The Media Communications Association is an international professional association devoted to the advancement of the private television industry, including graphic designers and dedicated to serving the needs of professional video communicators in non-broadcast settings. Founded in 1973, ITVA, now MCAI, currently includes over 8,000 members in over 100 chapters in North America. It also boasts intemational affiliate members in 11 countries around the world.

The MCAI membership is multifaceted, including small businesses, major corporations, colleges and universities, health care and financial institutions, govemment and military groups, various consultants, independent contractors and many others. Media used by MCAI members has expanded in recent years to include computer communications technologies as well as television. The Mid-Michigan Chapter is one of the largest in the country, reaching from the Upper Peninsula to the Indiana state line, encompassing the western half ofthe LowerPeninsula and all of the UP.