WMRN (AM)

For the FM radio station in Marion, Ohio, United States, see WMRN-FM.

WMRN
City	Marion, Ohio
Broadcast area	Mid-Ohio
Branding	NewsRadio 1490 WMRN
Slogan	Marion's News, Weather, and Sports for 75 years
Frequency	1490 kHz
First air date	1940
Format	News Talk Information
Power	1,000 watts day 1,000 watts night
Class	C
Facility ID	40169
Transmitter coordinates	40°36′50.00″N 83°7′47.00″W / 40.6138889°N 83.1297222°W / 40.6138889; -83.1297222
Callsign meaning	Marion, OH^[1]
Affiliations	Cincinnati Bengals Radio Network Fox News Radio Fox Sports Radio Ohio State IMG Sports Network Premiere Radio Networks
Owner	iHeartMedia, Inc. (Citicasters Licenses, Inc.)
Webcast
Website	wmrn.com

WMRN (1490 AM) is a radio station broadcasting a News Talk Information format. Licensed to Marion, Ohio, USA, ("MRN" stands for Marion Radio News) the station serves the Mid-Ohio area. The station is currently owned by iHeartMedia, Inc. and licensed as Citicasters Licenses, L.P. and features programming from Fox News Radio, Fox Sports Radio and Premiere Radio Networks.^[2]

former logo

The station was launched December 23, 1940. As the first station to broadcast from Marion, WMRN has traditionally been viewed as Marion County's "home" radio station.

In May 1953, WMRN's owners launched an FM sister station WMRN-FM which played "Beautiful Music" format until its format was converted to Country & Western in the mid to late 1970s. Clear Channel Communications separated the AM operations from the FM station, and then sold WMRN-AM to its current owner. The station's "Tradio" program (a item "swap" show where residents offer up goods for sale or trade) remains popular with local residents.

References

↑ "Call Letter Origins". Radio History on the Web.
↑ "WMRN Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.

External links

Query the FCC's AM station database for WMRN

Radio-Locator Information on WMRN

Query Nielsen Audio's AM station database for WMRN

Radio stations in the Ashland-Mansfield-Mt. Vernon, Ohio region

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News/talk radio stations in the state of Ohio

Stations	WABQ – Painesville WAKR – Akron WASN – Youngstown WBEX – Chillicothe WBTC – Uhrichsville WCLT – Newark WCVX – Cincinnati WEOL – Elyria/Lorain WERE – Cleveland Heights/Cleveland WHBC – Canton WHIO – Dayton WHIO-FM – Piqua WHK – Cleveland WHLO – Akron WINT – Willoughby WKBN – Youngstown WKRC – Cincinnati WLW – Cincinnati WMAN – Mansfield WMAN-FM – Fredericktown WMOH – Hamilton/Cincinnati WMRN – Marion WNIR – Kent/Akron WONW – Defiance WSPD – Toledo WTAM – Cleveland WTVN – Columbus

Defunct	WJMP – Kent/Akron

See also adult contemporary classic hits college country news/talk NPR oldies religious rock sports top 40 urban other radio stations in Ohio

iHeartMedia

Corporate officers	Bob Pittman (Chairman/CEO)

Board of directors	Lowry Mays Irving Azoff B. J. "Red" McCombs J. C. Watts John H. Williams

Radio stations	List of radio stations owned by iHeartMedia

Radio networks	Fox News Radio Fox Sports Radio NBC News Radio Premiere Networks Premium Choice Total Traffic and Weather Network

Miscellaneous	Clear Channel Outdoor Clear Channel UK iHeartRadio List of programming syndicated by iHeartMedia Mediabase Radio Computing Services

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