AmericaJR’s Jason Rzucidlo visited the Museum of Broadcast Communications during his recent trip to Chicago. The National Radio Hall of Fame & Museum has been created to commemorate the giants of a medium that has permeated American society for most of the 20th century, and today in the 21st century. Radio’s power has always depended upon diverse talents and many kinds of genius. Taken together, the inductees into the National Radio Hall of Fame & Museum are more than technical geniuses and more than celebrities. They are part of a phenomenon that helped guide America.
Exterior of the Museum of Broadcast Communications
The Radio Hall of Fame exhibit
Music•Variety section of Radio Hall of Fame
Garrison Keillor was inducted into the RHOF in 1994
Bing Crosby was inducted in 1998
Gene Autry was inducted in the RHOF in 2003
The Grand Ole Opry was inducted in 1992
Antique radio
Comedy section of the Radio Hall of Fame
Jimmy Durante was inducted in 2007
Fred Allen was inducted into the RHOF in 1988
Bob Hope was inducted in 2001
Jack Benny was inducted into the RHOF in 1989
Museum Store
1912 Spark Gap Radio Transmitter with Brandes headphones
Powel Crosley, Jr. was America’s Innovator in Radio Manufacturing and Broadcasting
Antique radios
Cincinnati Reds beat the Detroit Tigers in the 1940 World Series
1941 Zenith Shutter-Dial Console Radio
Local/Regional section of the Hall of Fame
Charlie & Harrigan – San Diego personalities
Paul W. Smith from WJR Detroit
Dick Purtan from WOMC Detroit
Radio Pioneers David Sarnoff & William S. Paley
Charlie McCarthy doll
He was Edgar Bergen’s famed ventriloquist dummy partner
National Barn Dance display
Detroit’s own Casey Kasem was inducted in 1992
Dick Clark was inducted in 1990
Tom Joyner was inducted in 1998
Country music DJ Blair Garner was inducted in 2013
Steve Harvey was inducted in 2016
Paul & Angel Harvey Studio
Inside the studio
National DJ Delilah was inducted in 2016
Country music DJ Bob Kinglsey was inducted in 2016
Howard Stern started at Detroit’s WWWW-FM and was inducted in 2012
The Bob & Tom Show were inducted in 2015
News category of the Radio Hall of Fame
Lowell Thomas display
For more information about the Radio Hall of Fame, visit www.radiohof.org.
