The first incarnation of The Russ Martin Show began following the departure of The Howard Stern Show from KEGL. In 1997 he was asked to fill morning drive time slot. Within two years, Martin's ratings had surpassed those of Dallas veteran radio personality Ron Chapman's ratings.
In 2000, Martin left KEGL following a contract dispute. The Russ Martin Show reappeared on KYNG, a station that had previously been country-western music. Martin began his first show at KYNG on April 6, 2000, once again filling the morning drive time slot. When Howard Stern was picked up by KYNG, The Russ Martin Show moved from its morning drive slot to 3-7pm. In 2003 KYNG changed its call letters to KLLI and took on the Live 105.3 branding.
The Russ Martin Show had consistently high ratings for KLLI since his show debuted on 105.3. In 2005 D Magazine named Martin best radio talk show host in the DFW area.
In December 2008, Live 105.3 changed its format to include more live sports programming, and Martin was eliminated during the switch.
On July 1, 2010 97.1FM KEGL ran a promo announcing the return of The Russ Martin show. The show began airing on July 12, 2010 in the 6am-10am time slot.
On September 14, 2011 97.1FM KEGL stopped airing Russ Martin's show, during the mornings. On September 22, 2011 Chris Ryan (on air talent for 97.1 KEGL FM) announced the Russ Martin Show would be moving to the 3pm - 7pm time slot beginning Monday September 26, 2011. Martin's show did indeed begin airing in afternoon drive-time.
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