WMRN Career
S. Robert Morrison was a pivotal technical and management employee of WMRN in its early years. A contemporary May 1943 Broadcast Engineers' Journal report identifies him as WMRN's chief engineer and documents the station's short-notice, live remote broadcasts, including wartime civic-service demonstrations. A March 1945 Broadcasting report records that Morrison had entered U.S. Navy service, with Francis J. Peters succeeding him as chief engineer. A November 1945 personnel notice reports Morrison's return as assistant general manager while Peters remained chief engineer. He appears as assistant general manager in the station's 1947 Broadcasting-Telecasting Yearbook advertisement. The specific date of his first WMRN appointment is unverified.
Career Assignments
From 1943
Chief Engineer — WMRN-AM 1490
- Department
- Engineering
- Employer
- Marion Broadcasting Company
- Affiliation
- Direct WMRN staff
- Workplace
- WMRN, Marion, Ohio
- Verification
- Confirmed
Named chief engineer in May 1943 trade report; succeeded by Francis J. Peters when Morrison entered Navy in 1945.
Source: Broadcast Engineers' Journal, May 1943, and Broadcasting, March 5, 1945. See source references.
The dates above document this role at those points in time; they do not establish continuous employment between them.
1947
Assistant General Manager — WMRN-AM 1490
- Department
- Management
- Employer
- Marion Broadcasting Company
- Affiliation
- Direct WMRN staff
- Workplace
- WMRN, Marion, Ohio
- Verification
- Confirmed
A WMRN advertisement published in the 1947 Broadcasting-Telecasting Yearbook identifies Morrison as assistant general manager.
Source: WMRN-2026-076 — 1947 Broadcasting-Telecasting Yearbook advertisement.
The dates above document this role at those points in time; they do not establish continuous employment between them.
From 1945
Assistant General Manager — WMRN-AM 1490
- Department
- Management
- Employer
- Marion Broadcasting Company
- Affiliation
- Direct WMRN staff
- Workplace
- WMRN, Marion, Ohio
- Verification
- Confirmed
Broadcasting reported November 12, 1945 that S. Robert Morrison returned to WMRN as assistant general manager after Navy service.
Source: Broadcasting, November 12, 1945, https://www.worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-BC/Broadcasting-Magazine/BC-1945/1945-11-12-BC.pdf
The dates above document this role at those points in time; they do not establish continuous employment between them.
Sources & Documentation
Broadcast Engineers' Journal, May 1943, Ohio News, page 16, https://www.worldradiohistory.com/Archive-Broadcast-Engineers-Journal/BEJ-1943-05.pdf
Broadcasting, March 5, 1945, personnel report: Morrison to Navy and Francis J. Peters succeeds as chief engineer, https://www.worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-BC/Broadcasting-Magazine/BC-1945/1945-03-05-BC.pdf
Broadcasting, November 12, 1945, personnel report: S. Robert Morrison returned as assistant GM, https://www.worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-BC/Broadcasting-Magazine/BC-1945/1945-11-12-BC.pdf
WMRN-2026-076 — WMRN “Friendly Neighbor Station” Advertisement, 1947 Broadcasting-Telecasting Yearbook.
