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Experience Broadcasting! The Jason Show & Pavek Broadcast Museum | May 2024


Courses Adult / Enrichment -
Winter/Spring 2024 Catalog

NEW!  Arrive at The Pavek Broadcast Museum for this self-guided tour. There are over 12,000 square feet of antique radios, televisions, and broadcast equipment. The bulk of the inventory is the original Joe Pavek collection. In 1984, Earl Bakken, the co-founder of Medtronic and the inventor of the wearable pacemaker, stepped in to help retain the collection. In 1988 Joe Pavek, Earl Bakken and Paul Hedberg of the Minnesota Broadcasters Association formed a non-profit organization to make these treasures available to the public. Visitors can play the original 1929 RCA Theremin, tune an early 1920s radio or for a nickel, play a record on one of Wurlitzer’s first jukeboxes. 

Code# 239W4 | Tues. May 21 | $110.00 | Deadline to register April 22, 2024 - no refunds after this date.

7:45 a.m. Leave Eastview Elementary, 9375 Fenning Ave. No., Monticello.Load in parking lot.

8:00 a.m. St Michael Elementary - 101 Central Ave W, St Michael 55376 - Pick up in the parking lot on the front of the building.

9:00 a.m. Arrive at FOX 9 KMSP Broadcast Center in Eden Prairie to be a part of the LIVE Studio Audience of THE JASON SHOW.

THE JASON SHOW REQUIRES A ROSTER WITH THE FIRST AND LAST NAME OF EACH ATTENDEE, IN ADVANCE. GUESTS ARE REQUIRED TO PRESENT A VALID PHOTO ID AT CHECK IN. ALL PARTICIPANTS MUST GO THROUGH SECURITY SCREENING (METAL DETECTION PROCESS).

Solid, bright colors photograph best. The studio is usually kept at a cooler temperature so please bring a sweater or dress in layers.

9:30 a.m. An Audience Coordinator will greet the group and escort them into the studio.

10:00 a.m. LIVE Show - THE JASON SHOW!

11:00 a.m. After the Show Jason is usually available for a group photo and questions. (Not guaranteed).

11:30 a.m. Leave KMSP

11:45 a.m. Arrive at the Scoreboard in Minnetonka for lunch. Menu: Special Of The Day with Beverage. (Sample: Cod Fish & Chips Battered Cod Filet served with Old Fashion Hand-Cut French Fry Wedges with Tarter Sauce). 

1:15 p.m. Leave the Scoreboard.

1:30 p.m. Arrive at The Pavek Broadcast Museum.After a brief welcome, this is a self guided experience.There are over 12,000 square feet of antique radios, televisions, and broadcast equipment. The bulk of the inventory is the original Joe Pavek collection. In 1984, Earl Bakken, the co-founder of Medtronic and the inventor of the wearable pacemaker, stepped in to help retain the collection. In 1988 Joe Pavek, Earl Bakken and Paul Hedberg of the Minnesota Broadcasters Association formed a non-profit organization to make these treasures available to the public. Visitors can play the original 1929 RCA Theremin, tune an early 1920s radio or for a nickel, play a record on one of Wurlitzer’s first jukeboxes.

3:00 p.m. Leave the Pavek Museum.

3:45 p.m. Estimated return time to St. Michael.

4:15 p.m. Estimated return time to Monticello.

239W4 Closed

  Monticello Community Education


Monticello Community Education : Eastview Community Education Office
Tuesday, May 21
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Price: $ 110 00

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