# Hot Country 107 Prize Buttons Collection

- Link: https://wmrnhistory.com/accession/wmrn-2026-051/
- Published: 2026-09-29T17:03:04-04:00
- Author: Brendon Hamblin

## Document

## Identification & Description

### Title

Hot Country 107 Prize Buttons Collection

### Description

![Hot Country 107 prize buttons collection, WMRN-2026-051](https://i0.wp.com/wmrnhistory.
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 Hot Country 107 Prize Buttons Collection. Likely 1990s. Promotional prize buttons/
pinback buttons. WMRN-2026-051.

Hot Country 107 Prize Buttons Collection (WMRN-2026-051) is a grouped promotional
button accession associated with WMRN-AM / WMRN-FM and the Hot Country 107 branding
era, preserved within the WMRN-FM Promotional Collection. Likely dating from the
1990s, the collection documents station-branded prize and giveaway material in multiple
color variants.

The buttons use fluorescent yellow, orange, and green backgrounds with Hot Country
107 branding and WMRN-AM identification. As prize or promotional giveaway items,
they represent the kind of small-format branding material used to support audience
engagement, remote broadcasts, contests, and station appearances.

### Objects Included

 * **WMRN-2026-051.1** - Yellow Hot Country 107 prize button.
 * **WMRN-2026-051.2** - Orange Hot Country 107 prize button.
 * **WMRN-2026-051.3** - Yellow Hot Country 107 prize button.
 * **WMRN-2026-051.4** - Green Hot Country 107 prize button.
 * **WMRN-2026-051.5** - Yellow Hot Country 107 prize button.

### Historical Significance

This collection documents WMRN-FM's Hot Country 107 identity, one of the station's
major late twentieth-century branding eras. Prize buttons like these helped turn
station slogans and frequency branding into physical objects that listeners could
receive, wear, and keep.

As part of the archive's promotional collection, the buttons help show how local
radio marketing operated beyond broadcast audio: through color, typography, giveaways,
and repeated public visibility at events across Marion and surrounding communities.

### Exhibit Label

Hot Country 107 Prize Buttons Collection. Likely 1990s. Promotional Buttons / Pinback
Buttons. This grouped accession is preserved as part of the WMRN Radio History Archive.

### Accession Number

WMRN-2026-051

### Object Type

[Promotional Object](https://wmrnhistory.com/archive/?taxquery%5B0%5D%5Bcompare%5D=IN&taxquery%5B0%5D%5Btaxonomy%5D=tnc_tax_2741&taxquery%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D%5B0%5D=239)

### Date

Likely 1990s

### Format / Genre

[Buttons / Pinback Buttons](https://wmrnhistory.com/archive/?taxquery%5B0%5D%5Bcompare%5D=IN&taxquery%5B0%5D%5Btaxonomy%5D=tnc_tax_2816&taxquery%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D%5B0%5D=356)

## Content and Context

### Stations / Brands

[Hot Country 107](https://wmrnhistory.com/archive/?taxquery%5B0%5D%5Bcompare%5D=IN&taxquery%5B0%5D%5Btaxonomy%5D=tnc_tax_2792&taxquery%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D%5B0%5D=434)
| [WMRN-AM 1490](https://wmrnhistory.com/archive/?taxquery%5B0%5D%5Bcompare%5D=IN&taxquery%5B0%5D%5Btaxonomy%5D=tnc_tax_2792&taxquery%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D%5B0%5D=431)
| [WMRN-FM 106.9](https://wmrnhistory.com/archive/?taxquery%5B0%5D%5Bcompare%5D=IN&taxquery%5B0%5D%5Btaxonomy%5D=tnc_tax_2792&taxquery%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D%5B0%5D=432)

### Archive Collection(s)

WMRN-FM Promotional Collection

### Keywords

Ephemera

## Rights and Access

### Access / Use Restrictions

Processed

## Digital Preservation / Media

### Digital Format

Buttons / Pinback Buttons

## Attachments