WMUR 610AM (now WGIR) Radio presents the news from December 3rd, 1946 with Gus Bernier!

LOST NH RADIO HISTORY: WMUR NEWS 1946!
Long before WMUR-TV went on air, New Hampshire picked up its local news and headlines from WMUR radio, as provided by the Manchester Union Leader and the Associated Press. Of special note in this broadcast is the search in Vermont for Paula Welden, missing since December 1st. The now legendary Bennington College student whose last words were, "I'm going to hike on the Long Trail." She was never seen again and joined 5 other people who would vanish off that trail between 1945 and 1950, now believed to be the stalking grounds of a serial killer who was never caught.
Founded by New Hampshire Governor Francis P. Murphy, WMUR 610AM went online at 5:45pm on Thursday, October 2nd, 1941 as "The Radio Voice of New Hampshire".
For well over a decade the radio station was incredibly popular, and would serve as the launchpad for WMUR-TV. In 1956, as Murphy's health waned...as did his wife Mae, he sold off the WMUR AM station to the Girolimon family, who changed the call letters to WGIR...a station that thrives to this day! This amazing piece of radio history has been preserved and maintained by Ed Brouder, of Man from Mars productions...and we did a little digital cleaning to the overall audio quality.