Jeff Ruth Off-Air Recording Before High School Basketball Broadcast — “Sh-Boom” | WMRN-AM 1490 | Marion, Ohio | Date Unknown

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Mark Turner introduces this candid behind-the-scenes recording of WMRN personality Jeff Ruth while Ruth is preparing to broadcast a high school basketball game.

Ruth is waiting for a varsity game already in progress to conclude before beginning his own broadcast. Turner explains that Ruth can be heard through WMRN’s cue monitor while remaining off the air, allowing Turner to continue playing music over the station while listening to and recording Ruth’s remote feed.

While waiting, Ruth begins singing along with “Sh-Boom,” the song being played over WMRN. People around Ruth at the gymnasium can hear him singing through his microphone and headphones, but cannot hear the music he is following.

The recording preserves a humorous and unusually candid moment involving two WMRN personalities and offers a glimpse behind the scenes of the station’s local high school sports broadcasts.