 The school offered associate and baccalaureate degree programs in video, music production, game design, media technology, graphic design, and web and entertainment business.MMI closed in 2018.Madison Media Institute was established in 1969 by Ray Szmanda (more well-known regionally as "The Menards Guy" for his longtime ads for that chain) as Trans-American School of Broadcasting, with programs that prepared graduates for jobs in radio broadcasting.