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Oldest Extant Off-Air VHS/Beta Tape You Have

Alright, some notes here:

394 - Have always wanted to find a taping of T&T. I don't think it was cleared here in Yakima (may have been in Boise), but the premise was simple: helping those who couldn't defend themselves. I don't think it's on DVD either.
398 - I already have a T-180 S-VHS tape. It has a bunch of February 1999 programs on it (Ally McBeal, Grammys, NYPD Blue) taped from Foxnet, WABC New York, and the WSEE C-Band feed ("SEE-CBS"). And yes, the quality is decent for SLP given S-VHS' higher resolution.
399 - Why tape a bunch of infomercials...in SP? :confused:
401 - Just weeks before PAX went to "i". Programming didn't start until 5 PM, with hours and hours of infomercials prior.
429 - I've got the E.T. broadcast (via KIMA Yakima). Has an 8-minute (?) Reading is Fundamental PSA video after the movie, with Fievel the Mouse.
430 - How many Heartland Music ads did you clock on that overnight TBS tape? I'll throw a prediction and say...eight? Including Slim Whitman?
440 - COOL FIND!!! If the ALCS game had the national ads on it, then this came from their East Coast satellite feed on Satcom F1, transponder 8. Most other NBC feeds would have been on Ku-Band. The slides/slates after the ALCS would have been in the 11/10c timeslot for local news. Normally, NBC would feed Skypath or whatever it was called, their news feed service. I assume NBC also fed pre-feeds, promos, and random stuff after David Letterman.
 
Wikipedia says T and T aired in syndication from 1988 to 1989. I'm not sure how that recording could have been from 1987. I do know it aired in reruns on the Family Channel later on though. Evidently, the Canadian counterpart of Adult Swim is still showing it in reruns.

The only T-180 I've ever found was a recording of overnight programs (documentaries) from the Classroom Channel, a.k.a. the Channel One Connection that many middle schools and high schools had in the '90s and 2000s. This recording was from 1996.
I have found a couple of T-200s as well. Both of those came from my mom's friend who has been slowly passing his VHS collection along to me. One has an episode of Boston Public from 2003 and the other has a Starz presentation of Ride with the Devil from 2001.

I guess you could say I'm currently in the middle of a VHS overload at the moment because I'm still going through some of the latest tapes my mom's friend sent me plus a lot more finds from two estate sales in Akron and Medina, respectively. I haven't found myself with as much time to go through many of them as of late, but I've previewed many of the latest estate sale tapes and have found quite a mixed bag of programming--ABC Sunday Night Movie presentation of Close Encounters of the Third Kind circa 1983, NCIS episodes, CSI episodes, Dateline, Late Show with David Letterman, what appears to be Raymond Burr's last Perry Mason movie on NBC (The Case of the Killer Kiss), Real TV marathon on TNN circa 2002, Superstation WGN rebroadcast of The World's Most Shocking Moments Caught on Tape 3 with Sheriff John Bunnell, some public access programming from Hudson Community TV on Time Warner Cable, America's Funniest Home Videos circa 2003, a couple of David Copperfield specials on CBS, 60 Minutes 35th anniversary special, History of Rock and Roll documentary on PBS circa 1995, Moody Blues concert on PBS, The Benny Hill Show on WUAB circa 1989, Hunter on WUAB circa 2003 (didn't know any stations were still airing that in syndication during that time), Fox News Channel coverage of the Space Shuttle Discovery launch in 2008, Touched by an Angel episodes, Hallmark Channel Christmas movies circa 2016, Through the Bible with Les Feldick, etc. Will elaborate on more specific details after I get through all of these, whenever that may be.
 
Good question about T and T I dated it 1987 based on car and movie commercials that were in the breaks its possible it was late 1987 as a preview. I've noticed that records for episodes for syndicated shows like that one are hard to come by sometimes.
 
Some sappy lady was recording sappy Hallmark Christmas movies on VHS in 2016? I'd put that straight up to the "M" site in a bulk lot and wouldn't even bother digitizing it. The Close Encounters taping is a good find if it has most or all of the commercials.
 
