WMRN Career
Charles F. Might was WMRN's farm director and farm editor during the 1950s, providing agricultural information and representing the station at farm and Future Farmers of America events. Broadcasting reported his appointment as farm director in May 1953 and identified him as WMRN's farm editor during an FFA luncheon that August. A February 1957 industry report pictures or names Might in connection with Ohio Farm Broadcasting Day. A later farm-radio association newsletter also identifies him with WMRN. Might subsequently held senior farm-radio industry sales/marketing responsibilities. Specific start and end dates at WMRN have not been established.
Career Assignments
From 1953
Farm Director / Editor — WMRN-AM 1490
- Department
- Agricultural News / Programming
- Affiliation
- Direct WMRN staff
- Workplace
- WMRN radio operation, Marion, Ohio
- Verification
- Confirmed
1953 trade press identifies Might as WMRN farm director and farm editor.
Source: Broadcasting, May 4, 1953, farm-director appointment, https://www.electronicsandbooks.com/edt/manual/Magazine/B/BroadcastingUS/BC-1953/BC-1953-05-04136.pdf ; Broadcasting, August 17, 1953, FFA coverage, https://www.worldradiohistory.com/Archive-BC/BC-1953/1953-08-17-BC.pdf ; Broadcasting, February 4, 1957, Ohio Farm Broadcasting Day, https://www.worldradiohistory.com/Archive-BC/BC-1957/1957-02-04-BC.pdf ; USDA Radio Farm Directors newsletter, https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f5/RFD_letter_to_radio_farm_directors_IA_rfdlettertoradi958unit_10.pdf
The dates above document this role at those points in time; they do not establish continuous employment between them.
From 1957
Agricultural Community Representative — WMRN-AM 1490
- Department
- Agricultural News / Programming
- Affiliation
- Direct WMRN staff
- Workplace
- WMRN radio operation, Marion, Ohio
- Verification
- Confirmed
Represented WMRN as Ohio farm radio service director in a 1957 broadcasting industry event.
Source: Broadcasting, May 4, 1953, farm-director appointment, https://www.electronicsandbooks.com/edt/manual/Magazine/B/BroadcastingUS/BC-1953/BC-1953-05-04136.pdf ; Broadcasting, August 17, 1953, FFA coverage, https://www.worldradiohistory.com/Archive-BC/BC-1953/1953-08-17-BC.pdf ; Broadcasting, February 4, 1957, Ohio Farm Broadcasting Day, https://www.worldradiohistory.com/Archive-BC/BC-1957/1957-02-04-BC.pdf ; USDA Radio Farm Directors newsletter, https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f5/RFD_letter_to_radio_farm_directors_IA_rfdlettertoradi958unit_10.pdf
The dates above document this role at those points in time; they do not establish continuous employment between them.
Sources & Documentation
Broadcasting, May 4, 1953, farm-director appointment, https://www.electronicsandbooks.com/edt/manual/Magazine/B/BroadcastingUS/BC-1953/BC-1953-05-04136.pdf ; Broadcasting, August 17, 1953, FFA coverage, https://www.worldradiohistory.com/Archive-BC/BC-1953/1953-08-17-BC.pdf ; Broadcasting, February 4, 1957, Ohio Farm Broadcasting Day, https://www.worldradiohistory.com/Archive-BC/BC-1957/1957-02-04-BC.pdf ; USDA Radio Farm Directors newsletter, https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f5/RFD_letter_to_radio_farm_directors_IA_rfdlettertoradi958unit_10.pdf
