WMVR-FM
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WMVR-FM is a commercial radio station
licensed to Sidney, Ohio
, broadcasting an Hot AC music format. Its studios, offices, and transmitter are located on Russell Road, just outside of Sidney.
in Van Wert, Ohio
(currently owned by First Family Broadcasting) and made its inaugural sign-on during Thanksgiving Day November 21, 1963 after nearly a year of field tests and much anticipation. Prior to WMVR's founding, the only other two radio stations serving the Upper Miami Valley
were WPTW
in Piqua
(which up to that point operated an auxiliary studio in the Ohio Building) and the former WOHP (now WBLL) located to the east in Bellefontaine
.
Its first on-air personalities were Clif "Lil Monster" Willis (later of WIMA-TV now WLIO
) and Larry Levy. Willis was also the first program director and station manager. Its original studios and offices were located on the second floor of the Taylor Building at the corner of Main Avenue and Poplar Street in downtown Sidney (demolished on April 7, 2011) while its transmitter and three towers were erected near the intersection of Russell and Kuther Road. Its 250 watt daytime signal was enhanced with a north to northeast directional antenna pattern which can be heard as far north as Bowling Green
and as far northeast as Crestline
near Mansfield.
A 1965 tornado knocked down one of its AM directional towers but it remained on the air after special permission was granted by the FCC to do so. The fallen tower was re-erected the following year. Its proximity to 1070 kHz was the reason for the direction pattern to protect the 50,000 watt daytime signal of neighboring WIBC (now WFNI
) in Indianapolis. The 50 thousand watt night time skywave signal of WTIC
(also at 1080) in Hartford, Connecticut was the reason for WMVR-AM having to sign off at local sunset.
It was later that year when Dean and Ida (Wagner) Miller incorporated as The Dean Miller
Broadcasting Corporation (its licensee) which purchased the stations from Van Wert Broadcasting. Eventually a full-time air studio was built at the Russell Road site while the downtown offices and studio focused on news, sales, promotion and audio production.
Before coming to Sidney, Dean Miller (1924-2004) had been a television personality and actor
in Hollywood. He was best known for the role of Matt Henshaw on the Desilu-produced CBS sitcom December Bride
from 1954-1959, co-starring with Spring Byington
, Frances Rafferty
, Verna Felton
, and Harry Morgan
. He later co-hosted the NBC
daytime celebrity interview series Here's Hollywood
, with Helen O'Connell
, in addition to hosting a game show and as an occasional fill-in host for Art Linkletter's House Party
on CBS. A Hamilton
, Ohio, native, Miller (born Dean C. Stuhmueller, Sr.,) began his career essentially as a radio broadcaster before a by-chance meeting with some Hollywood executives who agreed to give the young Miller a chance to act. Miller graduated from Ohio State University
in Columbus
.
His love for the golden age of Hollywood eventually inspired him to do a retro nostalgia segment in the 1960s in addition to the live mid-day talk show "Party Line" (possibly inspired by Phil Donahue
's "Conversation Piece" on WHIO (AM)
) and later a "mini-show" segment entitled "The Show Biz Trivia Desk" which aired several times daily in the 1980s.
-styled beautiful music
at 105.5 FM after a brief stint as a country music format, almost similar to that of the programming of WHIO AM
/FM
in Dayton and its traditional local competitor WPTW AM
/FM
in Piqua at that time. It was also inspired by 700 WLW
in Cincinnati which also employed a full service/MOR format at the same time as well as WJR
in Detroit. A fully orchestrated jingle package: "The Station That's All Heart" borrowing the melody from the 1960s hit song "Down at Papa Joe's" by The Dixie Bells was produced for the station by Pepper/Tanner Productions http://www.normanb.net/pepper.htm of Memphis, a forerunner of the latter Media General
broadcasting conglomerate and subsequently the rights now owned by the current Jones TM production company of Dallas. The sing line: "This is Radio Ten-Eight-O..W-M-V-R" was used in place of the original Dixie Bells song lyrics to coincide with the MOR format along with the original call sign meaning: "Wonderful Miami Valley Radio." In 1970,the "Wonderful" portion of the slogan was dropped prior to a format switch.
