<\/a>Here is the text of Martin\u2019s message to her co-workers:<\/strong><\/p>\n\u201cI love radio, and I truly love The Drive, but after 34 years in the business, I need to direct my energies elsewhere. The Drive is an amazing radio station, we have a terrific, dedicated staff and I will be here for as long as Greg needs me to help with the transition to a new programmer. I will miss all of you, especially the air staff at The Drive, who continue to grow and excel. My immediate attention will be focused on family health matters. My husband will be evaluated for a kidney transplant soon and he will be my priority for the near future. Please look for me down the road as I hope to learn new things as I venture into the digital space and new media. Thanks for the ride.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Patty Martin, a 34-year veteran of Chicago\u2019s rock radio wars, is stepping down as program director of Hubbard Radio classic hits WDRV FM 97.1. Martin, who helped launch the Drive in 2001 and guide it to spectacular success, announced her decision to resign Thursday in an email to staff. She cited health matters involving her... Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3351"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3351"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3351\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3379,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3351\/revisions\/3379"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3351"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3351"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3351"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}