Here's an estate sale in Tallmadge I wish I could have stopped by today and won't be able to tomorrow because of work. I singled out this one picture in particular. The labels on these tapes are easier to read if you look at it on a phone screen rather than a computer screen (the ones written in thicker marker and larger print, at least). Quite a few short-lived programs on some of these (Max Headroom, Thea, Dark Angel). I'm wondering if either of those are even able to stream anywhere now. Bonus points if those ABC shows were taped from WAKC rather than WEWS since Tallmadge is a suburb of Akron. And it's a somewhat amusing irony seeing Red Shoe Diaries (tapes labeled "Red Shoes 1" and "Red Shoes 2") and gospel music awards shows in the same VHS collection.
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Scott2013 said:
Here's an estate sale in Tallmadge I wish I could have stopped by today and won't be able to tomorrow because of work. I singled out this one picture in particular. The labels on these tapes are easier to read if you look at it on a phone screen rather than a computer screen (the ones written in thicker marker and larger print, at least). Quite a few short-lived programs on some of these (Max Headroom, Thea, Dark Angel). I'm wondering if either of those are even able to stream anywhere now. Bonus points if those ABC shows were taped from WAKC rather than WEWS since Tallmadge is a suburb of Akron. And it's a somewhat amusing irony seeing Red Shoe Diaries (tapes labeled "Red Shoes 1" and "Red Shoes 2") and gospel music awards shows in the same VHS collection.
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The full series of Max Headroom is available on DVD, but I don’t know if the others you listed are, or if they’re streaming.
 
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*CAN A DREAM COME TRUE?*

Breaking news: I just bought 13 L-750/830 Beta tapes from eBay. They are from GLENDIVE, MONTANA!!! I am praying for no disappointments in this lot. Could I finally, after 10+ years of digitizing and buying recorded VHS/Betas, find some classic, one-of-a-kind airchecks from KXGN?! I paid $36+ with shipping and they arrive next week. The seller said he found them locally in Dawson County too......

Stay tuned!
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It is hard to overstate just how HUGE of a find that is.

I don't suppose you'd consider uploading any of it to YouTube?
 
I already have... a couple of KXGN break compilations already posted. More to come in November. Completely out of left field to see this Beta lot pop up in my eBay search. The hokey, low-quality ads are so fun to look at. Sidewalk sales at local businesses, insurance agents that have served the area for decades, herbicide for pastures, discounts on satellite TV systems (because this is middle-of-nowhere Montana after all)...
The caveat to super-rural finds is I could have just ended up with a bunch of '90s C-Band tapeovers from the Denver stations. But not this lot!

Previously, the smallest Nielsen market I had found on VHS was Helena (#205), the 12/11/03 Days of Our Lives via KTVH and Dr. Phil/Oprah from KXLH-LP (semi-satellite of Butte's KXLF).
 
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I already have... a couple of KXGN break compilations already posted. More to come in November. Completely out of left field to see this Beta lot pop up in my eBay search. The hokey, low-quality ads are so fun to look at. Sidewalk sales at local businesses, insurance agents that have served the area for decades, herbicide for pastures, discounts on satellite TV systems (because this is middle-of-nowhere Montana after all)...
The caveat to super-rural finds is I could have just ended up with a bunch of '90s C-Band tapeovers from the Denver stations. But not this lot!

Previously, the smallest Nielsen market I had found on VHS was Helena (#205), the 12/11/03 Days of Our Lives via KTVH and Dr. Phil/Oprah from KXLH-LP (semi-satellite of Butte's KXLF).
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One or two of Ed Agre's newscasts were on YouTube at one time, and then they disappeared. Not sure what was up with that.

Mr Agre and KXGN did the best they could with the resources they had, and it surely met a local need. Such localism was what the FCC envisioned when they made the original TV allocations in the 1950s. Sadly, everything has become homogenized today, and there exist very few redoubts of locally owned and operated programming anymore. WHKY's subchannel on WWJS in Hickory NC would be one example, thankfully the Long family was able to arrange a subchannel when they sold the station to the Swaggart organization. WYMT Hazard KY would be another, even though they are corporately-owned (Gray), they retain their localism, and have the resources of WKYT, WSAZ, and WVLT (which also serve Eastern Kentucky, there is much overlap) on which to draw on top of that. It works very well.
 
