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Museum of Broadcast Communications

January 10, 2023

The Museum of Broadcast Communications (MBC) is an American museum, the stated mission of which is "to collect, preserve, and present historic and contemporary radio and television content as well as educate, inform and entertain through our archives, public programs, screenings, exhibits, publications and online access to our resources."[1] It is located in Chicago.

Museum of Broadcast Communications
Established1987
Location360 North State Street, Chicago, Illinois
Coordinates41°53′00″N 87°37′30″W / 41.883352°N 87.625126°W / 41.883352; -87.625126Coordinates: 41°53′00″N 87°37′30″W / 41.883352°N 87.625126°W / 41.883352; -87.625126
Websitewww.museum.tv

Museum locations (1987–present)

The Museum of Broadcast Communications was founded in 1982 but didn't open until June 1987 in the River City condominium complex, located at 800 S. Wells St. It remained there until June 1992, when it moved to the Chicago Cultural Center. The MBC then left the Cultural Center in December 2003, with plans to open in a new building of its own at 360 N. State St. in 2005.[2] Subsequently, construction of the new MBC experienced various delays and setbacks, with construction stopping in 2006 and the half-completed building slated to be sold in December 2008, which MBC founder and president Bruce DuMont blamed on a lack of $6 million in state funding that had reportedly been promised to the museum three years earlier.[3]

On November 7, 2009, DuMont announced that funding for the museum from the state of Illinois had finally been obtained and that construction would begin once again.[4] Seven months later, Governor Pat Quinn stated that Illinois would give the MBC a capital grant of $6 million to help complete its construction.[5] (In December 2009 the MBC held a construction fundraiser in Oak Park, Illinois, where DuMont was living at the time.[6] The event's headliner was Bill Jackson, the creator and host of the children's program The BJ and Dirty Dragon Show, which aired on Chicago TV from 1968 to '74, originally as Cartoon Town.[7])

The new 62,000-square-foot MBC was back under construction in 2010. It was set to include expanded areas for collection development, two exhibit galleries, and working radio and television studios.[8] The State of Illinois set a deadline of May 2011 to finish basic interior work and landscaping, but because of cold weather, the museum was given a 30-day extension on its original April 30 deadline.[9]

Shortly before the museum reopened, the Chicago Tribune reported that Bruce DuMont had obtained the aforementioned $6 million grant "after telling the state he intended to create 200 year-long construction jobs and 19 museum staff positions (15 full-time jobs and four part-time ones)," but he expected the museum to have only 11 part-time workers by the time of the reopening and said that 180–200 construction workers, employed for as much as ten months and as little as several days, helped finish the new building. When asked to explain why the number, and duration, of jobs created was lower than what he'd promised to the state legislature, Dumont replied, in an email, "If the MBC can manage our operations with fewer people and do so efficiently, we will do so, just like the Chicago Tribune has done." DuMont told the Tribune that waiters, hotel employees, and other members of the service industry would find employment, presumably in restaurants and hotels surrounding the museum, because of the reopening, and that the MBC could inspire people to seek out careers in broadcasting. "I think inspiration is a form of job creation," DuMont said, "because it changes one life."[10]

After being dormant for eight and a half years as a brick-and-mortar destination, the museum reopened in its new location at 360 N. State St. on June 13, 2012, exactly 25 years after it first opened its doors. (Technically, the National Radio Hall of Fame gallery, located on the second floor of the museum, had been open to the public since December 1, 2011.)[11] The pre-opening ceremony on June 12 included actors John Mahoney (Frasier) and Betty White (The Golden Girls) and newscaster Hugh Downs (20/20).[12]

According to a February 2011 press release centered on the MBC's partnership with Cleversafe to provide online access to its archives, roughly 70,000 registered users and 4.5 million unique visitors had accessed the MBC's 400,000 online videos between 2009 and early 2011, and more than "240,000 visitors from across the country are projected for the [museum's] first year of operation."[13] However, museum attendance "dropped drastically, from 225,000 annual visitors when MBC was at the Cultural Center and free to 7,300 last year at the current entrance fee of $12," reported the Chicago Reader in May 2015. "Then in 2013, what DuMont describes as a 'server crash' destroyed access to the 10 percent of the museum's archive of radio and television programming that had been digitized and made available to the public for free."[14]

