Marion Station Goes on Air Today Clipping (WMRN-2026-056) is a launch-era newspaper clipping associated with WMRN’s first day of regular broadcasting, preserved within the Founding of WMRN Collection. Dated 1940, the item documents the start of WMRN’s regular broadcast service after Federal Communications Commission approval arrived.
The clipping states that radio station WMRN’s first regular broadcast began at 1:15 p.m. and records the station’s early operating schedule, making it one of the clearest documentary references to the station’s on-air beginning.
This clipping provides direct evidence of WMRN’s first regular broadcast and helps anchor the chronology of the station’s launch in Marion, Ohio.
As a contemporary newspaper account, it preserves both the station’s transition from approval to operation and the public announcement of WMRN’s initial broadcast schedule.
Marion Station Goes on Air Today Clipping. 1940. Newspaper Clipping. This item is preserved as part of the WMRN Radio History Archive.
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WMRN-2026-056. Marion Station Goes on Air Today Clipping. WMRN Radio History Archive.
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