# WMRN Rate Card No. 18

- Link: https://wmrnhistory.com/accession/wmrn-2026-058/
- Published: 2026-09-29T17:03:05-04:00
- Author: Brendon Hamblin

## Document

## Identification & Description

### Title

WMRN Rate Card No. 18

### Description

  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.

### Accession Number

WMRN-2026-058

### 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

Undated

### Format / Genre

[Advertising/rate card](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=382)

### Historical Context

Documents WMRN branding, sales material, and facility imagery.

## Content and Context

### Archive Collection(s)

Broadcast Equipment and Facilities, Promotional Ephemera Collection

### Keywords

Ephemera

## Physical Description and Location

### Quantity / Extent

1

## Rights and Access

### Access / Use Restrictions

Rights unknown; research-only until reviewed.

### Rights Status

Rights Unknown

## Attachments