On April 20, 2020 York native Ron Martin reviewed his TV broadcasting career after his retirement last year. The William Penn High School graduate retired from WGAL-TV8 after more than 37 years at the station. Martin called working at WGAL his “dream job. “I enjoyed every one of the 37 years,” he said at the meeting. “But as an anchorman, you work a lot of nights and now it’s time for me to spend more time with my family". Ron joined WGAL in 1983 after stints at WSBA radio in York and WHP-TV in Harrisburg. His early days at the Lancaster station were spent working out of first the Harrisburg newsroom and then the York newsroom. He was named a weekend news anchor and moved to weeknights two years later.
A six-time Emmy award winner, Martin has also been recognized over the years for his service to the communities that make up central Pennsylvania. He was inducted into the William Penn Hall of Fame in 2002.
His one standout event was when he was invited to the White House to interview then President Barrack Obama.
