# WMRN Construction and Site-Purchase Newspaper Clippings - Link: https://wmrnhistory.com/accession/wmrn-2026-055/ - Published: 2026-09-29T17:03:04-04:00 - Author: Brendon Hamblin ## Document ## Identification & Description ### Title WMRN Construction and Site-Purchase Newspaper Clippings ### Description ![WMRN Construction and Site-Purchase Newspaper Clippings, WMRN-2026-055](https:// i0.wp.com/wmrnhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/wmrn-2026-055-work_to_start_on_radio_station_soon- 4.jpg?fit=583%2C1489&ssl=1) WMRN Construction and Site-Purchase Newspaper Clippings. 1940. Newspaper clippings. WMRN-2026-055. ![WMRN Construction and Site-Purchase Newspaper Clippings, WMRN-2026-055](https:// i0.wp.com/wmrnhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/wmrn-2026-055-work_on_marion_broadcasting_station_to_start_site_bought- 4.jpg?fit=725%2C2560&ssl=1) WMRN Construction and Site-Purchase Newspaper Clippings. 1940. Newspaper clippings. WMRN-2026-055. ![WMRN Construction and Site-Purchase Newspaper Clippings, WMRN-2026-055](https:// i0.wp.com/wmrnhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/wmrn-2026-055-radio_station_work_to_be_started- 4.jpg?fit=1109%2C1384&ssl=1) WMRN Construction and Site-Purchase Newspaper Clippings. 1940. Newspaper clippings. WMRN-2026-055. WMRN Construction and Site-Purchase Newspaper Clippings (WMRN-2026-055) is a grouped newspaper-clipping accession associated with the founding and build-out of WMRN in Marion, Ohio, preserved within the Founding of WMRN Collection. Dated 1940, the clippings document construction planning, the North Main Street transmitter/ site purchase, staffing plans, regulatory progress, and the Marion Broadcasting Co.'s local-service mission. The group brings together related launch-era newspaper coverage that names WMRN and Marion Broadcasting Co. and describes the practical work of turning Marion's new radio station from an approved project into an operating broadcast facility. ### Objects Included * **WMRN-2026-055.1** – Work to start on radio station soon clipping. * **WMRN-2026-055.2** – Marion Broadcasting Station site-purchase clipping. * **WMRN-2026-055.3** – Continuation clipping describing radio station work to be started. ### Historical Significance These clippings document the founding period of WMRN, including the station's physical construction, local ownership, and preparations for regular service in Marion, Ohio. Together, the articles preserve the administrative and community context behind WMRN's arrival: site acquisition, regulatory approval, news-service planning, and the local-service ambitions that shaped the station's earliest public identity. ### Exhibit Label WMRN Construction and Site-Purchase Newspaper Clippings. 1940. Newspaper Clippings. This grouped accession is preserved as part of the WMRN Radio History Archive. ### Accession Number WMRN-2026-055 ### Object Type [Printed Ephemera](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=235) ### Date 1940 ### Sort Year 1940 ### Format / Genre [Newspaper clippings](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=379) ### Historical Context Documents the founding and build-out of WMRN, including the Marion Broadcasting Co. and the station's local-service mission. ## Content and Context ### People [A. Maurice Dunlap](https://wmrnhistory.com/archive/?taxquery%5B0%5D%5Bcompare%5D=IN&taxquery%5B0%5D%5Btaxonomy%5D=tnc_tax_2788&taxquery%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D%5B0%5D=371) | [J. L. McConnell](https://wmrnhistory.com/archive/?taxquery%5B0%5D%5Bcompare%5D=IN&taxquery%5B0%5D%5Btaxonomy%5D=tnc_tax_2788&taxquery%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D%5B0%5D=373) | [Louis Mahla](https://wmrnhistory.com/archive/?taxquery%5B0%5D%5Bcompare%5D=IN&taxquery%5B0%5D%5Btaxonomy%5D=tnc_tax_2788&taxquery%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D%5B0%5D=374) | [Robert E. Riley](https://wmrnhistory.com/archive/?taxquery%5B0%5D%5Bcompare%5D=IN&taxquery%5B0%5D%5Btaxonomy%5D=tnc_tax_2788&taxquery%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D%5B0%5D=376) | [Robert T. Mason](https://wmrnhistory.com/archive/?taxquery%5B0%5D%5Bcompare%5D=IN&taxquery%5B0%5D%5Btaxonomy%5D=tnc_tax_2788&taxquery%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D%5B0%5D=336) | [William (Bus) Olpp](https://wmrnhistory.com/archive/?taxquery%5B0%5D%5Bcompare%5D=IN&taxquery%5B0%5D%5Btaxonomy%5D=tnc_tax_2788&taxquery%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D%5B0%5D=377) ### Archive Collection(s) Broadcast Equipment and Facilities, Founding of WMRN Collection ### Keywords Building, Documents ## Physical Description and Location ### Quantity / Extent 3 ## Rights and Access ### Access / Use Restrictions Rights unknown; research-only until reviewed. ### Rights Status Rights Unknown ## Attachments * ![Original newspaper clipping headed Work to Start on Radio Station Soon from WMRN construction research materials on the WMRN-blue background.](https://i0. wp.com/wmrnhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/WMRN-2026-055-%E2%80%94-Original- Source-Photograph-%E2%80%94-Approved-WMRN-Blue-Featured-Social-Image.jpg?resize =275%2C275&ssl=1) * ![Original newspaper clipping headed Work to Start on Radio Station Soon from WMRN construction research materials on the WMRN-blue background.](https://i0. wp.com/wmrnhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/WMRN-2026-055-%E2%80%94-Original- Source-Photograph-%E2%80%94-Approved-WMRN-Blue-Featured-Social-Image.jpg?fit= 1200%2C630&ssl=1) * ![Selection of authentic historic photographs or document pages held under WMRN- 2026-055, arranged on a WMRN-blue museum-style background.](https://i0.wp.com/ wmrnhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/WMRN-2026-055-%E2%80%94-WMRN-blue- multi-image-archival-featuredsocial-share.jpg?resize=275%2C275&ssl=1) * WMRN-2026-055 — WMRN-blue multi-image archival featured/social share * ![Selection of authentic historic photographs or document pages held under WMRN- 2026-055, arranged on a WMRN-blue museum-style background.](https://i0.wp.com/ wmrnhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/WMRN-2026-055-%E2%80%94-WMRN-blue- multi-image-archival-featuredsocial-share.jpg?fit=1200%2C630&ssl=1)