Melissa
Martin - Middays
10am-3pm
Bio:
Name: Melissa Martin
Joined Star: I've been here from the get-go! April 2004... when Star first went on air! I've been in the same building, with Cumulus Broadcasting, for 6 years.
If I had a theme song it'd be: Ooo, that's a hard one…
Originally from: Chelsea, IA
I now reside: in Davenport, IA
My first...
**Live musical concert: I was a freshman in high school and it was the Lemonheads in Iowa City
**Audio Purchase: Debbie Gibson "Out of the Blue"
**Paying job: Well that depends, when I was 14 my mom made me de-tassel corn, which I hated it with a passion…otherwise my first job was at Dairy Queen when I turned 16.
When away from the radio station, you may find me: at the gym, hanging out with my BF and cat, doing word searches or crosswords, traveling, shopping, reading at Borders café, eating Mexican food with my friends.
When I get the chance to eat out, I enjoy: Bent River's Buffalo burgers, Mexican from Azteca, sushi from Shogun
My favorite things!...
++Movies, actors/actresses: Movies: James Bond: Casino Royale, Chocolate, Moonstruck, Fried Green Tomatoes, Across the Universe, Moulin Rouge, Superbad, Office Space…Actors/Actresses: Juliette Bionche, Meryl Streep, Michael Chiklis, Ewan McGregor, Daniel Craig
++Books/authors: Rick Warren's "Purpose Driven Life," "A Child Called It by David Pelzer…this story is such an unbelievably gruesome story.
++Magazines: OK, People, US Weekly, Travel, Weight Watchers
++Websites: www.people.com, www.awfulplasticsurgery.com, www.weightwatchers.com, www.quoteland.com
++Albums, bands/artists: Counting Crows, Justin Timberlake, Robin Thicke, Dave Matthews Band, Simply Red, Toto, Howard Jones, Hall and Oates…
++Sports, teams: I'm not into sports very much but I do like the UFC Fights and our local teams: The QC Flames and River Bandits.
++Places to shop, spend money: Von Maur, Victoria's Secret, Borders, Kohl's
One of the
things I really like about living in the Quad Cities is: I truly enjoy all
the summer events…like the excitement of the Bix race and festival, Brew
Ha Ha, Riverfront Pops, etc.
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