WMRN Career
Bob Miller was a WMRN news and sports director and sports play-by-play broadcaster. A contemporary January 25, 1971 issue of Broadcasting identifies Robert C. Miller as news and sports director for WMRN-AM/FM in Marion and WOHI-AM in East Liverpool and reports his move to WHIZ-AM/FM/TV in Zanesville. This appears to be the same Bob Miller recalled in WMRN's December 21, 2007 67th-anniversary broadcast: a colleague remembered Bob Miller serving as news and sports director before Roger Fischer was hired as sports director. A first-person account of 1961 WMRN school basketball broadcasts also mentions Bob Miller's local sports coverage. The contemporaneous report supports a 1971 departure, but exact hiring and intermediate appointment dates remain undetermined.
Career Assignments
Date not yet documented
News Director — WMRN-AM 1490
- Department
- News / Sports
- Affiliation
- Direct WMRN staff
- Workplace
- WMRN, Marion, Ohio
- Verification
- Confirmed
2007 reunion recollection identifies Bob Miller as a news and sports director before Roger Fischer.
Source: WMRN, 67 Years On The Air: Anniversary Celebration, December 21, 2007, https://wmrnhistory.com/broadcast-archive/; approximately 11:10-11:25.
The dates above document this role at those points in time; they do not establish continuous employment between them.
Date not yet documented
Sports Director — WMRN-AM 1490
- Department
- News / Sports
- Affiliation
- Direct WMRN staff
- Workplace
- WMRN, Marion, Ohio
- Verification
- Confirmed
2007 reunion recollection identifies Bob Miller as a news and sports director before Roger Fischer.
Source: WMRN, 67 Years On The Air: Anniversary Celebration, December 21, 2007, https://wmrnhistory.com/broadcast-archive/; approximately 11:10-11:25.
The dates above document this role at those points in time; they do not establish continuous employment between them.
From 1971
News and Sports Director — WMRN-AM 1490
- Department
- News / Sports
- Affiliation
- Direct WMRN staff
- Workplace
- WMRN-AM/FM Marion, Ohio
- Verification
- Probable / partially documented
January 1971 industry notice reports Robert C. Miller moving from WMRN-AM/FM and WOHI to WHIZ as news and sports director.
Source: Broadcasting, January 25, 1971, https://www.worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-BC/Broadcasting-Magazine/BC-1971/1971-01-25-BC.pdf
The dates above document this role at those points in time; they do not establish continuous employment between them.
From 1971
News and Sports Director — WMRN-FM 106.9
- Department
- News / Sports
- Affiliation
- Direct WMRN staff
- Workplace
- WMRN-AM/FM Marion, Ohio
- Verification
- Probable / partially documented
Contemporary trade notice identifies Robert C. Miller with WMRN-AM/FM, likely the same Bob Miller recalled in 2007.
Source: Broadcasting, January 25, 1971, https://www.worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-BC/Broadcasting-Magazine/BC-1971/1971-01-25-BC.pdf
The dates above document this role at those points in time; they do not establish continuous employment between them.
Sources & Documentation
WMRN, 67 Years On The Air: Anniversary Celebration, December 21, 2007, https://wmrnhistory.com/broadcast-archive/; approximately 11:10-11:25.
Broadcasting, January 25, 1971, Fates & Fortunes news appointments, page 54, named Robert C. Miller as WMRN-AM/FM and WOHI news and sports director moving to WHIZ, https://www.worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-BC/Broadcasting-Magazine/BC-1971/1971-01-25-BC.pdf
Eyewitness account of WMRN sports broadcasts in early 1960s, https://www.t2buck.com/paulin2.htm