In December 2012 Crain's Chicago Business reported that the MBC "now owes less than $3 million on a mortgage held by Pepper [Construction, the contractor for the State St. facility] and has arranged another three years for paying down that debt."[15] (The Chicago Reader had previously reported, in November 2009, a mortgage total of $4.79 million "that'll come due in 2011.")[16] More than four and a half years later, in July 2017, Crain's revealed that the MBC's mortgage deadline had been pushed back from the end of 2015 to the end of 2017, and that as of August 2016 the museum "owed $2.5 million to Pepper Construction"; furthermore, "the museum posted $53,674 in ticket revenue" in 2015 along with "an operating deficit of $561,331, according to its tax filing for that year, the most recent available."[17] Four weeks later Crain's reported that Pepper Construction had granted the MBC another year to pay off its debt, extending the mortgage deadline to December 31, 2018.[18]

In September 2017 the MBC announced the debut of "Saturday Night Live: The Experience," a 12,000-square-foot exhibit acquired from Premier Exhibitions that was set to open the following month and run through the end of 2018 on the museum's second and fourth floors. "It's a grab for the gold ring," MBC president Bruce DuMont told the Chicago Tribune. "I think it's going to dramatically change the museum for the better. We're very excited about it. There's going to be more attention, more traffic, more buzz about the things we do here."[19] (Premier Exhibitions filed for bankruptcy protection in June 2016.)[20]

On March 2, 2018, media blogger Robert Feder reported that the museum was "looking to sell two floors of its four-story building at 360 North State Street." "We simply are looking at options to improve the future educational and entertainment experience for our patrons," said MBC board chairman Larry Wert. "Any proceeds would put the institution on a solid financial foundation."[21] Wert, Tribune Media's president of broadcast media, was elected interim chairman of the MBC board in October 2016,[22] less than two months after Bruce DuMont announced that he planned to retire as the museum's president.[23] (Until Wert became the interim chairman of the board, the position had "been vacant since 1995 when the late Arthur C. Nielsen Jr. stepped down after 11 years," wrote Feder that October.)

However, shortly after DuMont made his announcement in August 2016, the website Chicagoland Radio and Media reported, "Officially, DuMont is voluntarily retiring from the MBC, claiming the decision is entirely his own, although in reality, there is far more behind it," including alleged financial mismanagement and controversy surrounding his personal life; additionally, DuMont would "remain at least until a successor has been found and begun in the MBC President role. This could take up to a year."[24] DuMont's final two-year term as president ended on December 31, 2017,[25] without a successor in place, but on March 19, 2018, Robert Feder reported that Julian Jackson, formerly the vice president of design at the Milwaukee Public Museum, had been named the MBC's new executive director.[26]

Nearly six months later, on September 17, 2018, Feder reported that the MBC's board of directors was close to finalizing a deal to sell the museum's third and fourth floors to Fern Hill, a real estate development and investment firm. "Sources said the agreement will net $6 million, to be used to continue operating the museum and paying down debt – especially a $3.7 million mortgage held by Pepper Construction Co.," Feder wrote.[27] The deal closed on March 1, 2019, with executive director Julian Jackson telling Feder, "When we open the next phase of the permanent museum, we plan on providing a state-of-the-art experience to all of our guest [sic], while delivering brand value to our sponsors and supporters."[28] That same week the Chicago Tribune reported that the MBC was "negotiating with Cleveland’s Rock and Roll Hall of Fame to bring two special exhibitions here beginning in June," and that after the March 31 closing of "Saturday Night Live: The Experience," which had been held over for three months, the museum's second floor was "expected to be closed for at least April and May" as the MBC reduced its exhibition and event space "from 25,000 square feet to 12,500."[29] On March 18, 2019, Robert Feder reported that Julian Jackson had resigned as the MBC's executive director after one year, having told the board of directors that he'd "accepted a new position with Freeman Exhibit Solutions in Schiller Park."[30]