I've found three original broadcasts of Max Headroom, including the ABC premiere. Still, that is certainly something I would have purchased given the high amount of black-oriented material found on those labels. That tape with "Music" could have mid-'80s episodes of Soul Train or BET footage based on the tape stock. I also see "Cosby '87 V", so there's the chance for some more NBC sitcom gold there. Sadly for me, my last Beta lot that I searched last week was a 99.99% dud and ended up costing me shipping it back: 50 Beta tapes where after about 15 tapes, only a single commercial break (off of a Vegas station and one of the ads was for the Circus Circus casino which advertised $1.99 breakfast buffets, $2.99 lunch, and $3.99 dinner buffets), so it was like I was unfortunately dealt a 16 if this was Blackjack. I decided to "surrender" after seeing the labels had not much interesting, just movies taped off various stations/pay networks with a few PBS documentaries with almost no promos. Too bad as most of the recordings looked to be around 1982-84 based on the station ID's and tape stock. I had no clue what was on the labels, so as they say, you win some, but you lose some.

I've found material from markets as small as Harrisonburg, VA, Salisbury, MD, Hagerstown, MD, Plattsburgh, NY, and Greenville, NC on my side of the country.
 
I find it mind-boggling how many of these old VHS/Beta tapes of local TV content are out there. Back in the day, I taped individual shows, such as The X-Files, and seminal news events (elections, the fall of the Berlin Wall, and so on), but once I got a DVD recorder, I transferred them to DVD format and repurposed the tapes. But I didn't tape long runs of just whatever was on TV at any particular time. In retrospect, I wish I had.
 
Estate sale alert, Detroit area. Dig Detroit has been around for several years and specializes in cleaning out hoarder and "dirty dig" estates in the Detroit metro. Their next sale in Redford must have 200 or more tapes there, including TV tapings of ALF.
This sounds like a great opportunity for collectors, or even for Scott (albeit it's 2.5 hours away from Cleveland). I pray these tapes go to a collector and we get some classic Detroit TV on YouTube soon.

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No Detroit content coming soon courtesy of me, but we are getting some Packers-land late '80s/early '90s TV down the road, thanks to my latest hunt this weekend courtesy of that M-initialed site. And quite a few 20/20's as well as a few 48 Hours. A few duds here and there including a couple tapes with retirement parties, a couple War and Remembrance miniseries tapes with no commercials and nothing else (besides a brief Geraldo clip on one tape), and another with the 1988 Newell CEO Award Presentation, but most keepers had the commercials intact. All tapes are in EP mode unless otherwise specified.

TAPE 1: A rerun of Dolly Parton's Christmas At Home taped off WFRV/ABC on Christmas night 1991 with no commercials, followed by episodes of ABC News 20/20 on 2/14, 2/21, and 3/13/1992 off WFRV with commercials, followed by ABC News Primetime Live off WFRV on 4/9/1992 with commercials (I've already got this), followed by one more episode of 20/20 on 4/10/1992 with commercials. Scotch EG+ T-120

TAPE 2: Elvis: The Great Performances taped off WBAY/CBS on 4/24/1992 with commercials, followed by most of ABC News 20/20 taped off WFRV/ABC from the same night, followed by the ABC Sunday Movie presentation of Stay The Night taped off WFRV on 4/26/1992 with commercials. TDK T-120

TAPE 3: Episodes of 20/20 taped off WFRV/ABC on 1/4 and 2/1/1991 with commercials, followed by most of the Fantasies special taped off WFRV/ABC with a few commercials, followed by Primetime Live from the same night with no commercials, followed by another 20/20 from 2/8/1991 off WFRV/ABC with commercials, followed by America's Funniest Home Videos and America's Funniest People taped off WFRV/ABC circa February 1991 with no commercials, followed by one more episode of 20/20 taped off WFRV/ABC on 3/8/1991 with commercials. Scotch T-120

TAPE 4: Part two of Switched At Birth taped off WLUK/NBC on 4/29/1991 with commercials, followed by Anything But Love and most of the premiere of American Detective taped off WFRV/ABC on 5/1/1991 with commercials, followed by about three-fourths of 48 Hours taped off WBAY/CBS on 5/22/1991 with commercials, followed by episodes of 20/20 taped off WFRV/ABC on 6/7 and 8/2/1991 with commercials (I've already got the 6/7/91 episode). Scotch T-120.

