Background
Martin, Ernest Franklin was born on March 19, 1945 in Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia, United States. Son of Ernest Franklin and Eula Martha Martin.
Martin, Ernest Franklin was born on March 19, 1945 in Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia, United States. Son of Ernest Franklin and Eula Martha Martin.
Bachelor, Morningside College, 1967; Master of Arts, U. Missouri, 1969; Doctor of Philosophy, U. Missouri, 1971.
Assistant professor, Iowa State University, Ames, 1971-1973; senior research project director, Frank Magid Associations, Marion, Iowa., 1973-1975; assistant professor, U. Kansas, Lawrence, 1975-1978; director research, COX Broadcasting Corporation, Atlanta, 1978-1982; vice president, general manager, Station KDNL-television, St. Louis, 1982; director research, marketing, Station KPLR-television, St. Louis, 1984; professor department television, radio and film, Syracuse University, New York, since 1985. Board directors Caribbean television Network, Miami, Florida. Consultant Koplar Communications, St. Louis, 1983-1984, Columbia Broadcasting System Broadcasting International, New York City, 1986, Visat, Panama City, Panama, 1987.
Served to captain United States Army Reserve, 1971-1978. Member American Film Institute, Broadcast Education Association, Broadcast Financial Management Association, International television Association, Broadcast Promotion and Marketing Association.
Married Barbara Lou Jensen, June 11, 1966 (divorced 1984). Children: Ernest Franklin III, Heather Leanne. Married Karen Kemper Katz, March 17, 1984.
1 child, James Robert Brown.