WMRN-2026-043
WMRN Studios Promotional Postcard
WMRN Studios Promotional Postcard (WMRN-2026-043) is a promotional postcard depicting the WMRN AM/FM studio and transmitter facili...
Broadcast Equipment and Facilities
Collection Hub The technical pathway for studios, control rooms, transmitter culture, microphones, equipment, construction, and station spaces. Early construction of the WMRN radio studios in Marion, Ohio during the 1940s. The photograph shows the station building under con... WMRN engineer Joe Peters servicing the broadcast console inside the Harding High School radio studio control room in Marion, Ohio,... Description This photograph documents the control room of the Harding High School radio studio in Marion, Ohio, showing students a... Description Interior view of the WMRN-AM on-air studio, likely photographed in the mid-to-late 1990s. The image captures the stati... Student announcer operating the broadcast console inside the Harding High School radio studio control room while an instructor sta... Metal folding chair used in the original WMRN radio studios, circa 1940s. Description This accession documents an original metal f... Three clippings document planned construction, the purchased North Main Street site, staffing, local programming goals, and regula... Printed WMRN promotional timeline handout headed "Celebrating 53 Years of Serving the Marion Area," likely produced in or after Se... Interpretive Exhibit WMRN Radio: The Station That Carried Marion An exhibit exploring WMRN’s role in the life of Marion, Ohio, thr... The WMRN Radio History Archive collects, preserves, and documents materials relating to the broadcast history of WMRN-AM (1490) an... The WMRN Radio History Archive relies on the collective memory and preserved materials of those who were part of the station’s his... A public support page listing preservation supplies, storage materials, digitization equipment, and archival tools needed to help... Buckeye Chuck is Ohio’s official weather-predicting groundhog and one of the most enduring broadcast traditions associated with WM... Black-and-white photograph shows a speaker at microphones with an American Broadcasting Company WMRN Marion banner; companion labe... Rate card image shows the WMRN Marion, Ohio brand, station building, towers, and slogan "The Quality Sound of Community Service." Clipping reports that Marion radio station WMRN would add FM broadcasts and discusses the transmitting tower and FM service. Three clippings document planned construction, the purchased North Main Street site, staffing, local programming goals, and regula...Broadcast Equipment and Facilities
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WMRN-2026-043
WMRN-2026-023
Construction of WMRN Radio Studios (1940s)
WMRN-2026-015
Harding High School Radio Studio – Equipment and Engineer (Joe Peters)
WMRN-2026-004
Harding High School Radio Studio Control Room
WMRN-2026-041
WMRN-AM On-Air Studio Interior (Late 1990s Era)
WMRN-2026-017
Harding High School Radio Studio – instructor and student at Broadcast Console
WMRN-2026-002
Folding Chair from Original WMRN Studios
WMRN-2026-055
WMRN Construction and Site-Purchase Newspaper Clippings
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WMRN 53 Years Serving the Marion Area Promotional Timeline Handout
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WMRN Radio: The Station That Carried Marion
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Buckeye Chuck
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