"Louder Than Words: Rock, Power & Politics," on loan from the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, opened on May 24, 2019, for a three-month run on the MBC's second floor.[31][32] On July 26 Robert Feder reported that Susy Schultz, president of the Chicago nonprofit Public Narrative and a former journalist for the Chicago Sun-Times, had been named the museum's new executive director, effective August 19.[33] (David Plier, the CEO of Retail First Corp. and a weekend host on WGN 720 AM, replaced Larry Wert as the chairman of the MBC board at the end of June.)[34] In its July 26 story on Schultz's hiring, the Chicago Tribune reported that the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's exhibit "Stay Tuned: Rock on TV" was scheduled to open in October, and "the museum next year plans to remodel its primary exhibition space on the second floor and remake its central exhibition on television history," according to MBC officials.[35]

The MBC temporarily closed its doors on March 15, 2020, because of the COVID-19 health crisis, and announced that it would "be accelerating the release of its online curriculum for 'The Great Debates,' which examines the impact of the broadcast industry on the campaign for the presidency. It was scheduled to be released when the exhibit opens this summer, but that will be moved up to early April."[36]

In October 2021 the Chicago Tribune reported, "After closing in March 2020, MBC opened briefly that summer. Poor attendance forced the museum closed again, and they chose to focus on educational programs and an online lecture series prior to a soft reopening" on October 2, 2021, with a "grand reopening" taking place later that month.[37]

National Radio Hall of Fame

Main article: Radio Hall of Fame

Until October 2017, when "Saturday Night Live: The Experience" opened, the second floor of the museum was the location of the National Radio Hall of Fame (NRHOF) gallery. (When the SNL exhibit closed in the spring of 2019 and the MBC sold the third and fourth floors of its building, the NRHOF gallery was partially restored on the second floor.) The NRHOF has been affiliated with the MBC since 1991.[38] (The museum was also home to the American Advertising Federation's Advertising Hall of Fame from 1992 to 2000.[39])

Encyclopedia of Television

Encyclopedia of Television, edited by Horace Newcomb, has more than 1,000 online essays.[40][41]

“The most definitive resource on the history of television worldwide.” – Library Journal[40]

See also

References

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  5. ^ "Governor Quinn To Announce $6 Million Capital Grant for Museum of Broadcast Communications" (Press release). Illinois Governor News Network. 11 June 2010. Retrieved 2014-10-21.
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  14. ^ Isaacs, Deanna (May 5, 2015). "Has the Museum of Broadcast Communications finally found its frequency?". Chicago Reader. Retrieved 4 November 2015.
  15. ^ Marek, Lynne (December 17, 2012). "Broadcast museum reaches deal to help pay mortgage". Crain's Chicago Business. Retrieved 5 September 2017.
  16. ^ Isaacs, Deanna (November 17, 2009). "Long-Awaited Broadcast Museum State Grant Almost, but Not Quite, a Done Deal". Chicago Reader. Retrieved 3 February 2019.
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  18. ^ Bertagnoli, Lisa (July 31, 2017). "Museum of Broadcast Communications gets a lifeline". Crain's Chicago Business. Retrieved 5 September 2017.
  19. ^ Johnson, Steve (September 6, 2017). "Major 'Saturday Night Live' exhibit opening in Chicago". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 7 September 2017.
  20. ^ Farber, Madeline (June 23, 2016). "Company Behind 'Bodies' Exhibitions Attempts to Sell Titanic Artifacts". Fortune. Retrieved April 1, 2019.
  21. ^ Feder, Robert (March 2, 2018). "Robservations: Cara Carriveau exits WSHE". Daily Herald. Retrieved 13 March 2018.
  22. ^ Feder, Robert (October 11, 2016). "Larry Wert named interim chairman of broadcast museum". Daily Herald. Retrieved 15 March 2018.
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  28. ^ Feder, Robert (March 1, 2019). "Robservations: 'WGN Morning News' rises and shines in February". Daily Herald. Retrieved April 1, 2019.
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External links