TAPE 5: Parts nine and ten of War & Remembrance recorded off WFRV/ABC on 5/9 and 5/10/1989 with commercials (I've already have these), followed by about the first half 20/20 taped off WFRV/ABC on 5/4/1990 with commercials, followed by the full episode of 20/20 also taped off WFRV/ABC on 6/8/1990 with commercials, then it jumps to around a 50-minute portion of the That's What Friends Are For special (basically the Arista Records 15th Anniversary concert) taped off WFRV/ABC on 4/17/1990 with commercials. Memorex T-120

TAPE 6: Episodes of 20/20 off WFRV/ABC on 12/22/1989 and 1/5/1990 with commercials (I've already got the latter), followed by most of an episode of 48 Hours from 3/1/1990 off presumably WBAY/CBS with no commercials, followed by a full episode of 48 Hours from 3/8/1990 off WBAY/CBS with commercials, followed by The Magic Of David Copperfield XII taped off WBAY/CBS on 3/30/1990 with ads (already got this), followed by the last ten minutes of 20/20 off WFRV/ABC on 4/6/1990 with a few commercials, followed by one more episode of 20/20 off WFRV/ABC on 12/14/1990 with no commercials, followed by a 15 minute clip of the 1990 Appleton Christmas Parade off WFRV in late November 1990 with no commercials. Memorex T-120

TAPE 7: Starts off with the closing to a Marquette/Dayton NCAA basketball game, followed by Elvis: Aloha From Hawaii (1973) taped off WGBA on 3/2/1989 with commercials, followed by most of the NBC Monday Movie Those She Left Behind taped off WLUK on 3/6/1989 with commercials, followed by a few minutes of Inside Edition circa March 1989 (spring break in Florida footage), then it continues with about a ten minute clip of the 24th CMA Awards off WLUK/NBC, followed by most of 20/20 off WFRV/ABC on 4/21/1989 with commercials, followed by most of the 119th edition of the Ringling Brothers/Barnum & Bailey Circus off WFRV/CBS on 5/15/1989 with commercials (also got this). Sony T-120

TAPE 8: Police Academy 3 (1986), the CBS Special Movie followed by the Valvoline National Driving Test taped off WBAY/CBS on 8/29/1989 with commercials, followed by 48 Hours taped off WBAY/CBS on 9/7/1989 with commercials, followed by episodes of ABC News 20/20 taped off WFRV on 9/15 and 9/22/1989 with commercials (the later episode features a new set/graphics package change). Memorex T-120

TAPE 9: Most of Sesame Street 20: And Still Counting taped off WLUK/NBC on 4/7/1989 with a few commercials, followed by the 1989 Country Music Awards taped off WBAY/CBS on 10/9/1989 with commercials, followed by a Barbara Walters Special taped off WFRV/ABC on 11/1/1989 with commercials, followed by episodes of 20/20 taped off WFRV/ABC on 11/3 and 11/10/1989 with commercials on the former, and only some commercials on the later, with part of an infomercial, "The Great Works of China", rounding out the tape. Memorex T-120

TAPE 10: Starts off with about a 50 minute portion of the 15th American Music Awards taped off WFRV/ABC on 1/25/1988 with commercials, then it jumps to the last few minutes of an AIDS special and the first few minutes of 20/20 taped off WFRV/ABC on 1/29/1988 with a few commercials, then it returns for the remainder of the 1988 AMAs of WFRV/ABC with most commercials (separated into two parts due to President Reagan's State of the Union address, which I've found on another tape), then it continues on with most of the WFRV 10 PM News from 1/25/1988 with commercials. I've already acquired the 1988 AMAs off of a trade, but it was incomplete and missing about 40 minutes from the first "act" of the ceremony. TDK T-120, LP mode

