Mai Martinez | |
|---|---|
| Born | (1973-12-16)December 16, 1973 (age 52) |
| Education | Jacksonville State University |
| Occupations | News Anchor, Reporter |
| Years active | 2003-present |
| Employer(s) | WOXR K-98 WDSI-TV WBRC-TV WBBM-TV WBBM (AM) (April 4 2022-present) |
Mai Martinez (born December 16, 1973) is an American news anchor and reporter. She is the co-anchor of the morning news onWBBM (AM) Newsradio 780 AM and 105.9 FM, with Cisco Cotto. She is a reporter for the all-news radio station.
A native ofSan Francisco, Martinez earned a bachelor's degree in 1997 fromJacksonville State University inJacksonville, Alabama.[1][2] She is of halfCuban and halfVietnamese descent.[1][3]
Martinez began her broadcasting career as a video editor atWBRC-TV inBirmingham, Alabama, where she worked from 1997 until 2003. In 2000, she co-hosted a morning radio show onWOXR-FM inOxford, Alabama.[1] In 2003, Martinez became a photographer, general assignment reporter and fill-in anchor atWDSI-TV inChattanooga, Tennessee. She then rejoinedWBRC-TV in April 2004 as a general assignment reporter and fill-in anchor. While there, Martinez developed a higher level of national visibility when she spent eight weeks inAruba covering the disappearance ofNatalee Holloway.[1] In May 2006, Martinez was hired byWBBM-TV in Chicago as a general assignment reporter. On September 20, 2007, she was promoted to be a weekend news anchor at the station. Martinez was laid off on May 27, 2020.[4] On March 28, 2022,WBBM (AM) announced that Martinez has been hired to co-anchor the morning news starting April 4, 2022, withCisco Cotto from 6-9 AM, she will also report stories from the field for WBBM Newsradio.[5]
She is single and lives in theUptown neighborhood on Chicago's North Side.[6]