  • Museum of Broadcast Communications website
  • National Radio Hall of Fame website

January 10, 2023
museum, broadcast, communications, american, museum, stated, mission, which, collect, preserve, present, historic, contemporary, radio, television, content, well, educate, inform, entertain, through, archives, public, programs, screenings, exhibits, publicatio. The Museum of Broadcast Communications MBC is an American museum the stated mission of which is to collect preserve and present historic and contemporary radio and television content as well as educate inform and entertain through our archives public programs screenings exhibits publications and online access to our resources 1 It is located in Chicago Museum of Broadcast CommunicationsEstablished1987Location360 North State Street Chicago IllinoisCoordinates41 53 00 N 87 37 30 W 41 883352 N 87 625126 W 41 883352 87 625126 Coordinates 41 53 00 N 87 37 30 W 41 883352 N 87 625126 W 41 883352 87 625126Websitewww museum tv Contents 1 Museum locations 1987 present 2 National Radio Hall of Fame 3 Encyclopedia of Television 4 See also 5 References 6 External linksMuseum locations 1987 present EditThe Museum of Broadcast Communications was founded in 1982 but didn t open until June 1987 in the River City condominium complex located at 800 S Wells St It remained there until June 1992 when it moved to the Chicago Cultural Center The MBC then left the Cultural Center in December 2003 with plans to open in a new building of its own at 360 N State St in 2005 2 Subsequently construction of the new MBC experienced various delays and setbacks with construction stopping in 2006 and the half completed building slated to be sold in December 2008 which MBC founder and president Bruce DuMont blamed on a lack of 6 million in state funding that had reportedly been promised to the museum three years earlier 3 On November 7 2009 DuMont announced that funding for the museum from the state of Illinois had finally been obtained and that construction would begin once again 4 Seven months later Governor Pat Quinn stated that Illinois would give the MBC a capital grant of 6 million to help complete its construction 5 In December 2009 the MBC held a construction fundraiser in Oak Park Illinois where DuMont was living at the time 6 The event s headliner was Bill Jackson the creator and host of the children s program The BJ and Dirty Dragon Show which aired on Chicago TV from 1968 to 74 originally as Cartoon Town 7 The new 62 000 square foot MBC was back under construction in 2010 It was set to include expanded areas for collection development two exhibit galleries and working radio and television studios 8 The State of Illinois set a deadline of May 2011 to finish basic interior work and landscaping but because of cold weather the museum was given a 30 day extension on its original April 30 deadline 9 Shortly before the museum reopened the Chicago Tribune reported that Bruce DuMont had obtained the aforementioned 6 million grant after telling the state he intended to create 200 year long construction jobs and 19 museum staff positions 15 full time jobs and four part time ones but he expected the museum to have only 11 part time workers by the time of the reopening and said that 180 200 construction workers employed for as much as ten months and as little as several days helped finish the new building When asked to explain why the number and duration of jobs created was lower than what he d promised to the state legislature Dumont replied in an email If the MBC can manage our operations with fewer people and do so efficiently we will do so just like the Chicago Tribune has done DuMont told the Tribune that waiters hotel employees and other members of the service industry would find employment presumably in restaurants and hotels surrounding the museum because of the reopening and that the MBC could inspire people to seek out careers in broadcasting I think inspiration is a form of job creation DuMont said because it changes one life 10 After being dormant for eight and a half years as a brick and mortar destination the museum reopened in its new location at 360 N State St on June 13 2012 exactly 25 years after it first opened its doors Technically the National Radio Hall of Fame gallery located on the second floor of the museum had been open to the public since December 1 2011 11 The pre opening ceremony on June 12 included actors John Mahoney Frasier and Betty White The Golden Girls and newscaster Hugh Downs 20 20 12 According to a February 