WMRN-FM

Coordinates: 40°36′29″N 83°14′13″W / 40.608°N 83.237°W / 40.608; -83.237
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WMRN-FM
BrandingBuckeye Country 94.3
Programming
FormatCountry
AffiliationsPremiere Networks
Ownership
Owner
WYNT, WMRN
History
First air date
April 1953 (WMRN-FM at 106.9)
February 27, 1975 (94.3 as WDIF)
Former call signs
WDIF (1975–2008)
Former frequencies
106.9 MHz (1953-1/6/2008)
Call sign meaning
Marion
Technical information[1]
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID59282
ClassA
ERP3,000 watts
HAAT91 meters (299 ft)
Links
Public license information
WebcastListen Live
Websitebuckeyecountry943.iheart.com

WMRN-FM (94.3 MHz) is a country music radio station in Marion, Ohio, currently owned by iHeartMedia.

Station history

The previous WMRN-FM had served the nearby Marion, Ohio area at 106.9 MHz with a country music format under the on-air monikers “FM-107”, “Country 107”, “Hot Country 107” and "Buckeye Country 107" over the previous years.

The country format moved to 94.3 MHz, where the WMRN-FM call letters were moved to on 1/6/2008. The original WMRN-FM (106.9) moved to the Columbus market as WRXS.

94.3 FM was previously WDIF, and had served Marion since 1975

WMRN-AM and WMRN-FM 106.9 in Marion, Ohio, WBUK-FM (106.3, Ottawa, Ohio) and WPFX-FM (107.7, North Baltimore, Ohio). Burbach Broadcasting owned several other radio stations in Clarksburg, West Virginia, Parkersburg, West Virginia and State College, Pennsylvania
.

In 1996, Ohio Radio Group purchased

Cincinnati, Ohio
.

Before WMRN-FM's move to 94.3 FM, WDIF had been known as "Mix 94.3."

References

  1. ^ "Facility Technical Data for WMRN-FM". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  2. ^ "WDIF" (PDF). 1976 Broadcasting Yearbook. p. C-155. Retrieved August 29, 2019.

40°36′29″N 83°14′13″W / 40.608°N 83.237°W / 40.608; -83.237