Museum of Broadcast Communications
Encyclopedia
The Museum of Broadcast Communications is an American
museum that currently exists exclusively on the Internet
and not in any physical capacity. Its stated mission 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."
blamed on lack of state funds. On November 7, 2009, DuMont announced that funding for the museum from the State of Illinois had been obtained and that construction would be restarted.
In June 2010, Illinois Governor Pat Quinn
stated that Illinois would be giving a $6 million capital grant to help complete the Museum. The new 62,000-square-foot Museum was back under construction in 2010. It will include expanded areas for collection development, two exhibit galleries and working radio and television studios. As of May of 2011, according to MBC president Bruce DuMont, the museum did make a deadline by the State of Illinois to finish basic interior work and landscaping. The museum had been given a 30-day extension on an original April 30 deadline due to cold weather.
. It took place September 26, 1960, at WBBM-TV
's former studios on McClurg Court. The Museum created an interactive, multimedia online exhibition celebrating this long relationship called "The Great Debate and Beyond: The History of Televised Presidential Debates".
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
museum that currently exists exclusively on the Internet
Internet
The Internet is a global system of interconnected computer networks that use the standard Internet protocol suite to serve billions of users worldwide...
and not in any physical capacity. Its stated mission is "to collect, preserve, and present historic and contemporary radio
Radio
Radio is the transmission of signals through free space by modulation of electromagnetic waves with frequencies below those of visible light. Electromagnetic radiation travels by means of oscillating electromagnetic fields that pass through the air and the vacuum of space...
and television
Television
Television is a telecommunication medium for transmitting and receiving moving images that can be monochrome or colored, with accompanying sound...
content as well as educate, inform and entertain through our archives, public programs, screenings, exhibits, publications and online access to our resources."
Construction of Museum building
The Museum is slated to open in a building on State and Kinzie Streets in downtown Chicago, Illinois, sometime in 2012. The new Museum building had delays in its development due to a fiscal stalemate with the State of Illinois. It was originally scheduled to open in Spring 2005 and later in 2009, but its half-completed building was then slated to be sold due to lack of funds, which CEO Bruce DuMontBruce DuMont
Bruce DuMont is an American political analyst and broadcaster based in Chicago, Illinois. He is the host of Beyond the Beltway talk radio, a show that airs on over 30 stations around the United States...
blamed on lack of state funds. On November 7, 2009, DuMont announced that funding for the museum from the State of Illinois had been obtained and that construction would be restarted.
In June 2010, Illinois Governor Pat Quinn
Pat Quinn (politician)
Patrick Joseph "Pat" Quinn III is the 41st and current Governor of Illinois. He is a member of the Democratic Party. Previously elected three times to statewide office, Quinn was the sitting lieutenant governor and became governor on January 29, 2009, when the previous governor, Rod Blagojevich,...
stated that Illinois would be giving a $6 million capital grant to help complete the Museum. The new 62,000-square-foot Museum was back under construction in 2010. It will include expanded areas for collection development, two exhibit galleries and working radio and television studios. As of May of 2011, according to MBC president Bruce DuMont, the museum did make a deadline by the State of Illinois to finish basic interior work and landscaping. The museum had been given a 30-day extension on an original April 30 deadline due to cold weather.
Encyclopedia of Television
The Museum's online resource, the Encyclopedia of Television, includes original essays relating to historic moments and trends, major policy disputes and such topics as violence, tabloid television and the quiz show scandal. It also includes histories of major television networks, as well as broadcasting systems around the world, and is complemented by resource materials, photos and bibliographical information.The Great Debate and Beyond
Chicago hosted the first televised presidential debate, between Richard M. Nixon and John F. KennedyJohn F. Kennedy
John Fitzgerald "Jack" Kennedy , often referred to by his initials JFK, was the 35th President of the United States, serving from 1961 until his assassination in 1963....
. It took place September 26, 1960, at WBBM-TV
WBBM-TV
WBBM-TV, virtual channel 2 , is the CBS owned-and-operated television station in Chicago, Illinois. WBBM-TV's main studios and offices are located in The Loop section of Chicago, as part of the development at Block 37, and its transmitter is atop the Willis Tower.-History:WBBM-TV traces its history...
's former studios on McClurg Court. The Museum created an interactive, multimedia online exhibition celebrating this long relationship called "The Great Debate and Beyond: The History of Televised Presidential Debates".
National Radio Hall of Fame
There are plans for the Museum to become the home site of the National Radio Hall of Fame.See also
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- Paley Center for Media