TAPE 11: Great Moments With National Geographic (1985) taped off WPNE/PBC on 3/8/1988 with pledge breaks, followed by 20/20 taped off WFRV/ABC on 3/11/1988 with commercials, followed by a three hour session from the Grand Old Opry taped off WPNE/PBS in March 1988 with pledge breaks. Scotch T-120 with 1988 Olympic Games label

TAPE 12: Lena: My 100 Children, the NBC Monday Night At The Movies presentation taped off WLUK on 11/23/1987 with commercials, followed by about a 30 minute portion of Oprah Winfrey taped off WFRV circa late 1987 with no commercials, followed by most of the 1987 Appleton Christmas Parade taped off WFRV on 11/25/1987 with a few commercials, followed by a rerun of Miami Vice taped off WLUK/NBC on 1/8/1988 with commercials, followed by 20/20 off WFRV/ABC also on 1/8/1988 with commercials. TDK T-120

TAPE 13: Both parts of Elvis & Me taped off WFRV/ABC on 2/7 and 2/8/1988 with no commercials, followed by the last 45 minutes of the Late Night with David Letterman 6th Anniversary Special taped off WLUK/NBC on 2/4/1988 with commercials, followed by episodes of 20/20 taped off WFRV/ABC on 2/5/1988 and 3/1/1991 with commercials. TDK T-120

TAPE 14: Kicks off with Neil Diamond: Hello Again taped off WBAY/CBS on 2/26/1987 with commercials, followed by the last ten minutes or so of Carson's Comedy Classics (1983) taped off an unknown station with a few commercials, followed by the NBC Monday Night Movie presentation of Freedom Fighter taped off WLUK on 1/11/1988 with commercials (already have this), followed by an episode of the short-lived sitcom The Slap Maxwell Story recorded off WFRV/ABC on 1/13/1988 with commercials, followed by about a 35-minute portion of Good Morning America taped off WFRV/ABC on 7/23/1986 with commercials and a local newsbreak. It figures I find this shortly after an abdication occurred to a certain royal titleholder who had just tied the knot, although I've found a good chunk of this newscast already from a previous find. RCA T-120, LP mode

TAPE 15: Top Gun (1986) copied off a rental, followed by a little over two hours worth of the 29th annual Grammy Awards taped off WBAY/CBS on 2/24/1987 with most commercials, followed by a 15 minute clip of the 98th Tournament of Roses Parade recorded off WBAY/CBS on New Year's Day 1987 with no commercials. Maxell T-120, EP mode for Top Gun, LP for the rest.

TAPE 16: The Serendipity Singers: Christmas In Europe taped off WXGZ on 12/19 or 12/20/1987 with commercials (I've got this already), followed by the 6th Christmas In Washington special taped off WLUK/NBC on 12/21/1987 with commercials, followed by Top Of The Pops: A Very Special Christmas taped off WBAY/CBS on 12/23/1987 with commercials, followed by about the last ten minutes of the WFRV 10 PM News on 10/11/1987 with a few commercials, followed by about two-thirds of the WFRV 10 PM News from 10/9/1987 with commercials. TDK T-120, LP mode

TAPE 17: Parts one and two of the 1977 miniseries Jesus of Nazareth taped off WLUK/NBC on 4/8 and 4/9/1990 with commercials. TDK T-120

TAPE 18: Begins with a couple Elvis Presley movies copied from rentals, followed by about the last 15 minutes of an unknown horror movie from 1974, a ten minute promo for G.L.O.W. (wrestling show), a five-minute newsbreak,. and about the first 20 minutes of a Three's Company rerun taped off WVTV on 7/22/1987 with commercials. Sony T-120, LP mode
 
pannoni1 said:
No Detroit content coming soon courtesy of me, but we are getting some Packers-land late '80s/early '90s TV down the road, thanks to my latest hunt this weekend courtesy of that M-initialed site. And quite a few 20/20's as well as a few 48 Hours. A few duds here and there including a couple tapes with retirement parties, a couple War and Remembrance miniseries tapes with no commercials and nothing else (besides a brief Geraldo clip on one tape), and another with the 1988 Newell CEO Award Presentation, but most keepers had the commercials intact. All tapes are in EP mode unless otherwise specified.

