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WMRN Behind the Microphone: Staff, Studios & Community Life (1978–1980)

1978–1980 18 photographs

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18 photographs

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StereoMarion

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WMRN studio property, broadcast towers, and surrounding grounds covered in deep snow after the Blizzard of 1978.

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The WMRN studios and broadcast towers on North Main Street following the Blizzard of 1978.

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1978

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Susan Westfall and Paul Van House during Orbit

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White WMRN remote and news van parked beside the brick WMRN studio building.

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A WMRN remote and news van parked outside the station’s North Main Street studios during the late 1970s or early 1980s.

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1979 Peanut Push - Bob George, Newsman Larry Mathiot, Susan Westfall

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1979 Peanut push - Newsman Larry Mathiot

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1979 Peanut Push awards Ceremony - Charlie Evers in Center at microphone

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1979 Peanut Push -Bob George Playing the National Anthem on the saw

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1979 Peanut Push. Larry Mathiot center-left, Charlie Evers Center standing, Randy Roeder right

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WMRN AM control room with broadcast console, reel-to-reel recorders, equipment racks, meters, and production notes.

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The WMRN-AM control room during the late 1970s or early 1980s, showing the station’s broadcast console and reel-to-reel equipment.

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View looking upward at the WMRN broadcast tower and supporting cables.

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The broadcast tower at the WMRN studios on North Main Street in Marion, Ohio.

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FMControl

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Jeff Ruth, Paul Michaels, Paul Van House with Salesman Mike Messina standing at receptionist Karen Sharp's wedding

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Paul Van House as Dracula 1980

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Paul Van House in Studio (1)

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Paul Van House in Studio (2)

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Paul Van House in Studio (3)

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Paul Van House's Wife Becky, Paul Michaels, Susan Westfall, Jeff Ruth at the 1980 wedding of receptionist Karen Sharp

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