2011 press release centered on the MBC s partnership with Cleversafe to provide online access to its archives roughly 70 000 registered users and 4 5 million unique visitors had accessed the MBC s 400 000 online videos between 2009 and early 2011 and more than 240 000 visitors from across the country are projected for the museum s first year of operation 13 However museum attendance dropped drastically from 225 000 annual visitors when MBC was at the Cultural Center and free to 7 300 last year at the current entrance fee of 12 reported the Chicago Reader in May 2015 Then in 2013 what DuMont describes as a server crash destroyed access to the 10 percent of the museum s archive of radio and television programming that had been digitized and made available to the public for free 14 In December 2012 Crain s Chicago Business reported that the MBC now owes less than 3 million on a mortgage held by Pepper Construction the contractor for the State St facility and has arranged another three years for paying down that debt 15 The Chicago Reader had previously reported in November 2009 a mortgage total of 4 79 million that ll come due in 2011 16 More than four and a half years later in July 2017 Crain s revealed that the MBC s mortgage deadline had been pushed back from the end of 2015 to the end of 2017 and that as of August 2016 the museum owed 2 5 million to Pepper Construction furthermore the museum posted 53 674 in ticket revenue in 2015 along with an operating deficit of 561 331 according to its tax filing for that year the most recent available 17 Four weeks later Crain s reported that Pepper Construction had granted the MBC another year to pay off its debt extending the mortgage deadline to December 31 2018 18 In September 2017 the MBC announced the debut of Saturday Night Live The Experience a 12 000 square foot exhibit acquired from Premier Exhibitions that was set to open the following month and run through the end of 2018 on the museum s second and fourth floors It s a grab for the gold ring MBC president Bruce DuMont told the Chicago Tribune I think it s going to dramatically change the museum for the better We re very excited about it There s going to be more attention more traffic more buzz about the things we do here 19 Premier Exhibitions filed for bankruptcy protection in June 2016 20 On March 2 2018 media blogger Robert Feder reported that the museum was looking to sell two floors of its four story building at 360 North State Street We simply are looking at options to improve the future educational and entertainment experience for our patrons said MBC board chairman Larry Wert Any proceeds would put the institution on a solid financial foundation 21 Wert Tribune Media s president of broadcast media was elected interim chairman of the MBC board in October 2016 22 less than two months after Bruce DuMont announced that he planned to retire as the museum s president 23 Until Wert became the interim chairman of the board the position had been vacant since 1995 when the late Arthur C Nielsen Jr stepped down after 11 years wrote Feder that October However shortly after DuMont made his announcement in August 2016 the website Chicagoland Radio and Media reported Officially DuMont is voluntarily retiring from the MBC claiming the decision is entirely his own although in reality there is far more behind it including alleged financial mismanagement and controversy surrounding his personal life additionally DuMont would remain at least until a successor has been found and begun in the MBC President role This could take up to a year 24 DuMont s final two year term as president ended on December 31 2017 25 without a successor in place but on March 19 2018 Robert Feder reported that Julian Jackson formerly the vice president of design at the Milwaukee Public Museum had been named the MBC s new executive director 26 Nearly six months later on September 17 2018 Feder reported that the MBC s board of directors was close to finalizing a deal to sell the museum s third and fourth floors to Fern Hill a real estate development and investment firm Sources said the agreement will net 6 million to be used to continue operating the museum and paying down debt especially a 3 7 million mortgage held by Pepper Construction Co Feder wrote 27 The deal closed on March 1 2019 with executive director Julian Jackson telling Feder When we open the next phase of the permanent museum we plan on providing a state of the art experience to all of our guest sic while delivering brand value to our sponsors