TAPE 1: A rerun of Dolly Parton's Christmas At Home taped off WFRV/ABC on Christmas night 1991 with no commercials, followed by episodes of ABC News 20/20 on 2/14, 2/21, and 3/13/1992 off WFRV with commercials, followed by ABC News Primetime Live off WFRV on 4/9/1992 with commercials (I've already got this), followed by one more episode of 20/20 on 4/10/1992 with commercials. Scotch EG+ T-120

TAPE 2: Elvis: The Great Performances taped off WBAY/CBS on 4/24/1992 with commercials, followed by most of ABC News 20/20 taped off WFRV/ABC from the same night, followed by the ABC Sunday Movie presentation of Stay The Night taped off WFRV on 4/26/1992 with commercials. TDK T-120

TAPE 3: Episodes of 20/20 taped off WFRV/ABC on 1/4 and 2/1/1991 with commercials, followed by most of the Fantasies special taped off WFRV/ABC with a few commercials, followed by Primetime Live from the same night with no commercials, followed by another 20/20 from 2/8/1991 off WFRV/ABC with commercials, followed by America's Funniest Home Videos and America's Funniest People taped off WFRV/ABC circa February 1991 with no commercials, followed by one more episode of 20/20 taped off WFRV/ABC on 3/8/1991 with commercials. Scotch T-120

TAPE 4: Part two of Switched At Birth taped off WLUK/NBC on 4/29/1991 with commercials, followed by Anything But Love and most of the premiere of American Detective taped off WFRV/ABC on 5/1/1991 with commercials, followed by about three-fourths of 48 Hours taped off WBAY/CBS on 5/22/1991 with commercials, followed by episodes of 20/20 taped off WFRV/ABC on 6/7 and 8/2/1991 with commercials (I've already got the 6/7/91 episode). Scotch T-120.

TAPE 5: Parts nine and ten of War & Remembrance recorded off WFRV/ABC on 5/9 and 5/10/1989 with commercials (I've already have these), followed by about the first half 20/20 taped off WFRV/ABC on 5/4/1990 with commercials, followed by the full episode of 20/20 also taped off WFRV/ABC on 6/8/1990 with commercials, then it jumps to around a 50-minute portion of the That's What Friends Are For special (basically the Arista Records 15th Anniversary concert) taped off WFRV/ABC on 4/17/1990 with commercials. Memorex T-120

TAPE 6: Episodes of 20/20 off WFRV/ABC on 12/22/1989 and 1/5/1990 with commercials (I've already got the latter), followed by most of an episode of 48 Hours from 3/1/1990 off presumably WBAY/CBS with no commercials, followed by a full episode of 48 Hours from 3/8/1990 off WBAY/CBS with commercials, followed by The Magic Of David Copperfield XII taped off WBAY/CBS on 3/30/1990 with ads (already got this), followed by the last ten minutes of 20/20 off WFRV/ABC on 4/6/1990 with a few commercials, followed by one more episode of 20/20 off WFRV/ABC on 12/14/1990 with no commercials, followed by a 15 minute clip of the 1990 Appleton Christmas Parade off WFRV in late November 1990 with no commercials. Memorex T-120

TAPE 7: Starts off with the closing to a Marquette/Dayton NCAA basketball game, followed by Elvis: Aloha From Hawaii (1973) taped off WGBA on 3/2/1989 with commercials, followed by most of the NBC Monday Movie Those She Left Behind taped off WLUK on 3/6/1989 with commercials, followed by a few minutes of Inside Edition circa March 1989 (spring break in Florida footage), then it continues with about a ten minute clip of the 24th CMA Awards off WLUK/NBC, followed by most of 20/20 off WFRV/ABC on 4/21/1989 with commercials, followed by most of the 119th edition of the Ringling Brothers/Barnum & Bailey Circus off WFRV/CBS on 5/15/1989 with commercials (also got this). Sony T-120

