WMRN Career
Donald B. Shackleford was identified as a 20% shareholder of Sandance Corporation, which acquired the WMRN-AM and WMRN-FM licenses from Worth Kramer's Marion Broadcasting Company in the 1980 transaction. Contemporary FCC transfer notices in Broadcasting name fellow owners Robert C. Kanuth Jr. (51%) and John P. Courtright Jr. (29%). Shackleford was also described as a Columbus-area savings-and-loan association chairman and minority owner. The WMRN connection is documented station ownership, not evidence of employment in the newsroom or broadcasting on the air. A second 1980 trade notice renders his surname 'Shackelford', an apparent spelling variation requiring original corporate-record verification.
Career Assignments
From 1980
Minority Ownership Partner (20%) — WMRN-AM 1490
- Department
- Ownership / Administration
- Affiliation
- Ownership/management
- Workplace
- Sandance Corporation, owner of WMRN-AM/FM
- Verification
- Confirmed
Named 20% ownership interest in proposed 1980 WMRN-AM/FM transaction; exact subsequent ownership period requires documentation.
Source: Broadcasting, October 20, 1980, Changing Hands: Proposed WMRN-AM/FM sale to Sandance Corporation, names Donald B. Shackleford as 20% shareholder. https://www.worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-BC/Broadcasting-Magazine/BC-1980/BC19801020.pdf ; Broadcasting, December 15, 1980, subsequent transfer report, https://www.electronicsandbooks.com/edt/manual/Magazine/B/BroadcastingUS/BC-1980/1980-12-15-BC116.pdf
The dates above document this role at those points in time; they do not establish continuous employment between them.
From 1980
Minority Ownership Partner (20%) — WMRN-FM 106.9
- Department
- Ownership / Administration
- Affiliation
- Ownership/management
- Workplace
- Sandance Corporation, owner of WMRN-AM/FM
- Verification
- Confirmed
Named 20% ownership interest in proposed 1980 WMRN-AM/FM transaction; exact subsequent ownership period requires documentation.
Source: Broadcasting, October 20, 1980, Changing Hands: Proposed WMRN-AM/FM sale to Sandance Corporation, names Donald B. Shackleford as 20% shareholder. https://www.worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-BC/Broadcasting-Magazine/BC-1980/BC19801020.pdf ; Broadcasting, December 15, 1980, subsequent transfer report, https://www.electronicsandbooks.com/edt/manual/Magazine/B/BroadcastingUS/BC-1980/1980-12-15-BC116.pdf
The dates above document this role at those points in time; they do not establish continuous employment between them.
Sources & Documentation
Broadcasting, October 20, 1980, Changing Hands: Proposed WMRN-AM/FM sale to Sandance Corporation, names Donald B. Shackleford as 20% shareholder. https://www.worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-BC/Broadcasting-Magazine/BC-1980/BC19801020.pdf ; Broadcasting, December 15, 1980, subsequent transfer report, https://www.electronicsandbooks.com/edt/manual/Magazine/B/BroadcastingUS/BC-1980/1980-12-15-BC116.pdf
