WMRN Personnel Profile

Roger Fischer

Program Director / Former Sports Director

Primary display role: Program Director / Former Sports Director
Stations: WMRN-AM 1490
Roles: Program Director, Sports
Department: Programming / Sports
Relationship to WMRN: Direct WMRN staff
Verification: Confirmed

WMRN Career

Roger Fischer served as WMRN's program director during the 1970s and around 1980. Contemporary personnel advertisements in Broadcasting (1976 and 1980) and the 1980 Broadcasting Yearbook name him at WMRN, with the yearbook identifying his role as program director. During WMRN's December 21, 2007, anniversary broadcast, a former colleague recalled originally hiring Roger as sports director, succeeding Bob Miller. The broadcast's automatic transcript renders his surname as 'Fisher', but the contemporary printed references use 'Fischer'. Precise dates and order of appointments remain under investigation.

Career Assignments

Date not yet documented

Sports Director — WMRN-AM 1490

Department: Sports
Affiliation: Direct WMRN staff
Workplace: WMRN radio studios, Marion, Ohio
Verification: Confirmed

Former colleague remembered hiring Roger Fischer as sports director succeeding Bob Miller.

Source: WMRN 67 Years On The Air: Anniversary Celebration, December 21, 2007; Roger Fischer's earlier sports-director role recalled at approximately 11:10–11:25. https://wmrnhistory.com/broadcast-archive/

The dates above document this role at those points in time; they do not establish continuous employment between them.

From 1980

Program Director — WMRN-AM 1490

Department: Programming
Affiliation: Direct WMRN staff
Workplace: WMRN radio studios, Marion, Ohio
Verification: Confirmed

Contemporary 1980 Broadcasting Yearbook lists Roger Fischer as program director; 1976 and 1980 recruitment advertisements also name him.

Source: Broadcasting, March 22, 1976 (Roger Fischer named in WMRN recruitment notice); Broadcasting Yearbook 1980 (Roger Fischer listed as WMRN program director); Broadcasting, October 6, 1980 (J. Roger Fischer hiring notice). Digitized editions indexed at https://www.worldradiohistory.com/Broadcasting-Yearbook.htm

The dates above document this role at those points in time; they do not establish continuous employment between them.

Additional Career Timeline

1970s — Recalled in 2007 as having been hired as WMRN sports director after Bob Miller.
1976 — WMRN personnel advertisement names Roger Fischer.
1980 — Broadcasting Yearbook identifies Roger Fischer as program director.

Sources & Documentation

Broadcasting, March 22, 1976 (Roger Fischer named in WMRN recruitment notice); Broadcasting Yearbook 1980 (Roger Fischer listed as WMRN program director); Broadcasting, October 6, 1980 (J. Roger Fischer hiring notice). Digitized editions indexed at https://www.worldradiohistory.com/Broadcasting-Yearbook.htm
WMRN 67 Years On The Air: Anniversary Celebration, December 21, 2007; Roger Fischer's earlier sports-director role recalled at approximately 11:10–11:25. https://wmrnhistory.com/broadcast-archive/