Shared collection
WMRN-2026-065
WMRN AM Hot Country 107 Prize Button
- Collection
- Hot Country 107 Collection, Promotional Ephemera Collection
- Format
- Button, Promotional Ephemera
- Date / Era
- 2026
WMRN Rate Card No. 18 (WMRN-2026-058) is an advertising and rate-card accession associated with WMRN sales, station branding, and sponsor-facing promotion, preserved within the Promotional Ephemera Collection. Undated, the item documents how WMRN presented its station identity, facilities, and community-service message to advertisers.
The rate card shows the WMRN Marion, Ohio brand, station building, broadcast towers, and the slogan “The Quality Sound of Community Service.” As a business document, it links the station’s visual identity to its commercial and civic role in Marion.
Historical Significance
Rate cards document how local radio stations described their audiences, facilities, and advertising value to businesses and sponsors.
This example preserves WMRN’s station imagery and sales language, showing how the station combined technical credibility, local presence, and community-service branding in its promotional material.
Exhibit Label
WMRN Rate Card No. 18. Date unknown. Advertising / Rate Card. This item is preserved as part of the WMRN Radio History Archive.
Research Notes
Additional Details
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People and Timeline
- People
- No individual people are formally indexed for this record yet.
- Timeline placement
- The exact date or era for this record is still being refined. Related records and donor context may help place it more precisely in the station timeline.
Citation and Rights
WMRN-2026-058. WMRN Rate Card No. 18. WMRN Radio History Archive.
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Full Catalog Metadata
- Object type
- Promotional Ephemera, Rate Card
- Collection
- Broadcast Equipment and Facilities, Promotional Ephemera Collection
- Digital location
- selected_wmrn_records/WMRN-2026-058_WMRN_rate_card_no_18
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