and supporters 28 That same week the Chicago Tribune reported that the MBC was negotiating with Cleveland s Rock and Roll Hall of Fame to bring two special exhibitions here beginning in June and that after the March 31 closing of Saturday Night Live The Experience which had been held over for three months the museum s second floor was expected to be closed for at least April and May as the MBC reduced its exhibition and event space from 25 000 square feet to 12 500 29 On March 18 2019 Robert Feder reported that Julian Jackson had resigned as the MBC s executive director after one year having told the board of directors that he d accepted a new position with Freeman Exhibit Solutions in Schiller Park 30 Louder Than Words Rock Power amp Politics on loan from the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame opened on May 24 2019 for a three month run on the MBC s second floor 31 32 On July 26 Robert Feder reported that Susy Schultz president of the Chicago nonprofit Public Narrative and a former journalist for the Chicago Sun Times had been named the museum s new executive director effective August 19 33 David Plier the CEO of Retail First Corp and a weekend host on WGN 720 AM replaced Larry Wert as the chairman of the MBC board at the end of June 34 In its July 26 story on Schultz s hiring the Chicago Tribune reported that the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame s exhibit Stay Tuned Rock on TV was scheduled to open in October and the museum next year plans to remodel its primary exhibition space on the second floor and remake its central exhibition on television history according to MBC officials 35 The MBC temporarily closed its doors on March 15 2020 because of the COVID 19 health crisis and announced that it would be accelerating the release of its online curriculum for The Great Debates which examines the impact of the broadcast industry on the campaign for the presidency It was scheduled to be released when the exhibit opens this summer but that will be moved up to early April 36 In October 2021 the Chicago Tribune reported After closing in March 2020 MBC opened briefly that summer Poor attendance forced the museum closed again and they chose to focus on educational programs and an online lecture series prior to a soft reopening on October 2 2021 with a grand reopening taking place later that month 37 National Radio Hall of Fame EditMain article Radio Hall of Fame Until October 2017 when Saturday Night Live The Experience opened the second floor of the museum was the location of the National Radio Hall of Fame NRHOF gallery When the SNL exhibit closed in the spring of 2019 and the MBC sold the third and fourth floors of its building the NRHOF gallery was partially restored on the second floor The NRHOF has been affiliated with the MBC since 1991 38 The museum was also home to the American Advertising Federation s Advertising Hall of Fame from 1992 to 2000 39 Encyclopedia of Television EditEncyclopedia of Television edited by Horace Newcomb has more than 1 000 online essays 40 41 The most definitive resource on the history of television worldwide Library Journal 40 See also Edit20th Century Technology Museum Museum of Radio and Technology Paley Center for Media The Museum of Classic Chicago TelevisionReferences Edit Our Mission Museum TV Retrieved 25 April 2015 Storch Charles December 11 2003 Broadcast Museum on hiatus for move Chicago Tribune Retrieved 24 April 2015 Dahlman Steven April 13 2010 Museum still waiting for state money to finish new State amp Kinzie home Loop North News Retrieved 24 April 2015 Construction of broadcast museum resumes North Loop News 13 June 2010 Retrieved 2014 10 21 Governor Quinn To Announce 6 Million Capital Grant for Museum of Broadcast Communications Press release Illinois Governor News Network 11 June 2010 Retrieved 2014 10 21 Dwyer Bill November 24 2009 Oak Park child porn suspect on electronic monitor Columbia College prof released into father s custody Wednesday Journal Oak Park Retrieved 3 February 2016 Wilson Matthew December 8 2009 Mayor of Cartoon Town visits downtown Oak Park Wednesday Journal Oak Park Retrieved 3 February 2016 Dahlman Steve 21 March 2011 Broadcast museum unrolls floor plans Marina City Online Retrieved 2014 10 21 a href Template Cite journal html title Template Cite journal cite journal a Cite journal requires journal help Broadcast museum moves offices into new building North Loop News 25 May 2011 Retrieved 2014 10 21 Gillers Heather June 12 2012 Broadcast museum opens with