In 1972 WMVR-AM switched to adult contemporary with Lee Riley (later of WONE (AM)
and at WKSW) as morning man including Tim Willoughby "The Wireless Wizard" (and later Mike Baumer) on afternoons. WMVR-FM maintained its beautiful music with a slight night time diversion...a weeknight album oriented rock program which briefly aired in 1973-74 initially hosted by Willoughby. Other WMVR alumni at that time included its news department staff of Don Laws(later a Shelby County Sheriff), George Cole (later of Christian station WTGN
) and Dick Bergman(now with Minster Bank.)During this time Dean Miller re-entered the television field as a news anchorman at a station in Washington D.C.then moving to another station in Miami, Florida and later in Detroit where he made his home. High-energy station IDs and "liners" utilizing Drake
-styled production values were voiced by Bill Shirk http://www.billshirk.com of WERK
in Muncie, Indiana as part of audio imaging for the new format while at the same time promoted itself as a locally-owned community citizen as "Your News Active and Sports Alive Station." By the end of the decade, a newer "shotgun"-styled contemporary jingle package was used: "Just You and Me" produced by Jones TM predecessor William B. Tanner Company.
switched from land lines to an all-satellite operation after becoming FM stereo in 1978 and reverting back to an AM/FM simulcast. WMVR was the charter affiliate of the Agri Broadcasting Network (ABN),founded by the late Ed Johnson
which also went satellite a few years later. A Big Band/nostalgia format in 1983-84 and news/talk in the mid 1990s however proved short-lived on AM-1080. Miler retired from television work during this decade allowing him to work closer with his initial passion, radio broadcasting and the station he owned. Still, he did one last television gig for WRGT-TV in Dayton by hosting "The Sunday Prime Movie" in addition to hosting the local segments of "The Golden Age of Television" for a year, complete with his trivia facts he collected during his years in Hollywood.
The late 1990s saw it switching to its present format of hot adult contemporary as "Hits 105.5" upgrading from 3,000 watts to the present 6,000 watts ERP (effective radiated power).
A violent thunderstorm with damaging winds again knocked down one of its AM directional towers in November 2000 forcing WMVR-AM to go silent to this present day. WMVR-AM is now believed to be that of a now defunct station as no special temporary authority
was filed to the FCC by the station to allow time re-erect the fallen tower and resume broadcasting. In 2001 the second of WMVR-AM's three tower array was dismantled leaving the final tower up leaving speculation that the AM license was surrendered to the FCC...hence WMVR now remains a stand-alone FM. (FCC rules do not allow AM stations to return to the air after a considerable period of time of being silent without a Special Temporary Authorization and license renewal being granted by the Commission.)
After a long illness, Dean Miller died January 13, 2004, at his home in Grosse Pointe, Michigan
and is buried at Graceland Cemetery in Sidney. His widow Ida, now owns the remaining FM station.
March 2011, most of WMVR-FM listeners refer to the station as Hits 105.5 A Better Blend of the 80's 90's Now!
Radio station
Radio broadcasting is a one-way wireless transmission over radio waves intended to reach a wide audience. Stations can be linked in radio networks to broadcast a common radio format, either in broadcast syndication or simulcast or both...
licensed to Sidney, Ohio
Sidney, Ohio
Sidney is a city in Shelby County, Ohio, United States. The population was 20,211 at the 2000 census. It is named after English poet Sir Phillip Sidney and is the county seat of Shelby County.Sidney was the recipient of the 1964 All-America City Award...
, broadcasting an Hot AC music format. Its studios, offices, and transmitter are located on Russell Road, just outside of Sidney.
Early history...WMVR-AM 1960s
Founded in 1963 as a daytime station at 1080 kHz on the AM band. Its founder and original owner was The Van Wert Broadcasting Company, which was also the original owner and founder of WERTWERT
WERT is a radio station broadcasting an Oldies/Adult Standards featuring soft oldies chiefly from the 1940s through today. Licensed to Van Wert, Ohio, USA, the station serves Van Wert primarily but is considered part of the Lima market...
in Van Wert, Ohio
Van Wert, Ohio
As of the census of 2000, there were 10,690 people, 4,556 households, and 2,947 families residing in the city. The population density was 1,803.8 people per square mile . There were 4,927 housing units at an average density of 831.4 per square mile...
