Original Item
I ♥ WMRN Promotional Button (WMRN-2026-049) is a promotional button associated with WMRN-AM / WMRN-FM, preserved within the WMRN Promotional Ephemera Collection. Dated unknown, the item contributes to the documentary record of WMRN station branding, listener engagement, and community-facing promotional material in Marion, Ohio.
The round white pinback button features a red heart graphic and red and black WMRN lettering. As a listener-facing giveaway or station identity item, it reflects how WMRN extended its brand beyond broadcasts into public appearances, contests, remote broadcasts, station events, and other community interactions.
Historical Significance
Small promotional artifacts such as buttons, stickers, and pins help preserve the visual language local radio stations used to build audience recognition. This button documents a compact, direct form of WMRN station identity: a message meant to be worn, shared, and seen in the community rather than heard only over the air.
As part of the archive’s growing ephemera collection, the artifact helps connect WMRN’s broadcast history to the everyday objects that carried station loyalty into Marion’s public life.
Exhibit Label
I ♥ WMRN Promotional Button. Date unknown. Promotional Button / Pinback Button. This item is preserved as part of the WMRN Radio History Archive.
Research Notes
Additional Details
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Transcription / OCR
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- Dates mentioned
- Unknown
People and Timeline
- People
- WMRN-AM, WMRN-FM
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Citation and Rights
WMRN-2026-049. I ❤️ WMRN Promotional Button. WMRN Radio History Archive.
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Full Catalog Metadata
- Object type
- Artifact
- Collection
- WMRN Promotional Ephemera Collection
- Date created
- Unknown
- Usage notes
- Processed
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