Texas Museum of Broadcasting Opens in Kilgore

My “Conrad” In Arms….Chuck Conrad & His New Texas TV Museum

Impressive in every way! From the display, to the abundance of vintage cameras and tape equipment, to the Dumont Cruiser restoration, to Chuck’s attitude, The Texas Museum of Broadcasting and Communications in Kilgore, is true gift to us all.

This is a new story from the Dallas/Ft. Worth station that many of us still refer to as WBAP, and it is the best report I have seen so far on Chuck’s labor of love. I would like to have a brick and mortar museum like this, and if I did, I would do it the way he’s done it. I chose the virtual museum route.

Later in the story, Chuck says something I can relate to 100%. When it comes to becoming a custodian of rarities, restoring and preserving our broadcast history…he says “somebody’s got to do it”.

“I think a lot of things in life are like that, when you come across things and know somebody’s got to do this, and you are the person who can…go do it”.

That is why I created Eyes Of A Generation in 2006. Congratulations Chuck! -Bobby Ellerbee

http://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/Texas-Museum-of-Broadcasting-Opens-in-Kilgore-403062026.html

Texas Museum of Broadcasting Opens in Kilgore

“I can’t deny it! I mean I woke up one day and noticed I had over 50 TV cameras and then you go, ‘well, what am I going to do with this stuff?’” asked Conrad. His answer: open a museum.

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