# Collection Hubs

- Link: https://wmrnhistory.com/collection-hubs/
- Published: 2026-06-20T19:03:51-04:00
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Research Pathways

## Collection Hubs

These hubs gather related accessions, people, audio, photographs, and timeline context
into focused research pathways.

 [Start Research](https://wmrnhistory.com/research/) [Browse Archive](https://wmrnhistory.com/archive/)
[All Exhibits](https://wmrnhistory.com/exhibits/)

### WMRN-AM 1490

The AM station pathway for founding records, early studio materials, WMRN News, 
local programming, anniversaries, and Marion civic broadcasting.

 [Open hub](https://wmrnhistory.com/wmrn-am/)

### WMRN-FM

The FM pathway for simulcast history, beautiful music, country-format transitions,
FM broadcasts, and later station branding.

 [Open hub](https://wmrnhistory.com/wmrn-fm/)

### Hot Country 107

The FM country-branding pathway for apparel, promotional items, format identity,
listener culture, and 1990s Marion radio.

 [Open hub](https://wmrnhistory.com/hot-country-107/)

### Buckeye Chuck and Marion Radio Culture

The Buckeye Chuck pathway connects annual Groundhog Day broadcasts, WMRN personalities,
weather folklore, buttons, audio, and civic ritual.

 [Open hub](https://wmrnhistory.com/buckeye-chuck/)

### Rod Serling at WMRN

A focused pathway for Rod Serling related records, VE Day commentary, early writing
and radio experience, and WMRN connections.

 [Open hub](https://wmrnhistory.com/rod-serling-at-wmrn/)

### Terry Cole Collection

The Terry Cole pathway for announcer identity, WMRN News, promos, weather coverage,
Buckeye Chuck, civic affiliations, and station memory.

 [Open hub](https://wmrnhistory.com/terry-cole-collection/)

### Broadcast Equipment and Facilities

The technical pathway for studios, control rooms, transmitter culture, microphones,
equipment, construction, and station spaces.

 [Open hub](https://wmrnhistory.com/broadcast-equipment/)

### Promotional Ephemera

The material-culture pathway for buttons, apparel, handouts, stickers, postcards,
rate cards, and everyday objects that carried WMRN into public life.

 [Open hub](https://wmrnhistory.com/promotional-ephemera/)