(currently owned by First Family Broadcasting) and made its inaugural sign-on during Thanksgiving Day November 21, 1963 after nearly a year of field tests and much anticipation. Prior to WMVR's founding, the only other two radio stations serving the Upper Miami Valley
Miami Valley
The Miami Valley, broadly, refers to the land area surrounding the Great Miami River in southwest Ohio, USA, and also includes the Little Miami, Mad, and Stillwater rivers as well...
were WPTW
WPTW
WPTW "The Voice of Miami County" is a commercial AM radio station in Piqua, Ohio, USA operating 24/7 at 1570 kHz with a power output of 250 watts plus a live audio stream on the Internet. It is currently owned by Miami Valley Radio LLC, owned solely by Mark Hiner...
in Piqua
Piqua, Ohio
Piqua is a city in Miami County, Ohio, United States. The population was 20,738 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Dayton Metropolitan Statistical Area.Piqua was one of the cities that experienced severe flooding during the Great Dayton Flood of 1913....
(which up to that point operated an auxiliary studio in the Ohio Building) and the former WOHP (now WBLL) located to the east in Bellefontaine
Bellefontaine, Ohio
Bellefontaine is a city in and the county seat of Logan County, Ohio, United States. The population was 13,069 at the 2000 census. It is the center of the Bellefontaine Micropolitan Statistical Area, as defined by the United States Census Bureau in 2003...
.
Its first on-air personalities were Clif "Lil Monster" Willis (later of WIMA-TV now WLIO
WLIO
WLIO is the NBC-affiliated television station for Northwest Ohio licensed to Lima. It broadcasts a high definition digital signal on VHF channel 8 from a transmitter at its studios on Rice Avenue in the city. The station can also be seen on Time Warner Cable channel 5 and in high definition on...
) and Larry Levy. Willis was also the first program director and station manager. Its original studios and offices were located on the second floor of the Taylor Building at the corner of Main Avenue and Poplar Street in downtown Sidney (demolished on April 7, 2011) while its transmitter and three towers were erected near the intersection of Russell and Kuther Road. Its 250 watt daytime signal was enhanced with a north to northeast directional antenna pattern which can be heard as far north as Bowling Green
Bowling Green, Ohio
Bowling Green is the county seat of Wood County in the U.S. state of Ohio. At the time of the 2010 census, the population of Bowling Green was 30,028. It is part of the Toledo, Ohio Metropolitan Statistical Area. Bowling Green is the home of Bowling Green State University...
and as far northeast as Crestline
Crestline, Ohio
While the Census Bureau recognizes Crestline as a village, its 2000 population of 5,088 makes it a city under Ohio law.Crestline operates under a mayor-council system, with a council of eight members...
near Mansfield.
Mansfield, Ohio
Mansfield is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Richland County. The municipality is located in north-central Ohio in the western foothills of the Allegheny Plateau, approximately southwest of Cleveland and northeast of Columbus....
A 1965 tornado knocked down one of its AM directional towers but it remained on the air after special permission was granted by the FCC to do so. The fallen tower was re-erected the following year. Its proximity to 1070 kHz was the reason for the direction pattern to protect the 50,000 watt daytime signal of neighboring WIBC (now WFNI
WFNI
WFNI, known as 1070 The Fan, is a radio station in Indianapolis, Indiana owned by Emmis Communications. The station operates on the AM radio frequency of 1070 kHz. The studios are located at 40 Monument Circle in downtown Indianapolis...
) in Indianapolis. The 50 thousand watt night time skywave signal of WTIC
WTIC (AM)
WTIC is a 50,000-watt radio station operating out of Hartford, Connecticut, broadcasting news and talk radio. Its signal, located at 1080 kHz, can be picked up throughout southern New England by day and over several states as well as parts of Canada by night...
(also at 1080) in Hartford, Connecticut was the reason for WMVR-AM having to sign off at local sunset.
WMVR-FM...1960s
WMVR-FM first came on the air in the spring of 1965, at first as a simulcast and continuation of WMVR-AM's programming into the evening hours after local sunset sign-off time on its AM frequency.It was later that year when Dean and Ida (Wagner) Miller incorporated as The Dean Miller
Dean Miller (broadcaster)
Dean Miller, born Dean C. Stuhlmueller , was an American actor and broadcaster, perhaps best known for his role as the son-in-law in the CBS sitcom December Bride...
Broadcasting Corporation (its licensee) which purchased the stations from Van Wert Broadcasting. Eventually a full-time air studio was built at the Russell Road site while the downtown offices and studio focused on news, sales, promotion and audio production.
