Scott Shawver WMRN-FM Buried Alive Publicity Stunt Clippings (WMRN-2026-066) is a grouped newspaper-clipping accession associated with WMRN-FM radio personality Scott Shawver, preserved within the WMRN-FM Collection. Undated, the clippings document a buried-alive publicity stunt connected to a Marion Jaycees Haunted Forest fundraiser.

The related articles identify Shawver as a WMRN-FM morning-show disc jockey and describe the promotional stunt, including coverage before and after the event. The group records the blend of radio personality promotion, local spectacle, and community fundraising that shaped WMRN’s public presence.

Objects Included

• WMRN-2026-066.1 – Scott Shawver buried-alive clipping.
• WMRN-2026-066.2 – Related buried-alive publicity clipping.
• WMRN-2026-066.3 – Follow-up clipping documenting Shawver rising from the grave.

Historical Significance

This accession documents the role of WMRN-FM personalities in station promotion and local community events.

The clippings show how radio publicity could become a participatory public event, linking an on-air personality, a civic fundraiser, and newspaper coverage into a memorable local promotion.

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Scott Shawver WMRN-FM Buried Alive Publicity Stunt Clippings. Date unknown. Newspaper Clippings. This grouped accession is preserved as part of the WMRN Radio History Archive.

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Radio Station WMRN to Add FM Broadcasts Clipping (WMRN-2026-057) is a newspaper-clipping accession associated with WMRN’s expansion into FM broadcasting, preserved within the WMRN-FM Collection. Dated May 5, 1953, the clipping documents Marion radio station WMRN’s plans to add FM service.

The article reports on WMRN’s FM broadcasting plans and discusses the transmitting tower and technical service connected with the expansion. It places WMRN-FM within the station’s broader mid-century development from AM local service into an expanded broadcast operation.

Historical Significance

This clipping documents a major technical expansion in WMRN’s history: the move into FM broadcasting during the early 1950s.

The article helps connect WMRN-FM’s launch to the station’s facilities, transmission infrastructure, and public explanation of FM service for Marion-area listeners.

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Radio Station WMRN to Add FM Broadcasts Clipping. May 5, 1953. Newspaper Clipping. This item is preserved as part of the WMRN Radio History Archive.

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Marion Station Goes on Air Today Clipping (WMRN-2026-056) is a launch-era newspaper clipping associated with WMRN’s first day of regular broadcasting, preserved within the Founding of WMRN Collection. Dated 1940, the item documents the start of WMRN’s regular broadcast service after Federal Communications Commission approval arrived.

The clipping states that radio station WMRN’s first regular broadcast began at 1:15 p.m. and records the station’s early operating schedule, making it one of the clearest documentary references to the station’s on-air beginning.

Historical Significance

This clipping provides direct evidence of WMRN’s first regular broadcast and helps anchor the chronology of the station’s launch in Marion, Ohio.

As a contemporary newspaper account, it preserves both the station’s transition from approval to operation and the public announcement of WMRN’s initial broadcast schedule.

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Marion Station Goes on Air Today Clipping. 1940. Newspaper Clipping. This item is preserved as part of the WMRN Radio History Archive.

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WMRN Construction and Site-Purchase Newspaper Clippings (WMRN-2026-055) is a grouped newspaper-clipping accession associated with the founding and build-out of WMRN in Marion, Ohio, preserved within the Founding of WMRN Collection. Dated 1940, the clippings document construction planning, the North Main Street transmitter/site purchase, staffing plans, regulatory progress, and the Marion Broadcasting Co.’s local-service mission.

The group brings together related launch-era newspaper coverage that names WMRN and Marion Broadcasting Co. and describes the practical work of turning Marion’s new radio station from an approved project into an operating broadcast facility.

Objects Included

• WMRN-2026-055.1 – Work to start on radio station soon clipping.
• WMRN-2026-055.2 – Marion Broadcasting Station site-purchase clipping.
• WMRN-2026-055.3 – Continuation clipping describing radio station work to be started.

Historical Significance

These clippings document the founding period of WMRN, including the station’s physical construction, local ownership, and preparations for regular service in Marion, Ohio.

Together, the articles preserve the administrative and community context behind WMRN’s arrival: site acquisition, regulatory approval, news-service planning, and the local-service ambitions that shaped the station’s earliest public identity.

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WMRN Construction and Site-Purchase Newspaper Clippings. 1940. Newspaper Clippings. This grouped accession is preserved as part of the WMRN Radio History Archive.

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