[2] In 2007, the Belo Foundation announced a $15 million donation to build a new communication's facility north of the existing complex,[5] with the official groundbreaking taking place in May 2010.

[9] The department's scholarly and teaching interests focus on the cultural, social, economic, political and discursive settings in which communication systems, industries, texts and audiences exist and operate.

We investigate how various audiences receive, interact with, interpret and produce media texts and have a special focus on studies of culture and the international dimensions of communication processes.

The department's Master of Fine Arts programs are designed to help students become filmmakers and writers capable of producing provocative and entertaining work.

The RTF Department currently has 28 faculty members who provide an environment in which graduate students receive optimal opportunity for study, research, teaching and the production of creative work.

Alumni of the Radio–Television–Film program include David Blue Garcia, Bryan Bertino, Mark Duplass, Jay Duplass, Glen Powell, Robert Rodriguez, Tobe Hooper, Michael Zinberg, Matthew McConaughey, Thomas Schlamme, Lev L. Spiro, Daniel Pearl, Bruce Hendricks, Rob Walker, Beau Thorne, Maggie Carey, Patrick Sean Smith, Heather Courtney, Peggy Chiao, Todd Berger, Noel Wells, Geoff Marslett, the creators of Hemlock Grove, Andrew Dismukes, Matt Hullum and many members of Rooster Teeth Productions.