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On the 103rd anniversary of KDKA’s first broadcast (Nov. 2, 2023), the NMB invited press and local officials to a vacant former bank in East Pittsburgh, Pa., that it expects will be its eventual home. The building is just a few hundred yards from where the first broadcast took place. Among the speakers were Hayley Haldeman, chair of the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission (at podium), who rededicated an historical marker at the site of the first broadcast; State Senator Jay Costa, who is helping NMB procure the building; and then Allegheny County Executive Rich Fitzgerald, a longtime supporter of the museum.
Radio's Conrad, Cunningham honored at National Museum of Broadcasting event (The Valley Mirror, May 9, 2024)
NMB Honors WQED-FM’s Jim Cunningham [fourth item in column] (Tribune Review, May 9, 2024)
WQED-FM’s Jim Cunningham Wins Award Amid Celebration of Radio Pioneer Frank Conrad’s 150th birthday (Pittsburgh Union Progress, May 6, 2024)
Celebration Takes Place for Frank Conrad's 150th birthday (KDKA-TV Pittsburgh, May 5, 2024)
Making Waves: Celebrating the 150th Birthday of Frank Conrad with Susie Barbour (Saturday Light Brigade, SLB Radio Productions [audio], May 4, 2024)
Interview with NMB Board Member Susie Barbour (Voice of the Arts, WQED-FM Pittsburgh [audio], May 2, 2024)
150th Birthday of the Great Frank Conrad with NMB President Bill Hillgrove (The Big K Morning Show [audio], May 2, 2024)
Happy 150th birthday, Frank Conrad, a Radio Pioneer and Genius (Pittsburgh Union Progress, May 2, 2024)
New Broadcast Award [second item in column] (Tribune Review, April 20, 2024)
Famous Pittsburgh Inventor (You Probably Haven’t Heard Of) Celebrates 150th Birthday (Pittsburgh Magazine, April 11, 2024)
Interview with NMB Board Member Susie Barbour (WKHB Radio, Pittsburgh, “The Inside Pages,” Feb. 28, 2024)
National Museum of Broadcasting: Pittsburgh Roots in Radio (Penn State Greater Allegheny GA-Zette, Fall 2023)
Interview with NMB Board Member Ron Klink (Voice of the Arts, WQED-FM Pittsburgh, Nov. 21, 2023)
'Long, long overdue': National Museum of Broadcasting focuses on East Pittsburgh site (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Nov. 20, 2023)
National Museum of Broadcasting Pittsburgh announces plans for museum site, seeks funding (Pittsburgh Trib Live, Nov. 10, 2023)
Envisioning a "National Museum of Broadcasting" in East Pittsburgh (Tube City Online [podcast], Nov. 3, 2023)
Birthplace Of Radio To Have Its Own Broadcasting Museum (Inside Radio, Nov. 6, 2023)
Broadcasting Museum announces proposed site development (PBRTV.COM, Nov. 3. 2023)
A Three Rivers Showcase For Electronic Media’s Origins Is Born (Radio+Television Business Report, Nov. 2, 2023)
National Museum of Broadcasting Picks Fitting Spot In Pittsburgh (Radio Ink, Nov. 2, 2023)
National Museum Of Broadcasting Announces Proposed Site, Plans For Museum (TVNewsCheck, Nov. 2, 2023)
Help make Pittsburgh the home to another national museum (KDKA-AM Pittsburgh, Nov. 2, 2023)
National Museum of Broadcasting announces proposed site development (Pittsburgh Business Times, Nov. 2, 2023)
Why the National Museum of Broadcasting Will Call Pittsburgh Home (Pittsburgh, Sept. 7, 2023)
Duquesne and National Museum of Broadcasting Commemorate 1st KDKA Broadcast (Pittsburgh Trib Live, Nov. 2, 2020)
Re-enactment Commemorates 100th Anniversary Of First Commercial Radio Broadcast (WESA Pittsburgh, Nov. 2, 2020)
Wilkinsburg Ceremony to Commemorate First Wireless Broadcast (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Sept. 25, 2014)
Broadcasting Risks Curse for Abandoning Conrad Garage (TVNewsCheck, Sept. 10, 2010)
Pitt Symposium Honors Radio Pioneer Reginald Fessenden (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Nov. 19, 2006)
Group Still Struggling to Save Broadcasting's Birthplace (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, March 7, 2001)