The WMRN Archives

This episode presents a preserved WMRN News promotional announcement titled “Power Outage.” The promo highlights WMRN’s role as a critical source of information during power outages affecting Marion, Ohio and surrounding communities. Emphasizing immediate updates, service interruptions, and local impact, the piece reinforces the station’s identity as a dependable resource during emergency situatio...

This episode presents a preserved WMRN News promotional announcement titled “Rain.” The promo highlights WMRN’s commitment to delivering timely weather information to listeners in Marion, Ohio and surrounding communities. Focused on rain events and changing local conditions, the piece reinforces the station’s identity as a dependable source for real-time updates that affect daily life — from trave...

This episode presents a preserved WMRN News promotional announcement titled “Accurate Grapevine.” The promo reinforces WMRN’s positioning as a reliable and verified source of information within the Marion, Ohio community. By contrasting rumor with responsible reporting, the piece emphasizes the station’s commitment to accuracy, credibility, and trusted local journalism. As part of WMRN’s broader n...

This episode presents a preserved WMRN News promotional announcement titled “Domestic Violence – Denise Brown.” Produced during the national attention surrounding the O.J. Simpson case, the promo highlights WMRN’s exclusive local interview with Denise Brown, sister of Nicole Brown Simpson. At a time when domestic violence became a subject of intense public discussion, WMRN positioned itself as the...

This episode presents a preserved WMRN promotional announcement for Cleveland Indians baseball. The promo features audio from Albert Bell’s return to Cleveland following his departure from the Indians organization in November 1996. Capturing crowd reaction and commentary from that moment, the piece reflects the charged atmosphere surrounding one of the most memorable storylines in 1990s Cleveland...

This episode presents a preserved WMRN News promotional announcement titled “Way On Down,” voiced by Terry Cole. The promo highlights the station’s weather coverage and reflects how WMRN communicated approaching weather systems and changing conditions to listeners in Marion, Ohio and the surrounding communities. The phrasing suggests movement and developing weather patterns, reinforcing the statio...

This episode presents a preserved WMRN News promotional announcement titled “No Winter Wonderland,” voiced by Terry Cole. The promo highlights the station’s winter weather coverage and reflects how WMRN framed snow and seasonal conditions for listeners in Marion, Ohio and the surrounding communities. While winter weather can be picturesque, the piece underscores the practical realities of travel c...

This episode presents a preserved WMRN News promotional announcement highlighting the station’s winter weather coverage, voiced by Terry Cole. The promo reflects WMRN’s role in providing timely and dependable winter storm information to Marion, Ohio and the surrounding communities. Emphasizing preparation, awareness, and community impact, the piece reinforces the station’s identity as a trusted so...

This episode presents a preserved WMRN News promotional announcement highlighting the station’s severe weather and tornado coverage, voiced by Terry Cole. The piece reflects WMRN’s role as a primary source of urgent weather information for Marion, Ohio and surrounding communities. Emphasizing responsiveness, immediacy, and on-the-ground reporting, the promo reinforces the station’s identity as a t...

This episode presents a preserved WMRN News promotional announcement titled “We’re There,” voiced by WMRN News Director, Terry Cole and Scott Gurfen. The promo reinforces WMRN’s longstanding identity as a present and responsive local news source serving Marion, Ohio and the surrounding communities. Emphasizing immediacy and commitment, the piece reflects the station’s positioning as being on the s...

This episode presents a preserved WMRN promotional announcement highlighting the station’s election coverage, voiced by Terry Cole. The promo reflects WMRN’s role in delivering local and regional election reporting to the Marion, Ohio community. Emphasizing public service, timeliness, and trusted information, the piece reinforces the station’s identity as a primary source for election results and...

This episode presents a preserved WMRN News promotional announcement voiced by Terry Cole. Titled “This Is NOT News to Marion County,” the piece reflects WMRN’s long-standing identity as a trusted local news source serving Marion and the surrounding communities. The promo emphasizes familiarity, immediacy, and the station’s commitment to delivering information that matters locally. The original pr...

This episode continues a historic WMRN-FM recording from December 25, 1973, preserving additional Christmas Day programming as it aired to listeners in the Marion, Ohio community. Part 2 completes the original broadcast preserved from tape and further reflects the character of early 1970s FM radio. The recording includes seasonal programming elements, music selections, station identification, and...

This episode features a historic WMRN-FM recording from December 25, 1973, capturing Christmas Day programming as it aired to listeners in the Marion, Ohio community. The broadcast reflects the sound and style of early 1970s FM radio, including music programming, on-air presentation, station identification, and seasonal messaging typical of the era. As a full-length preservation, the recording off...

This episode features a historic WMRN Radio recording from December 23, 1960, marking the station’s twentieth anniversary of broadcasting. In this address, Robert T. Mason reflects on the founding of WMRN on December 23, 1940, and the station’s growth over two decades of service to the Marion, Ohio community. The speech outlines WMRN’s commitment to public service, local news, education, sports co...

This episode preserves a Buckeye Chuck forecast voiced by Terry Cole, recorded in the mid-2000s and used as part of WMRN Radio’s Groundhog Day coverage. Since 1979, Buckeye Chuck has been a familiar part of Marion’s Groundhog Day tradition. In this recorded segment, Terry Cole explains Buckeye Chuck’s role as Ohio’s official weather forecasting groundhog and delivers the forecast language commonly...

This episode presents a curated selection of on-air anniversary bumpers used by Marion Radio, WMRN during milestone celebrations across the station’s history. These short promotional segments feature voices connected to WMRN’s legacy and reflect how the station marked its anniversaries on the air. Preserved in their original form, the bumpers offer a glimpse into the sound, tone, and celebratory l...

This episode preserves the on-air broadcast marking the 70th anniversary of Marion Radio, WMRN, originally aired as part of the station’s anniversary celebration. The broadcast reflects on WMRN’s history, voices, and role in the Marion community, presented as it was heard on the air at the time. It stands as a primary audio artifact documenting how the station marked its own milestone and acknowle...

This episode features a historic WMRN Radio broadcast recorded on May 6, 1948, marking Victory in Europe Day. In this recording, Rod Serling reflects on the meaning of VE Day in the aftermath of World War II. At the time, Serling was in the early stages of his broadcasting career and associated with WMRN Radio in Marion, Ohio. Rod Serling later became widely known as the creator and host of the te...

This episode provides an introduction to the WMRN Radio History Archive and its purpose. The WMRN Radio History Archive preserves and shares the broadcast legacy of WMRN Radio and its role in the Marion, Ohio community. Through original recordings, historic broadcasts, and short contextual segments, the archive documents the sounds, voices, and moments that shaped local radio over multiple decades...