Preserving broadcast history, one tape at a time. Browse our collection of VHS recordings from local TV stations, home recordings, and commercial releases.
VHS-2026-402: The Couch Potato Workout (1989)
Calvert DeForest. You might know him as Larry “Bud” Melman from Late Night with David Letterman. In 1989, he starred in a 35-minute parody fitness...
A Polaroid Supercolor T-120 labeled “NEVER ERASE” in someone’s handwriting. Six hours of EP mode sports recordings spanning 1979 to 1991, all from central Ohio...
VHS-2026-247: KAKE-TV Wichita, Late 1991
A BASF Extra Quality T-120 with a sticky note label listing four titles: The Child, Steven, Hurricane Del, and RoboCop. Six hours of EP recording...
VHS-2026-458: The David Blaine Three-Peat Tape
A plain black VHS cassette. No label. No sleeve. No markings. The kind of tape that could be anything. It turned out to be a...
VHS-2026-334: Columbus TV August 1992
Six hours of Columbus, Ohio television from August 1992 on a single Veratron T-120 tape. Someone hit record and let it run across WCMH-4, WSYX-6,...
It Opens Like a PSA The spine label says “WATER TREATMENT PROGRAM.” Reasonable assumption: some industrial or municipal training tape about water filtration. The kind...