Pavek Museum of Broadcasting

Pavek Museum of Broadcasting
The entrance to the Pavek Museum of Broadcasting
Established	29 October 1988 (1988-10-29)
Location	St. Louis Park, Minnesota
Coordinates	44°56′21″N 93°20′37″W / 44.93917°N 93.34361°W / 44.93917; -93.34361Coordinates: 44°56′21″N 93°20′37″W / 44.93917°N 93.34361°W / 44.93917; -93.34361
Type	Telecommunications museum
Founder	Joe Pavek
Website	www.pavekmuseum.org

The Pavek Museum of Broadcasting is a museum in St. Louis Park, Minnesota, United States, (just west of Minneapolis) which has one of the world's most significant collections of vintage radio and television equipment. It originated in the collection of Joe Pavek, who began squirreling away unique radios while he was an instructor at Dunwoody Institute in 1946. Students of the day were given old radios to disassemble in order to learn their trade, and Pavek was concerned about what might be destroyed in the process.

History

Pavek's collection expanded through the 1970s, when he decided to start looking for someone to take over for him. However, he had trouble finding someone who would take the job and was about to sell off the collection at auction in 1984 when Earl Bakken stepped in. Bakken, the founder of Medtronic and the inventor of the first wearable pacemaker, had also spent many years fixing old radios and TVs, and shared Pavek's passion for vintage hardware. The two joined Paul Hedberg of the Minnesota Broadcasters Association in creating a non-profit organization that would be the new museum's parent. The Pavek Museum finally opened on October 29, 1988, a day that was honored with a proclamation by Governor Rudy Perpich as "Joe Pavek Day."

Joe Pavek died a year later in 1989, and Bakken stepped in to lead the organization. In 1990 the collection was greatly expanded with the addition of the collection of John T. "Jack" Mullin, an Army Signal Corps veteran of World War II who had brought some AEG Magnetophon tape recorders back to the United States from Germany. Mullin used them to record Bing Crosby's radio programs, the first use of magnetic tape in American broadcasting. Over the years, he acquired other recording devices and eventually amassed a world-renowned collection.

The museum has offered several educational courses since its founding, both for children and adults.

Related collections

See also, the Museum of Broadcast Communications in Chicago, Illinois, and the Museum of Broadcast Technology^[1] in Woonsocket, Rhode Island

Hall of Fame inductees

Since 2001, the museum has been honoring legendary area broadcasters by inducting them into the Museum of Broadcasting Hall of Fame.

2001

Roger Awsumb Frank P. Befera Larry Bentson Carl "Cully" Bloomquist George Blum Charlie Boone George Brooks Jerry Dahlberg Mark Durenberger Roger Erickson Glenn Flint G. David Gentling Ned Goodwin Allen Gray Halsey Hall Earl Henton Jack Horner Stanley E. Hubbard Stanley S. Hubbard

Rod Hurd Milford C. Jensen Bud Kraehling Joyce Lamont Alver G. Leighton Don Linder Harry Linder Willard Linder Stuart Lindman Jack Lynch Don Olson and Sylvia Olson-Christensen Charles B. Persons June Persons Paul Ramseyer Odin S. Ramsland Robert B. Ridder Bob Ryan Henry "Hank" Sampson Donald E. Swartz

2002

Cedric Adams Kenn Barry Sherm Booen Steve Cannon Clellan Card Ray Christensen Don Dresser Roy Finden Harley Flathers John Gallos Paul Hedberg

Bill Ingram Marc Kalman Cliff Mitchell Dave Moore David Stone Albert Tedesco Victor Tedesco Nicholas Tedesco Jimmy Valentine Francis Van Konynenburg

2003

Marcia Fluer Robert Fransen Larry Haeg, Sr. Sid Hartman "Slim Jim" Iverson Leigh Kamman Rodger Kent Vogel Lew Latto Daryl Laub

Randy Merriman Jerry Miller Skip Nelson Jim Rohn Bart Setchell Al Shaver Gregg P. Skall Rod Trongard

2004

Doris Aufderheide Helen and Richard Brown Herb Carneal Mary Davies Bill Kling

John MacDougall Jack Moore Howard Viken Dale Weber

2005

Don Bleu John Mayasich Jeanne Arland Peterson Sam Sherwood

Al, Nick & Vic Tedesco Lou Waters Jim Wychor Lillie Ziegler

2006

Johnny Canton Ed & Carol De La Hunt Ralph Dolan Dan Donovan

Andy Hilger Jerry & Pat Papenfuss Jim Ramsburg Don Stolz Mary Alice Williams

2007

Earl Bakken Lou Buron Wayne Eddy Gary Eichten Verne Gagne Franklin Hobbs

Brad Jacobs Mel Jass Clayton Kaufman Ray Scott Don Shelby Dean Sorenson

2008

Jason Davis Lynn Dwyer John Gordon Ron Handberg Brad Johnson Chuck Knapp

David H. Knutson Charles "Chick" McCuen Pat Miles Mel Paradis Marion English Watson

2009

Charlie Bush Wally Christensen Steve and Sharon Edelman Arv Johnson Tom H. Jones Mike Kronforst

Andy Lia John Lundell Nancy Nelson Diana Pierce Stan Turner

2010

Cyndy Brucato Bob De Haven Eric Eskola Frank Fee Arthur Hoehn Michelle Lee

Donald K. Martin Brad Nessler Phil Nolan Marty O'Neill Darcy Pohland

2011

Frank Buetel Maynard Meyer Barbara Reyelts Ray Vecellio Steve Woodbury Charles "Woody" Woodward

Phil Lewis John Sherman Tom Kay

2013

Mick Anselmo Mark Rosen Dick Bremer Jack Thayer Robert Johnson Clifford J. Thomforde

Kim Jeffries Ketola Barry ZeVan Eleanor Mondale Poling

Notes

1. ↑ Museum of Broadcast Technology, Retrieved 1 Dec 2012

References

• Audio Society of Minnesota
• Pavek Museum of Broadcasting
• Retro Thing
• St. Louis Park Historical Society
• Radio World Newspaper
• FedSpending

External links

• Pavek Museum of Broadcasting

Museums in Minnesota Minneapolis-Saint Paul Metropolitan Area American Swedish Institute The Bakken Bandana Square Bell Museum of Natural History Historic Fort Snelling Hennepin History Museum James J. Hill House Oliver H. Kelley Homestead Mill City Museum Minneapolis Institute of Arts Minneapolis Sculpture Garden Minnesota Center for Book Arts Minnesota Children's Museum Minnesota History Center Minnesota Streetcar Museum Minnesota Transportation Museum Museum of Lake Minnetonka The Museum of Russian Art Pavek Museum of Broadcasting Science Museum of Minnesota Walker Art Center Weisman Art Museum Duluth Glensheen Historic Estate Great Lakes Aquarium William A. Irvin Floating Ship Museum Lake Superior Maritime Visitor Center Lake Superior Railroad Museum Tweed Museum of Art Elsewhere 3M Museum (Two Harbors) Hjemkomst Center (Moorhead) Minnesota Music Hall of Fame (New Ulm) Two Harbors Light (Two Harbors) United States Hockey Hall of Fame (Eveleth) Mille Lacs Indian Museum (Onamia) Minnesota Military Museum (Fort Ripley) Minnesota Marine Art Museum (Winona) Rourke Art Museum (Moorhead)

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