Our Mission

It may be no exaggeration to say that electronic mass media’s impact on the world have been as great as that of Gutenberg’s press 500 years ago.

Going far beyond the printed page, electronic media capture sights and sounds and send them, live or recorded, to audiences anywhere in the world. Over the past century, they have shaped and reshaped every aspect of modern civilization – education, commerce, politics, religion and the arts.

Our mission is to tell the amazing story of how the second mass media revolution got started in Pittsburgh in 1920 with AM radio and how the media evolved from there into many ever-more-powerful forms over the years. In so doing, we will celebrate the technologists and business visionaries who make it happen, evoke awe for the wondrous technology, inspire and educate young people and showcase Pittsburgh as a high-tech center — past, present and future.