Before coming to Sidney, Dean Miller (1924-2004) had been a television personality and actor
Actor
An actor is a person who acts in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio in that capacity...
in Hollywood. He was best known for the role of Matt Henshaw on the Desilu-produced CBS sitcom December Bride
December Bride
December Bride is an American sitcom that aired on the CBS television network from 1954 to 1959, adapted from the original CBS radio network series that aired from June 1952 through September 1953.-Overview:...
from 1954-1959, co-starring with Spring Byington
Spring Byington
Spring Byington was an American actress. Her career included a seven-year run on radio and television as the star of December Bride. She was a key MGM contract player appearing in films from the 1930s through the 1960s.-Early life:Byington was born Spring Dell Byington in Colorado Springs,...
, Frances Rafferty
Frances Rafferty
Frances Rafferty was an American actress, dancer, World War II pin-up girl and MGM contract star.-Early life:Frances Anne Rafferty was born in Sioux City, Iowa, the daughter of Maxwell Lewis Rafftery, Snr...
, Verna Felton
Verna Felton
Verna Felton was an American character actress who was best-known for providing many female voices in numerous Disney animated films, as well as voicing Fred Flintstone's mother-in-law Pearl Slaghoople for Hanna-Barbera...
, and Harry Morgan
Harry Morgan
Harry Morgan is an American actor. Morgan is well-known for his roles as Colonel Sherman T. Potter on M*A*S*H , Pete Porter on both Pete and Gladys and December Bride , Detective Bill Gannon on Dragnet , and Amos Coogan on Hec Ramsey...
. He later co-hosted the NBC
NBC
The National Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network and former radio network headquartered in the GE Building in New York City's Rockefeller Center with additional major offices near Los Angeles and in Chicago...
daytime celebrity interview series Here's Hollywood
Here's Hollywood
Here's Hollywood is an American celebrity interview program which aired on weekday afternoons on NBC at 4:30 Eastern time from September 26, 1960, to December 28, 1962.-Overview:...
, with Helen O'Connell
Helen O'Connell
Helen O'Connell was an American singer, actress, and dancer.Born in Lima, Ohio, O'Connell joined the Jimmy Dorsey band in 1939 and achieved her best selling records in the early 1940s with "Green Eyes", "Amapola," "Tangerine" and "Yours"...
, in addition to hosting a game show and as an occasional fill-in host for Art Linkletter's House Party
Art Linkletter's House Party
House Party is an American radio daytime variety/talk show that aired on CBS Radio and on ABC Radio from January 15, 1945 to October 13, 1967...
on CBS. A Hamilton
Hamilton, Ohio
Hamilton is a city in Butler County, southwestern Ohio, United States. The population was 62,447 at the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Butler County. The city is part of the Cincinnati metropolitan area....
, Ohio, native, Miller (born Dean C. Stuhmueller, Sr.,) began his career essentially as a radio broadcaster before a by-chance meeting with some Hollywood executives who agreed to give the young Miller a chance to act. Miller graduated from Ohio State University
Ohio State University
The Ohio State University, commonly referred to as Ohio State, is a public research university located in Columbus, Ohio. It was originally founded in 1870 as a land-grant university and is currently the third largest university campus in the United States...
in Columbus
Columbus, Ohio
Columbus is the capital of and the largest city in the U.S. state of Ohio. The broader metropolitan area encompasses several counties and is the third largest in Ohio behind those of Cleveland and Cincinnati. Columbus is the third largest city in the American Midwest, and the fifteenth largest city...
.
His love for the golden age of Hollywood eventually inspired him to do a retro nostalgia segment in the 1960s in addition to the live mid-day talk show "Party Line" (possibly inspired by Phil Donahue
Phil Donahue
Phillip John "Phil" Donahue is an American media personality, writer, and film producer best known as the creator and host of The Phil Donahue Show. The television program, also known as Donahue, was the first to use a talk show format. The show had a 26-year run on U.S...
's "Conversation Piece" on WHIO (AM)
WHIO (AM)
WHIO is a radio station broadcasting a News Talk Information format. Licensed to Dayton, Ohio, USA, the station serves the Cincinnati and Dayton area...
) and later a "mini-show" segment entitled "The Show Biz Trivia Desk" which aired several times daily in the 1980s.
