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Texas Broadcast Museum

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Kalahari Resorts & Conventions
Round Rock, TX

Corporate Information

Web: www.texasbroadcastmuseum.org
Phone: 903-985-8115
Address: 416 E Main St.
Kilgore, TX 75662
United States

The museum offers an eclectic mix of vintage broadcast memorabilia and equipment, which is sure to delight the young and old alike.

Come by and check out the “Lee Harvey Oswald” camera, which was present at Oswald’s assassination.
Imagine yourself as a news broadcaster or weather person on our fully functional TV News Studio. Listen to one of Thomas Edison’s recording inventions or discover the televisions and radios from days gone by. Make sure to take a peek inside the restored 1949 Dumont Telecruiser, plus much more!

Hours:
10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Fridays and Saturdays. Groups by special appointment.

Call 903-985-8115 to reserve a time or for more information – Email us here.
Admission:
Adults $10
Seniors, Military, Students & First Responders $8
Kids 3-11 $5
Under 3 free

Are you looking for an event venue for your upcoming party, corporate event, family reunion or celebration? Our event center is a perfect choice:  12×20 foot stage with podium, 13,000-watt sound system, three 150” video projectors, a club-style lighting system designed for dances and other music events, and easy load in and load out.

Studio 4 can accommodate up to 125 guests seated at tables (or 150 seated theater style). Tables and chairs are included in the rental price. There are no surprises. Access to the exhibits at the Texas Broadcast Museum is included in the Studio 4 package.

Texas Radio Hall of Fame
Visit the Texas Radio Hall of Fame when you come to the museum.  They are an organization dedicated to the recognition of broadcasting agents in the Lone Star State.  To visit their website go to http://trhof.net/ or call them at (713) 569-7716.

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Skylor Hearn

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Kalahari Resorts & Conventions
Round Rock, TX

Skylor Hearn currently serves as the Executive Director of the Sheriffs’ Association of Texas.  He has more than 30 years of Texas law enforcement experience.  He spent 26 years with the Texas Department of Public Safety serving as a Texas Highway Patrol Trooper, Narcotics Special Agent, and a Texas Ranger.  As a Texas Ranger and Texas Ranger Captain, he both investigated and supervised the investigation of major crimes including murders, sexual assaults, kidnappings, terroristic threats, and public corruption cases. His DPS career included stops in the Panhandle and the Rio Grande Valley, El Paso and Beaumont, and a couple of places in the middle.    

Skylor served 11 years on the DPS Director’s Staff in various roles that included oversight of the agency’s statewide infrastructure and facilities, crime laboratories, criminal justice data, and regulatory programs.  Skylor retired from DPS in 2020 as Deputy Director and remains commissioned as a Special Texas Ranger through DPS.

Skylor is also an experienced government affairs consultant in the areas of law enforcement, criminal justice, biometric technology applications, and regulated services.  He obtained a Master of Science in Criminal Justice degree from Lamar University.  Skylor completed the FBI National Academy, the PERF Senior Management Institute for Police, and previously served as an Adjunct Professor of Criminal Justice with Austin Community College.

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Nischelle Turner

Nischelle Turner

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Kalahari Resorts & Conventions
Round Rock, TX

Nischelle Turner is co-host of the eight-time Emmy Award-winning newsmagazine ENTERTAINMENT TONIGHT. She joined ET as a correspondent in 2014 and was named co-host in 2021.

Turner is an award-winning journalist, having won seven Emmy Awards with ET, and often lends her voice to entertainment and political news shows, along with joining their coverage on the Grammys, Golden Globes and Oscars. She was previously a contributor for CNN where she is featured in entertainment segments on “CNN Newsroom,” “New Day” and “CNN Tonight.”  She also hosts and produces CBS’ summer hit series, “Secret Celebrity Renovation,” which began its third season in August 2023.

Turner began her journalism career in 1998 when she joined WEHT as a reporter and fill-in anchor in Evansville, Ind.  In 2000, Turner was a weekday reporter and weekend anchor for WVUE-TV FOX8 in New Orleans. After establishing a presence in news, Turner joined KTTV in Los Angeles in 2004 as a reporter on “Good Day LA” and anchor for “Good Day LA Weekend.” She returned to New Orleans a few months after leaving to cover Hurricane Katrina and its aftermath for “Good Day LA.” Her coverage of the disaster won several journalism awards.

As an avid sports fan, Turner’s passion and knowledge came in handy when she joined “Fox NFL Sunday” as a sideline reporter for national football broadcasts in 2007. She has also covered Major League Baseball and basketball for Fox. In 2009, Turner hosted “Extra on Essence,” an online entertainment show focusing on Hollywood’s most elite stars. Turner also has served as a freelance reporter and host for KNBC.

Turner attended the University of Missouri where she earned a bachelor’s degree in journalism and broadcast news.

