WMRN-FM Reception Verification Letter to David F. Thomas (2026-069/">WMRN-2026-069) is a correspondence and reception-verification accession associated with WMRN-FM engineering records, preserved within the WMRN Engineering and Reception Reports Collection. Dated August 12, 1953, the letter verifies David F. Thomas’s reception report for WMRN-FM.
The letter appears on WMRN and Marion Broadcasting Co. letterhead and describes WMRN-FM’s May 6, 1953 operation, including 106.9 Mc, channel 295, and 25,000 watts effective radiated power. It documents the station’s FM service shortly after launch.
This letter documents early WMRN-FM technical operations and preserves specific frequency, channel, and power information from the station’s first year of FM service.
As a reception-verification document, it connects WMRN-FM’s technical launch to listener correspondence and demonstrates how the station confirmed reception reports from outside Marion.
WMRN-FM Reception Verification Letter to David F. Thomas. August 12, 1953. Correspondence / Reception Verification. This document is preserved as part of the WMRN Radio History Archive.
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WMRN-2026-069. WMRN-FM Reception Verification Letter to David F. Thomas. WMRN Radio History Archive.
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