1970s
Eventually after finalizing plans, Miller moved the entire operation to the Russell Road site after a new office/studio complex was built in the summer of 1969 where it remains today. Programming became split between a full service/middle of the road format on AM-1080 and MuzakMuzak
Muzak Holdings LLC is a company based in metro Fort Mill, South Carolina, United States, just outside of Charlotte, North Carolina. Founded in 1934, Muzak Holdings is best known for distribution of background music to retail stores and other companies....
-styled beautiful music
Beautiful music
Beautiful music is a mostly instrumental music format that was prominent in American radio from the 1960s through the 1980s...
at 105.5 FM after a brief stint as a country music format, almost similar to that of the programming of WHIO AM
WHIO (AM)
WHIO is a radio station broadcasting a News Talk Information format. Licensed to Dayton, Ohio, USA, the station serves the Cincinnati and Dayton area...
/FM
WHKO
WHKO is a country music radio station licensed to Dayton, Ohio. The station is owned by Cox Radio, Inc. With its 50,000 watt signal, WHKO is one of the strongest FM stations in the Southwestern Ohio area, and frequently makes mention of this during on-air promos...
in Dayton and its traditional local competitor WPTW AM
WPTW
WPTW "The Voice of Miami County" is a commercial AM radio station in Piqua, Ohio, USA operating 24/7 at 1570 kHz with a power output of 250 watts plus a live audio stream on the Internet. It is currently owned by Miami Valley Radio LLC, owned solely by Mark Hiner...
/FM
WHIO-FM
WHIO-FM is a news/talk radio station licensed to serve the community of Pleasant Hill, Ohio.Until October 30, 2006, WHIO-FM was known as WDPT "95.7 The Point." The station now simulcasts the programming of News/Talk 1290 WHIO in Dayton...
in Piqua at that time. It was also inspired by 700 WLW
WLW
WLW is a clear channel talk radio station located in Cincinnati, Ohio, run by Clear Channel Communications. The station broadcasts locally on 700 kHz AM...
in Cincinnati which also employed a full service/MOR format at the same time as well as WJR
WJR
WJR is a radio station in Detroit, Michigan, United States. It broadcasts a news/talk format. It is a class A clear channel station whose broadcasts can be heard throughout most of the Midwest, eastern United States and Canada at night, making it one of the most powerful radio stations in the...
in Detroit. A fully orchestrated jingle package: "The Station That's All Heart" borrowing the melody from the 1960s hit song "Down at Papa Joe's" by The Dixie Bells was produced for the station by Pepper/Tanner Productions http://www.normanb.net/pepper.htm of Memphis, a forerunner of the latter Media General
Media General
Media General, Inc. is a media company based in the Southeastern United States. Its major properties include newspapers such as The Tampa Tribune, the Winston-Salem Journal, and the Richmond Times-Dispatch, as well as numerous television stations, such as flagship station WFLA-TV.The company was...
broadcasting conglomerate and subsequently the rights now owned by the current Jones TM production company of Dallas. The sing line: "This is Radio Ten-Eight-O..W-M-V-R" was used in place of the original Dixie Bells song lyrics to coincide with the MOR format along with the original call sign meaning: "Wonderful Miami Valley Radio." In 1970,the "Wonderful" portion of the slogan was dropped prior to a format switch.
In 1972 WMVR-AM switched to adult contemporary with Lee Riley (later of WONE (AM)
WONE (AM)
WONE is an AM radio station in Dayton, Ohio operating on 980 kHz with a Sports Talk format. It carries programming from Fox Sports Radio, as well as the Jim Rome Show and the Dan Patrick Show .-History:The station took the air in 1949, licensed to Skyland Broadcasting Corp...
and at WKSW) as morning man including Tim Willoughby "The Wireless Wizard" (and later Mike Baumer) on afternoons. WMVR-FM maintained its beautiful music with a slight night time diversion...a weeknight album oriented rock program which briefly aired in 1973-74 initially hosted by Willoughby. Other WMVR alumni at that time included its news department staff of Don Laws(later a Shelby County Sheriff), George Cole (later of Christian station WTGN
WTGN
WTGN is a non commercial FM radio station in Lima, Ohio at 97.7 MHz with an effective radiated power of 6,000 Watts. It is owned by Associated Christian Broadcasters Inc.and is Limaland's first and oldest Christian radio station...
