In 2002 a video tribute was produced honoring the first 15 years of the MBC.
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The late Harold Washington welcomed more than 800 television pioneers to the MBC gala "YOU CAN COME HOME AGAIN" at River City in October of 1986. Eight months later the Mayor was on hand again to officially open the MBC.
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The original home of the Museum of Broadcast Communications in the River City complex in the South Loop. The MBC opened on June 13, 1987.
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On June 12, 1987 Radio Hall of Famer Chuck Schaden (L) was the first voice heard from the Museum. The broadcast, featuring the late Don McNeill (R), was carried "live" on WBBM Newsradio 780.
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"Mr. Television" Milton Berle was one of the first major television stars to visit the Museum after its River City opening in 1987.
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Tom Snyder (R) being briefed before his nationally syndicated ABC radio program in 1988 by Bruce DuMont. Snyder originated his program from the Museum for an entire week.
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Jim Lounsbury, former host of "Bandstand Matinee" on WGN brought the sounds of rock n roll to the Museum in 1988. Lounsbury returned for the 10th Anniversary of the MBC in 1997.
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Steve Dahl (R ) and Garry Maier scrambling for their script during a radio re-creation of "A Christmas Carole" in 1988.
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Bozo and Cookie in the "Commercial Break" gift shop during the opening party for the "WGN at Forty" exhibition in 1988.
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The Museum held a "SALUTE TO BETTY WHITE" in 1990 and reunited Betty with another television icon, Mary Tyler Moore.
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A Salute to Mike Wallace. Mike Wallace and Arthur C. Nielsen, Jr., September 23, 1989.
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Museum President Bruce DuMont (R) explains archives area development to MBC Operations Director Tom Trinley(L) and designer Steve Ryan (C) in early 1992 at the Chicago Cultural Center.
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On its 5th anniversary, (from left), actor Fess Parker, MBC Chairman Arthur C. Nielsen Jr., Radio Hall of Famer Don McNeill, Mickey Mouse and CNN anchorman Bernard Shaw prepare to cut the videotape for the official re-opening of the Museum at its new Cultural Center home on June 13, 1992.
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Robert Conrad and his granddaughter try their hand at newscasting in the Kraft Television Center.
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Rance Crain (L), President of Crain Communications along with his mother the late Gertrude Crain and Bruce DuMont during opening ceremonies of the G.D. Crain Advertising Center in 1992.
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Radio Hall of Famer Wally Phillips of WGN/Chicago seen here with his banner in the Lynne "Angel" Harvey Radio Center.
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The MBC created the "Evening with" series to bring television icons together, including film critics Gene Siskel (L) and Roger Ebert (R) on April 15, 1993.
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Everything was OK as Bruce DuMont (L), Larry King (C) and Rush Limbaugh gathered for the 1993 Radio Hall of Fame induction gala, carried "live" on radio from coast-to-coast.
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Murrow Meets McCarthy: A Moment in Television History. Bill Kurtis and Fred Friendly, March 9, 1994.
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An Evening with Jamie Farr. Gary Deeb and Jamie Farr, March 23, 1993.
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An Evening with Warner Saunders. Richard Steele and Warner Saunders, February 1, 1995.
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Bill Kurtis (R) is reunited with Walter Jacobson (L) at the "Salute to Irv & Essee Kupcinet" in 1994.
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