# Start Research - Link: https://wmrnhistory.com/research/ - Published: 2026-06-22T22:09:30-04:00 - Author: Research Portal ## Start Research Use this page as the clean public doorway into the archive. It keeps the main navigation simple while connecting accession records, hubs, people, exhibits, audio, and contribution paths. 8 collection hubs 8 public exhibits OCR and transcripts on text/audio records ### Primary Research Paths ### Browse Accession Records Use the archive browser when you know a title, accession number, format, person, or date range. ### Collection Hubs Follow curated subject paths for WMRN-AM, WMRN-FM, Hot Country 107, people, equipment, and ephemera. ### All Exhibits Read narrative exhibits, including Buckeye Chuck and WMRN Peanut Push, from one exhibit index. ### Broadcast Archive Go directly to preserved audio, promos, interviews, airchecks, and station recordings. ### Collection Hubs ### WMRN-AM 1490 The AM station pathway for founding records, early studio materials, WMRN News, local programming, anniversaries, and Marion civic broadcasting. ### WMRN-FM The FM pathway for simulcast history, beautiful music, country-format transitions, FM broadcasts, and later station branding. ### Hot Country 107 The FM country-branding pathway for apparel, promotional items, format identity, listener culture, and 1990s Marion radio. ### Buckeye Chuck and Marion Radio Culture The Buckeye Chuck pathway connects annual Groundhog Day broadcasts, WMRN personalities, weather folklore, buttons, audio, and civic ritual. ### Rod Serling at WMRN A focused pathway for Rod Serling related records, VE Day commentary, early writing and radio experience, and WMRN connections. ### Terry Cole Collection The Terry Cole pathway for announcer identity, WMRN News, promos, weather coverage, Buckeye Chuck, civic affiliations, and station memory. ### Broadcast Equipment and Facilities The technical pathway for studios, control rooms, transmitter culture, microphones, equipment, construction, and station spaces. ### Promotional Ephemera The material-culture pathway for buttons, apparel, handouts, stickers, postcards, rate cards, and everyday objects that carried WMRN into public life. ### People and Subjects * [Rod Serling](https://wmrnhistory.com/rod-serling-at-wmrn/) Early radio, VE Day commentary, and WMRN context. * [Terry Cole](https://wmrnhistory.com/terry-cole-collection/) News, weather, promos, civic affiliations, and station memory. * [Charlie Evers](https://wmrnhistory.com/people/charlie-evers/) Community traditions, Peanut Push, Buckeye Chuck, and station personality. * [Robert T. Mason](https://wmrnhistory.com/people/robert-t-mason/) Ownership, anniversaries, and institutional leadership. * [Buckeye Chuck](https://wmrnhistory.com/buckeye-chuck/) Groundhog Day broadcasts, buttons, ceremonies, and public folklore. ### Era Guides 1. 1940s [Founding, first broadcast, Marion Broadcasting Company, early studios.](https://wmrnhistory.com/exhibit/first-broadcast-december-23-1940/) 2. 1950s-1960s [FM expansion, school radio, community service, and local programming.](https://wmrnhistory.com/wmrn-fm/) 3. 1970s-1980s [Beautiful music, format transitions, Peanut Push, and civic traditions.](https://wmrnhistory.com/exhibit/from-beautiful-music-to-hot-country-107/) 4. 1990s-2000s [Hot Country 107, digital audio, promotions, Buckeye Chuck coverage.](https://wmrnhistory.com/hot-country-107/) ### Narrative Exhibits ### The First Broadcast: December 23, 1940 Open the exhibit record and its related accessions, timeline anchors, people, and source material. ### Rod Serling at WMRN Open the exhibit record and its related accessions, timeline anchors, people, and source material. ### From Beautiful Music to Hot Country 107 Open the exhibit record and its related accessions, timeline anchors, people, and source material. ### Buckeye Chuck and Marion Radio Culture Open the exhibit record and its related accessions, timeline anchors, people, and source material. ### WMRN Peanut Push Open the exhibit record and its related accessions, timeline anchors, people, and source material. ### Buckeye Chuck Open the exhibit record and its related accessions, timeline anchors, people, and source material. [View the full all-exhibits page](https://wmrnhistory.com/exhibits/), including Buckeye Chuck and WMRN Peanut Push.