Madison Media Institute College of Media Arts is a private for profit college located in Madison, Wisconsin. Degree programs are designed for the entertainment and media industry and accept enrollments year round. The school is owned by American Higher Education Development Corporation and is Accredited by the Accrediting Commission of Career Schools and Colleges of Technology. Madison Media Institute was established in 1969 by Ray Szmanda as Trans-American School of Broadcasting. The school has always had it focus on media arts career training. In 1969 it started with programs that prepared graduates for jobs in radio broadcasting. Over the years the college added a broader range of programs to reflect the changes and growth media arts. The college's founder, Ray Szmanda, was the owner from 1969 to 1986. In 1986 Mr. Szmanda sold the college to Ed Hutchings, a career broadcaster who was a disc jockey. The college was owned from 1986 to 2007 by Ed Hutchings. In August 2007 the Hutchings family sold the college to American Higher Education Development Corporation, a New York corporation.