Microphone Flag – “American WMRN”

Description

This record documents the “American WMRN” microphone flag used by WMRN Radio in Marion, Ohio during the station’s affiliation with the American Broadcasting Company (ABC). The microphone flag appears in period photographs of WMRN broadcasts and public appearances, where it served as a visible identifier of the station’s network association and on-air branding.

Although the original physical microphone flag is no longer known to exist, its design and usage are preserved through surviving photographic documentation. This accession record formally indexes the artifact within the historical record of WMRN and preserves evidence of the station’s early network-affiliated broadcasting era.