The Museum of Broadcast Communications

The Museum of Broadcast Communications

The mission of the Museum of Broadcast Communications (MBC) is to collect, preserve, and present historic and contemporary radio and television content as well as educate, inform, and entertain the public through its archives, public programs, screenings, exhibits, publications and online access to its resources.

The MBC is an Illinois non-profit corporation that owns and manages two subsidiaries, Museum.TV and the National Radio Hall of Fame (NRHOF) and its website radiohof.org.

MBC Collection

Each subsidiary focuses on radio or television and the intellectual foundation of each entity is an encyclopedia—the Encyclopedia of Radio (EOR) and the Encyclopedia of Television (EOT).

Each entity has its own separate Steering Committee, made up of outside members as well as select MBC board members. Each Steering Committee reports to the MBC Board of Directors and each entity produces an annual fund raising benefit ---- the NRHOF Induction gala/broadcast held each November and MBC Salutes held each May.

MBC Collection

Since 1987 the MBC has offered free access for public learning to a diverse population, with the presentation of over 180 public programs, and through its online users around the world.

A Chicago-based professional staff and volunteers work on each subsidiary, with oversight of each entities' website provided by the MBC board's Online Committee.

The MBC opened to the public in June of 1987 at River City in Chicago’s South Loop neighborhood. From 1992 until 2003, the museum was located in the Chicago Cultural Center. It is currently raising funds to complete a new 62,000 square-foot home at State and Kinzie Streets in Chicago. Donations are welcome.

The Museum of Broadcast Communications