Tom Martin
Producer/HostTom Martin hosts Eastern Standard, a weekly radio magazine of interviews and stories about interesting people, places, and things happening in the Commonwealth.
Martin, a Morehead native, has served as news anchor for KQV Radio in Pittsburgh, a Peabody Award-winning anchor and documentarian at AP Radio Network News in Washington, D.C., as well as a news anchor for the RKO Radio Network, ABC Network News and WABC News in New York. Tom also served for five years as a vacation substitute for commentator Paul Harvey.
He hosted "The World's First Rhythm and News Show" on WVLK-Lexington and was the founding program director and morning host on WRVG, the former public station at Georgetown College.
From 2005 until 2013, Tom was the founding editor-in-chief for Business Lexington.
You can contact Tom at es@eku.edu
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Eastern Standard contributor Gerald Smith gets the perspective of long-time Council Member James Brown. -
The art — and challenges — of raising backyard chickens in an urban setting. Natalie Voss interviews Jackie Jacob, Ag Extension Project Manager at the University of Kentucky. -
Research projects hit with Trump administration funding cuts include two major government reports that tell us where things stand with nature and climate here in the US, and how any changes that are happening could impact people and the economy. -
Democracy must have at least two robust parties that both agree on certain core values—in particular, the importance of democratic institutions and accepting election outcomes. -
Q&A with Inside Climate News reporter Kiley Price on the intersection of climate change, tariffs, and homeowner insurance -
Earlier this month arts organizations across the country were shocked to hear about proposed cuts to funding. -
The U.S. House Ways and Means Committee has released its draft tax legislation. -
Some Kentucky organizations that receive NEA money have already been notified they have lost their funding -
The Trump administration cuts to federal funding of colleges and universities, and the linkage of funding to the termination of DEI programs is raising concerns at the Kentucky Council for Postsecondary Education, as we hear from CPE President, Aaron Thompson. -
Debra Hamelback, executive director of the Kentucky Veterinary Medical Association, on the factors driving a shortage of large animal veterinarians in Kentucky