ENTERTAINMENT TONIGHT is the #1 entertainment news show on TV with 4 million viewers a night and eight Emmy wins. On digital, ET is #1 for entertainment news video on Facebook and YouTube. ETonline.com averages 26 million monthly unique visits, and ET’s social platforms generate 1.2 billion monthly impressions and more than 352 million video views across all platforms.

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Paul Weyland

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Kalahari Resorts & Conventions
Round Rock, TX

Paul Weyland is a writer, speaker, trainer and university lecturer. He speaks to companies and organizations about how to increase sales and awareness through stronger marketing and advertising techniques. Paul delivers seminars and keynotes all over the world. He taught at the University of Texas and has worked in executive positions in media, including managing broadcast stations in Prague, Geneva and London and has authored books and many articles on sales, marketing and advertising.

His speeches are filled with humor and good, succinct information. Attendees come away from the session armed with tools they can use immediately and with a much greater understanding of how to stand out from the clutter and reach out to the people who need you the most.

Paul lives in Horseshoe Bay, Texas with his wife Nancy and his border collie Shiner.

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Brad Leland

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Kalahari Resorts & Conventions
Round Rock, TX

As a graduate of Plano High School (with Longtime Texas Broadcaster Dan Bell) and Texas Tech – with a degree in acting and directing – Brad Leland has been in hundreds of films and TV shows for more than 40 years.

He recently returned to the stage at the Dallas Theatre Center as Scrooge in “The Christmas Carol.”

His current TV shows include the series, “The Last of Us,” “Love and Death” on HBO as well as the acclaimed films, “The Accidental Texas” and “Laroy.”

He has a wife of 47 years and two daughters.

He always says he loves his work and will never retire!

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Dan Bell

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Kalahari Resorts & Conventions
Round Rock, TX

Dan Bell’s distinguished radio broadcast career spanned thirty-six years in the industry, where he excelled as an on-air personality, in sales, and in management roles.

Dan also worked in college athletics, dedicating four years as the Assistant Athletics Director of Sales/Marketing at Southern Methodist University.

Throughout his career, Dan has been deeply involved in the broadcasting community, serving six years on the Board of Directors of the Texas Association of Broadcasters and four years on the Board of Directors of the Texas Broadcast Education Foundation, supporting scholarships for Texas students in Radio/Television and Broadcast Journalism. Dan also contributed as VP/Marketing on The Vocal Majority Board of Directors.

In 1998, Dan was honored as Associate Member of the Year by the Texas Association of Broadcasters.

Notably, Dan is the recognizable voice behind Texas Instruments’ interactive children’s teaching products Speak & Read and Speak & Math, distributed globally.

A passionate vocalist, Dan was the lead singer of the 1987 Southwestern District Quartet Champion, Class of the 80’s, and has earned nine Gold Medals with the Barbershop Harmony Society Champion chorus, The Vocal Majority.

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Wayne M. Pecena

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Kalahari Resorts & Conventions
Round Rock, TX

Wayne M. Pecena CPBE, 8-VSB, ATSC3, AMD, DRB, CBNE

Wayne M. Pecena is the Associate Director for Engineering of Educational Broadcast Services who operates public media stations KAMU-TV and KAMU-FM at Texas A&M University. Wayne has over 50 years of broadcast and IP network engineering experience and holds BS and MS degrees from Texas A&M University. Wayne is a Fellow of the Society of Broadcast Engineers (SBE), a past President of SBE and holds the Certified Professional Broadcast Engineer (CPBE) and Certified Broadcast Network Engineer (CBNE) certifications including all specialty endorsements available. He was named the 2012 SBE Educator of the Year and the 2014 Radio World Engineer of the year. He is an author and a frequent industry speaker on IP Networking and cybersecurity topics for the broadcast and media technology professional.

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Walid Hamri

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Kalahari Resorts & Conventions
Round Rock, TX

Walid Hamri is AVP, Media Systems Engineering at Sinclair Broadcast Group, leading the technology transformation and continuous improvement for Broadcast, Cable and Digital distribution.

Prior to joining Sinclair, he served as the VP of Solutions & Business Development at ATEME and Chief Product Officer at SeaChange where he led the Product and Solution team in promoting the multi-screen Video Delivery Platform. He holds a B.S. in Electronics and Computer Science and a M.S in Image and Processing and Multimedia from Grenoble Institute of Technology (France).

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Tyler Kleinle

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Kalahari Resorts & Conventions
Round Rock, TX

Tyler Kleinle runs the YouTube channel Antenna Man which provides videos on antenna reviews, reception tips, and information about free over the air TV. Tyler has been an antenna hobbyist since the age of five and is very passionate about the broadcast TV industry. With a background in video production, he used those skills to turn his antenna hobby into a successful YouTube channel that has helped millions of people across the country cut the cord with an antenna.

Tyler the Antenna Man

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