question about 6 million state jobs grant Chicago Tribune Retrieved 10 August 2019 Radio Hall of Fame gallery opens to public Loop North News December 6 2011 Retrieved 18 November 2018 Johnson Steve June 13 2012 Museum of Broadcast Communications opens doors Chicago Tribune Retrieved 24 April 2015 Chicago Based Museum of Broadcast Communications Continues With Cleversafe Storage Newsletter February 28 2011 Retrieved 4 November 2015 Isaacs Deanna May 5 2015 Has the Museum of Broadcast Communications finally found its frequency Chicago Reader Retrieved 4 November 2015 Marek Lynne December 17 2012 Broadcast museum reaches deal to help pay mortgage Crain s Chicago Business Retrieved 5 September 2017 Isaacs Deanna November 17 2009 Long Awaited Broadcast Museum State Grant Almost but Not Quite a Done Deal Chicago Reader Retrieved 3 February 2019 Bertagnoli Lisa July 1 2017 Is it curtains for Museum of Broadcast Communications Crain s Chicago Business Retrieved 5 September 2017 Bertagnoli Lisa July 31 2017 Museum of Broadcast Communications gets a lifeline Crain s Chicago Business Retrieved 5 September 2017 Johnson Steve September 6 2017 Major Saturday Night Live exhibit opening in Chicago Chicago Tribune Retrieved 7 September 2017 Farber Madeline June 23 2016 Company Behind Bodies Exhibitions Attempts to Sell Titanic Artifacts Fortune Retrieved April 1 2019 Feder Robert March 2 2018 Robservations Cara Carriveau exits WSHE Daily Herald Retrieved 13 March 2018 Feder Robert October 11 2016 Larry Wert named interim chairman of broadcast museum Daily Herald Retrieved 15 March 2018 Feder Robert August 25 2016 Robservations WGN Morning News gets primetime showcase Robert Feder Retrieved 15 March 2018 Museum Of Broadcast Communications Seeking To Replace Bruce DuMont Chicagoland Radio and Media August 29 2016 Archived from the original on July 28 2021 Retrieved 14 March 2018 Feder Robert November 29 2017 Robservations Bruce DuMont retiring from broadcast museum Robert Feder Retrieved 15 March 2018 Feder Robert March 19 2018 Robservations Tronc execs get richer while Tribune cuts staff Daily Herald Retrieved 20 March 2018 Feder Robert September 17 2018 Broadcast museum to downsize with sale of top two floors Daily Herald Retrieved 22 September 2018 Feder Robert March 1 2019 Robservations WGN Morning News rises and shines in February Daily Herald Retrieved April 1 2019 Johnson Steve March 7 2019 Chicago s Museum of Broadcast Communications will downsize in overhaul Chicago Tribune Retrieved April 1 2019 Feder Robert March 18 2019 Robservations Kris Kridel stepping back at WBBM Newsradio Daily Herald Retrieved April 1 2019 Cooper Jasmine May 21 2019 Louder Than Words Rock Power amp Politics exhibit comes to the Museum of Broadcast Communications WGN News Today is your last chance to see Louder Than Words Rock Power amp Politics Facebook Facebook August 25 2019 Retrieved 17 October 2019 Feder Robert July 26 2019 Robservations Susy Schultz named executive director of broadcast museum Daily Herald Retrieved 10 August 2019 Feder Robert June 27 2019 David Plier replacing Larry Wert as broadcast museum chair Robert Feder Johnson Steve July 26 2019 Museum of Broadcast Communications picks Chicago journalist Susy Schultz as new executive director Chicago Tribune Retrieved 10 August 2019 Museum of Broadcast Communications to Temporarily Close in Response to COVID 19 Facebook March 13 2020 Archived from the original on 2022 02 26 Retrieved 23 May 2020 Warnecke Lauren October 20 2021 John Oliver s Last Week Tonight paintings welcome back visitors to the Museum of Broadcast Communications in Chicago Chicago Tribune Retrieved 13 August 2022 Kening Dan June 9 1992 Improved Signal Reopened Museum Of Broadcast Communications To Sharpen Its Focus On Radio Chicago Tribune Retrieved 24 April 2015 Crain Rance January 15 2001 Museum leaves Hall of Fame without a place to call home Advertising Age Archived from the original on May 1 2022 Retrieved 20 September 2016 a b Encyclopedia of Television Museum of Broadcast Communications Archived from the original on 30 September 2018 Retrieved 30 October 2022 Television Archive PastPerfect Online Museum of Broadcast Communications Retrieved 30 October 2022 External links EditMuseum of Broadcast Communications website National Radio Hall of Fame website Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Museum of Broadcast Communications amp oldid 1119066530, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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