) and Dick Bergman(now with Minster Bank.)During this time Dean Miller re-entered the television field as a news anchorman at a station in Washington D.C.then moving to another station in Miami, Florida and later in Detroit where he made his home. High-energy station IDs and "liners" utilizing Drake
Bill Drake
Bill Drake , born Philip Yarbrough, was an American radio programmer who co-developed the Boss Radio format with Gene Chenault via their company Drake-Chenault.-Early career:...
-styled production values were voiced by Bill Shirk http://www.billshirk.com of WERK
WERK
WERK is a commercial FM station broadcasting an Oldies format.The station serves the Muncie-Marion area. The former WURK was a simulcast of WERK until January of 2010...
in Muncie, Indiana as part of audio imaging for the new format while at the same time promoted itself as a locally-owned community citizen as "Your News Active and Sports Alive Station." By the end of the decade, a newer "shotgun"-styled contemporary jingle package was used: "Just You and Me" produced by Jones TM predecessor William B. Tanner Company.
Media General
Media General, Inc. is a media company based in the Southeastern United States. Its major properties include newspapers such as The Tampa Tribune, the Winston-Salem Journal, and the Richmond Times-Dispatch, as well as numerous television stations, such as flagship station WFLA-TV.The company was...
1980s-present
The 1980s saw expansion as its long-time affiliation with the now-defunct Mutual Broadcasting SystemMutual Broadcasting System
The Mutual Broadcasting System was an American radio network, in operation from 1934 to 1999. In the golden age of U.S. radio drama, MBS was best known as the original network home of The Lone Ranger and The Adventures of Superman and as the long-time radio residence of The Shadow...
switched from land lines to an all-satellite operation after becoming FM stereo in 1978 and reverting back to an AM/FM simulcast. WMVR was the charter affiliate of the Agri Broadcasting Network (ABN),founded by the late Ed Johnson
Ed Johnson (broadcaster)
Ed Johnson was the founder of Agri Communicators, Inc., the parent company of the Agri Broadcast Network .-The ABN:...
which also went satellite a few years later. A Big Band/nostalgia format in 1983-84 and news/talk in the mid 1990s however proved short-lived on AM-1080. Miler retired from television work during this decade allowing him to work closer with his initial passion, radio broadcasting and the station he owned. Still, he did one last television gig for WRGT-TV in Dayton by hosting "The Sunday Prime Movie" in addition to hosting the local segments of "The Golden Age of Television" for a year, complete with his trivia facts he collected during his years in Hollywood.
The late 1990s saw it switching to its present format of hot adult contemporary as "Hits 105.5" upgrading from 3,000 watts to the present 6,000 watts ERP (effective radiated power).
A violent thunderstorm with damaging winds again knocked down one of its AM directional towers in November 2000 forcing WMVR-AM to go silent to this present day. WMVR-AM is now believed to be that of a now defunct station as no special temporary authority
Special temporary authority
In U.S. broadcast law, a special temporary authorization or special temporary authority is a type of broadcast license which temporarily allows a broadcast station to operate outside of its normal technical or legal parameters...
was filed to the FCC by the station to allow time re-erect the fallen tower and resume broadcasting. In 2001 the second of WMVR-AM's three tower array was dismantled leaving the final tower up leaving speculation that the AM license was surrendered to the FCC...hence WMVR now remains a stand-alone FM. (FCC rules do not allow AM stations to return to the air after a considerable period of time of being silent without a Special Temporary Authorization and license renewal being granted by the Commission.)
After a long illness, Dean Miller died January 13, 2004, at his home in Grosse Pointe, Michigan
Grosse Pointe, Michigan
Grosse Pointe is a suburban city bordering Detroit in Wayne County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The city covers just over one square mile, and had a population of 5,421 at the 2010 census. It is bordered on the west by Grosse Pointe Park, on the north by Detroit, on the east by Grosse Pointe...
and is buried at Graceland Cemetery in Sidney. His widow Ida, now owns the remaining FM station.
March 2011, most of WMVR-FM listeners refer to the station as Hits 105.5 A Better Blend of the 80's 90's Now!
Video
External links
- Hits 105.5 official website
- WMVR-FM information page from Gaebler Ventures website
- Retrospective of film and television career of Dean Miller Sr.
- FCC actions published on December 18, 2001 detailing the cancellation of license for WMVR-AM dated November 9,2001 (scroll down to FCC action for WMVR-AM)
- Technical information of defunct WMVR-AM from FCC-Info site
- Additional information of defunct WMVR-AM from REC Networks site