WMRN Personnel Profile

Walter Kay

Announcer

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WMRN Career

A September 13, 1944, issue of Radio Daily reports that Walter Kay had joined the WJW staff in Cleveland and explicitly identifies his previous employment as an announcer at WMRN in Marion, Ohio. The personnel notice is contemporary evidence of his WMRN broadcasting work, though his start and end dates at the station have not been established.

Career Assignments

From 1944

Announcer — WMRN-AM 1490

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

September 13, 1944 industry publication describes Kay as formerly a WMRN announcer who joined WJW; 1944 represents a transfer notice, not tenure dates.

Source: Radio Daily, September 13, 1944, https://www.worldradiohistory.com/Archive-Radio-Daily/RD-1944/RD-1944-09.pdf

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

Sources & Documentation

Radio Daily, September 13, 1944, https://www.worldradiohistory.com/Archive-Radio-Daily/RD-1944/RD-1944-09.pdf

No published accession is currently linked to this personnel authority record.