Ryan Martin
Ryan Martin was born and raised in North Central Indiana on a small livestock farm. The family's main enterprise was sheep and hay production. Fascinated with weather at an early age, Ryan wanted to continue his education on weather, especially as it related to farmers. "I just wanted to be able to tell people when to cut hay!!"
Ryan graduated from Purdue University in 1996 with a B.S. Degree in Applied Agricultural Meteorology. However, Ryan has been involved in operational forecasting and broadcasting since 1992. After completing an internship with CLTV News in Chicago, Illinois, Ryan went to work for WSJV-TV in South Bend, Indiana as a weather anchor, and supplied weather forecasts to WOWO radio in Fort Wayne Indiana. Ryan has worked in the private weather sector for over 10 years, providing weather information to a wide range of clients, and weather broadcasts to over 400 stations in the U.S. and Canada, including 6 of the top 10 radio markets. In addition, Ryan has worked as an on-air TV weather anchor for over 4 years, quickly becoming one of the most recognized figures in local TV.
Wanting to be further involved in the agriculture industry, Ryan entered the world of farm broadcasting in 1998, starting an Agriculture programming department from scratch at WBTU-FM in Fort Wayne, Indiana. Ryan relocated to Kansas in October of 2001. Ryan owns and operates Advantage Weather Solutions, in addition to sharing ownership in a news and weather broadcasting company, Radio2dot0 Ltd, operating AdvantageWeather.net.
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Memberships & Awards
- Member, National Association of Farm Broadcasters (NAFB)
- Member, American Meteorological Society (AMS)
- Communicator Awards, "Award of Excellence," 2004
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Contact Us
- Phone: (316) 737-2533
- Fax: 866-953-6397
- Email: rmartin(at)advantageweathersolutions.com
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