Marty Bass

Marty Bass is a television news reporter and weather man for CBS affiliate WJZ 13 in Baltimore, Maryland. Noted for his strong accent and ebullient personality, Bass is a twenty-five year veteran at WJZ and is the co-host of the Baltimore market's #1 rated morning show. His original host on the morning show was Oprah Winfrey. The WJZ Morning EDition show was voted "Best of Baltimore" by Baltimore Magazine in 2007. Conversely, in 1996 Bass was once voted the "Best Reason Not to Watch WJZ-TV" by Baltimore alternative weekly The City Paper.

Bass lives in Brooklandville, Maryland with his wife, Sharon, and their two children, Savannah and Jake.

"The Bald Symbol of First Warning Weather"

On February 9 2006, Bass addressed a notable piece of Baltimore folklore - the disappearance of his toupee in 1984.

As part of local public radio station WYPR's Stoop Storytelling Series, Bass told the story of how he began to go bald in his early/mid 20s, and that his TV news directors insisted that he wear a hair piece. After years of wearing a toupee, Bass finally decided to appear on WJZ without a toupee in 1984. He went on vacation with a hair piece, and returned from vacation without a hair piece. The "news" story on Marty's missing hair was carried worldwide by Associated Press and UPI. Bass recalled that eventually, he and WJZ decided to "retire" the old toupee to Boca Raton, FL ("Where the other retired Northwest Baltimore hair pieces go.") and that it was flown, first class, to Florida by Piedmont Airlines.

Political prospects

In 2006, there was a grassroots political campaign to have Bass elected as Governor of Maryland by a write-in ballot. There is a similar campaign to have Bass elected as President of the United States in 2008.

External links

• Marty Bass accent spoofed on the Don and Mike show.
• Marty Bass 20th anniversary celebrations