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Ann Martin Biography (Journalist)
Ann Martin is a former journalist and a news anchor for the CBS owned-and-operated KCBS-TV and KCAL-TV television stations in Los Angeles, California.
Ann Martin Age
Ann was born in Portland, Oregon. She has never revealed her year, month and date when she was born so her age is unknown.
Ann Martin Family
Ann was born in Portland, Oregon and raised in Everett, Washington. She is the daughter of Paul Marmont. Her father worked at the former Everett Western Gear facility.
Ann Martin Education
Ann attended the nearby University of Washington, where she majored in communications and earned a Bachelor of Arts in 1972.
Ann Martin Husband
Ann has kept her love life away from public. It is not clear if she is married or single.
Ann Martin Paul Moyer
Ann began co-anchoring the 5 p.m. hour with Paul Moyer; the on-air partnership would last for almost 12 years until Moyer’s return to rival KNBC-TV in 1992
Ann Martin Eyewitness News | Ann Martin KABC-TV | Ann Martin News Anchor
Ann moved to Los Angeles to work for KABC-TV as a reporter in April 1976 . She began co-anchoring the Saturday editions of Eyewitness News. KABC expanded its news to three hours on weeknights in the fall of 1980,and Ann started co-anchoring the 5 p.m. hour with Paul Moyer; the on-air partnership would last for almost 12 years until Moyer’s return to rival KNBC-TV in 1992.
During her years at KABC, Martin also had brief hosting stints on several of the station’s local programs, including A.M. Los Angeles and 3-3-0. She also was a substitute host on ABC’s Good Morning America.
Ann moved to KCBS-TV in the spring of 1994 initially to co-anchor the 5 and 11 p.m. newscasts; the reported $1.7-million-a-year deal, like her former KABC colleague Moyer’s deal with KNBC two years earlier, was highly publicized by the local press. In later years, Martin would be reunited with her other former co-workers: sports anchor Jim Hill was already at KCBS after his five-year stint at KABC; Harold Greene, who succeeded Moyer as Martin’s co-anchor, would join in early 2001; Laura Diaz joined in 2002 and Johnny Mountain arrived in 2005. While at KCBS, Martin also co-hosted the CBS network special Beyond Belief – Amazing True Stories! with Pat O’Brien, and for a brief period also anchored the female-oriented newscast Women 2 Women.
Ann was informed on April 1, 2008 that her contract would not be renewed. Media reports speculated that her contract expired on June 1, 2008. By this time, she and Greene were anchoring the 4 p.m. news on KCAL and the 6 p.m. news on KCBS. CBS, through a press spokesperson, stated that both had chosen to retire, but there was no official comment from Ann herself.
She has earned three local Emmy Awards and two Golden Mike awards for her reporting throughout her career.
Ann Martin KIRO-TV
Ann began her broadcasting career at KIRO-TV as a weather-caster for the station’s morning newscasts shortly after graduation. She became the first woman in the Seattle market to solo anchor a newscast when she was promoted to weekend co-anchor.