Whitney Martin
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Name: Whitney Martin
Title: Reporter and Photographer
Email Address: whitney.martin@wifr.com

Whitney Martin is no stranger to Rockford. The former East E-RAB grew up in the Stateline and is thrilled to be working in her hometown.

Whitney joined the 23 News Team in March 2007 .Since then, She has covered Rockford news on both sides of the camera as a Reporter and a Photographer. Winning the award for "Outstanding Broadcast student" is just one of the titles Whitney obtained as a graduate from the "Illinois center for Broadcasting." She began her broadcast career as an intern at WIFR and as an Anchor/Reporter for the "Community Spotlight" in Lombard, Illinois. Growing up as a viewer of the station, Whitney has always admired Rockford news and is proud to report stories to a community she has always been a part of.

In her spare time, Whitney is very active in the community. She enjoys coaching several competitive cheerleading squads, playing softball and volunteering at a local nursing home. Here’s a fun fact, Whitney dressed up as a News reporter in her kindergarten class on career day.


Please feel free to contact Whitney at Whitney.Martin@WIFR.com. She would love to hear from you.
Station Information
23 WIFR is owned by:
Gray Television Inc.

Gray currently operates 36 television stations serving 30 markets. Each of the stations are affiliated with either CBS (17 stations), NBC (10 stations), ABC (8 stations) or FOX (1 station). In addition, Gray currently operates 36 digital second channels including 1 ABC, 5 Fox, 7 CW and 15 MyNetworkTV affiliates plus 6 local news/weather channels and 2 “independent” channels in certain of its existing markets. Gray intends to start an additional 4 digital second channels during 2007 including 1 CW affiliate, 1 MyNetworkTV affiliate and 2 local news/weather channels.

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