Martin Hickey has been with CIOE since 2016. In 2021, he was nominated for a Music Nova Scotia Award for Media Professional Of The Year. That same year, Martin’s show East Coast Rising was nominated for Best Radio Show in The Coast’s “Best Of Halifax” awards.
Martin has always been a lover of East Coast music and the East Coast Music scene, and can often be found at a concert or talking music over coffee.
Originally from St. John’s, Martin has been involved with the East Coast music scene for over 3 decades. Over the years Martin has written music review for The MUSE (Memorial University of Newfoundland) and The Weldon Times (Dalhousie University). Martin also hosted a number of radio programs on CHMR, MUN Radio prior to moving to Halifax. In 2012, Martin started The Halifax Musicphile blog, writing exclusively about the East Coast Music Scene
Martin currently hosts three East Coast radio programs at CIOE (East Coast Top 30, East Coast Rising, and Fresh From The East Coast).
