Purpose

In 1942, NBC gave a dinner to honor Dr. H. V. Kaltenborn's 20th year on the air. Dr. Kaltenborn felt there should be an association of radio pioneers and took the initiative in forming "The Twenty Year Club."

In 1947, the club was reorganized as "The Radio Pioneers Club" with a constitution and by-laws. In 1957, in order to encompass all branches of the industry, the organization's name was changed to Broadcast Pioneers.

The membership includes pioneers in all sections of the industry; legal, programming, artists, owners and managers, public relations and publicity, advertising, engineering, finance and government. Anyone who has made a significant contribution to the broadcast industry, or was closely associated with it in an allied field, is eligible for membership in the Indiana Broadcast Pioneers.

The Constitution specifies that the purposes of the organization are: "To establish a membership organization of persons who, by their long years of service in the broadcast industry, desire to become members for the purposes of friendship, education, public service, and the preservation of broadcast history."

The constitution is broad enough to enable the Indiana Broadcast Pioneers to undertake almost any task which the membership feels will benefit the industry. Click the link below for a membership application.