TAPE 8: Police Academy 3 (1986), the CBS Special Movie followed by the Valvoline National Driving Test taped off WBAY/CBS on 8/29/1989 with commercials, followed by 48 Hours taped off WBAY/CBS on 9/7/1989 with commercials, followed by episodes of ABC News 20/20 taped off WFRV on 9/15 and 9/22/1989 with commercials (the later episode features a new set/graphics package change). Memorex T-120

TAPE 9: Most of Sesame Street 20: And Still Counting taped off WLUK/NBC on 4/7/1989 with a few commercials, followed by the 1989 Country Music Awards taped off WBAY/CBS on 10/9/1989 with commercials, followed by a Barbara Walters Special taped off WFRV/ABC on 11/1/1989 with commercials, followed by episodes of 20/20 taped off WFRV/ABC on 11/3 and 11/10/1989 with commercials on the former, and only some commercials on the later, with part of an infomercial, "The Great Works of China", rounding out the tape. Memorex T-120

TAPE 10: Starts off with about a 50 minute portion of the 15th American Music Awards taped off WFRV/ABC on 1/25/1988 with commercials, then it jumps to the last few minutes of an AIDS special and the first few minutes of 20/20 taped off WFRV/ABC on 1/29/1988 with a few commercials, then it returns for the remainder of the 1988 AMAs of WFRV/ABC with most commercials (separated into two parts due to President Reagan's State of the Union address, which I've found on another tape), then it continues on with most of the WFRV 10 PM News from 1/25/1988 with commercials. I've already acquired the 1988 AMAs off of a trade, but it was incomplete and missing about 40 minutes from the first "act" of the ceremony. TDK T-120, LP mode

TAPE 11: Great Moments With National Geographic (1985) taped off WPNE/PBC on 3/8/1988 with pledge breaks, followed by 20/20 taped off WFRV/ABC on 3/11/1988 with commercials, followed by a three hour session from the Grand Old Opry taped off WPNE/PBS in March 1988 with pledge breaks. Scotch T-120 with 1988 Olympic Games label

TAPE 12: Lena: My 100 Children, the NBC Monday Night At The Movies presentation taped off WLUK on 11/23/1987 with commercials, followed by about a 30 minute portion of Oprah Winfrey taped off WFRV circa late 1987 with no commercials, followed by most of the 1987 Appleton Christmas Parade taped off WFRV on 11/25/1987 with a few commercials, followed by a rerun of Miami Vice taped off WLUK/NBC on 1/8/1988 with commercials, followed by 20/20 off WFRV/ABC also on 1/8/1988 with commercials. TDK T-120

TAPE 13: Both parts of Elvis & Me taped off WFRV/ABC on 2/7 and 2/8/1988 with no commercials, followed by the last 45 minutes of the Late Night with David Letterman 6th Anniversary Special taped off WLUK/NBC on 2/4/1988 with commercials, followed by episodes of 20/20 taped off WFRV/ABC on 2/5/1988 and 3/1/1991 with commercials. TDK T-120

TAPE 14: Kicks off with Neil Diamond: Hello Again taped off WBAY/CBS on 2/26/1987 with commercials, followed by the last ten minutes or so of Carson's Comedy Classics (1983) taped off an unknown station with a few commercials, followed by the NBC Monday Night Movie presentation of Freedom Fighter taped off WLUK on 1/11/1988 with commercials (already have this), followed by an episode of the short-lived sitcom The Slap Maxwell Story recorded off WFRV/ABC on 1/13/1988 with commercials, followed by about a 35-minute portion of Good Morning America taped off WFRV/ABC on 7/23/1986 with commercials and a local newsbreak. It figures I find this shortly after an abdication occurred to a certain royal titleholder who had just tied the knot, although I've found a good chunk of this newscast already from a previous find. RCA T-120, LP mode

TAPE 15: Top Gun (1986) copied off a rental, followed by a little over two hours worth of the 29th annual Grammy Awards taped off WBAY/CBS on 2/24/1987 with most commercials, followed by a 15 minute clip of the 98th Tournament of Roses Parade recorded off WBAY/CBS on New Year's Day 1987 with no commercials. Maxell T-120, EP mode for Top Gun, LP for the rest.

