Description
This illustrated program cover promotes WMRN Radio’s sports coverage of events held at the Marion Coliseum in Marion, Ohio. The design features multiple vintage broadcast microphones labeled “WMRN,” a radio transmission tower, and a cartoon hockey mascot identified as a Marion Barons player.
The cover lists a price of 25 cents, indicating that the publication was likely sold or distributed to spectators attending sporting events. Graphics emphasizing radio microphones and broadcast imagery highlight WMRN’s role in covering local athletics.
Items such as this program reflect the station’s involvement in community sports broadcasting during the mid-twentieth century and illustrate how radio stations promoted live sporting events through printed materials and promotional graphics.