Focus on Business

Tom Martin’s “Focus on Business” reports air Mondays at 7:35 a.m. during Morning Edition, repeated on Mondays at 5:45 p.m. during All Things Considered.

The segments, which will each run approximately four minutes, are excerpts from Martin’s new bi-weekly Q-and-A series in the Lexington Herald-Leader’s Business Monday section. The audio from the interviews is then edited for presentation as a podcast for Kentucky.com and for broadcast on WEKU.

Martin, who grew up in Morehead, has enjoyed a long career in broadcast journalism, serving as news anchor for KQV Radio in Pittsburgh, for AP Radio Network News, the RKO Radio Network and at WABC in New York. While serving with the AP in Washington, he won a Peabody Award for best radio news documentary.

For a number of years, Martin was a substitute for Paul Harvey on Harvey’s nationally syndicated broadcast. From 2005 until earlier this year, he was the founding editor in chief for Business Lexington.

He is also an accomplished musician.

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Focus on Business: The Balancing Act of Economic Growth and Environmental Preservation

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Focus on Business: Security Issues in Electronic Banking

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Focus on Business: CRM Development Company and the New City Hall

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Focus on Business: How the Building Industry Meets Demand with a Shortage of Licensed Workers

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Focus on Business: 50 Year Celebration of Russell Capital Management

Focus on Business Host Tom Martin celebrates the 50th year of Russell Capital Management in Lexington. Founding Partner and CEO Jack Russell talks about…
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Focus on Business: Educating Teachers in Financial Literacy

Tom Martin continues the discussion of financial literacy with Dr. Cynthia Harter, Associate Professor of Economics and Director for the Center for…
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Focus on Business: Financial Literacy Curriculums in High Schools

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Focus on Business: Urban League of Lexington-Fayette County

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