for urban-formatted WQMG/GREENSBORO. In 1980, she became afternoon news anchor at WFBC A-F/GREENVILLE, SC. She remained at the station for several years, eventually being named news director. After working in programming for a local TV station in the late 1980s, she returned to radio in the early 1990s, working for a number of GREENVILLE stations, including WBBO (The Breeze, 107.3) WJMZ (JAMZ), and alt-rock WXWX (103X). Later in life, she hosted various community service shows on local radio stations. She retired in the late 2000s. 

During her tenure in news, MARTIN covered the GREENSBORO MASSACRE in 1979 and the SUSAN SMITH story in 1994.

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