TAPE 16: The Serendipity Singers: Christmas In Europe taped off WXGZ on 12/19 or 12/20/1987 with commercials (I've got this already), followed by the 6th Christmas In Washington special taped off WLUK/NBC on 12/21/1987 with commercials, followed by Top Of The Pops: A Very Special Christmas taped off WBAY/CBS on 12/23/1987 with commercials, followed by about the last ten minutes of the WFRV 10 PM News on 10/11/1987 with a few commercials, followed by about two-thirds of the WFRV 10 PM News from 10/9/1987 with commercials. TDK T-120, LP mode

TAPE 17: Parts one and two of the 1977 miniseries Jesus of Nazareth taped off WLUK/NBC on 4/8 and 4/9/1990 with commercials. TDK T-120

TAPE 18: Begins with a couple Elvis Presley movies copied from rentals, followed by about the last 15 minutes of an unknown horror movie from 1974, a ten minute promo for G.L.O.W. (wrestling show), a five-minute newsbreak,. and about the first 20 minutes of a Three's Company rerun taped off WVTV on 7/22/1987 with commercials. Sony T-120, LP mode
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7/23/1986 was also the day yours truly came into this world and my mother was watching the wedding on TV!
 
pannoni1 said:
No Detroit content coming soon courtesy of me, but we are getting some Packers-land late '80s/early '90s TV down the road, thanks to my latest hunt this weekend courtesy of that M-initialed site. And quite a few 20/20's as well as a few 48 Hours. A few duds here and there including a couple tapes with retirement parties, a couple War and Remembrance miniseries tapes with no commercials and nothing else (besides a brief Geraldo clip on one tape), and another with the 1988 Newell CEO Award Presentation, but most keepers had the commercials intact. All tapes are in EP mode unless otherwise specified.

TAPE 1: A rerun of Dolly Parton's Christmas At Home taped off WFRV/ABC on Christmas night 1991 with no commercials, followed by episodes of ABC News 20/20 on 2/14, 2/21, and 3/13/1992 off WFRV with commercials, followed by ABC News Primetime Live off WFRV on 4/9/1992 with commercials (I've already got this), followed by one more episode of 20/20 on 4/10/1992 with commercials. Scotch EG+ T-120

TAPE 2: Elvis: The Great Performances taped off WBAY/CBS on 4/24/1992 with commercials, followed by most of ABC News 20/20 taped off WFRV/ABC from the same night, followed by the ABC Sunday Movie presentation of Stay The Night taped off WFRV on 4/26/1992 with commercials. TDK T-120

TAPE 3: Episodes of 20/20 taped off WFRV/ABC on 1/4 and 2/1/1991 with commercials, followed by most of the Fantasies special taped off WFRV/ABC with a few commercials, followed by Primetime Live from the same night with no commercials, followed by another 20/20 from 2/8/1991 off WFRV/ABC with commercials, followed by America's Funniest Home Videos and America's Funniest People taped off WFRV/ABC circa February 1991 with no commercials, followed by one more episode of 20/20 taped off WFRV/ABC on 3/8/1991 with commercials. Scotch T-120

TAPE 4: Part two of Switched At Birth taped off WLUK/NBC on 4/29/1991 with commercials, followed by Anything But Love and most of the premiere of American Detective taped off WFRV/ABC on 5/1/1991 with commercials, followed by about three-fourths of 48 Hours taped off WBAY/CBS on 5/22/1991 with commercials, followed by episodes of 20/20 taped off WFRV/ABC on 6/7 and 8/2/1991 with commercials (I've already got the 6/7/91 episode). Scotch T-120.

TAPE 5: Parts nine and ten of War & Remembrance recorded off WFRV/ABC on 5/9 and 5/10/1989 with commercials (I've already have these), followed by about the first half 20/20 taped off WFRV/ABC on 5/4/1990 with commercials, followed by the full episode of 20/20 also taped off WFRV/ABC on 6/8/1990 with commercials, then it jumps to around a 50-minute portion of the That's What Friends Are For special (basically the Arista Records 15th Anniversary concert) taped off WFRV/ABC on 4/17/1990 with commercials. Memorex T-120

TAPE 6: Episodes of 20/20 off WFRV/ABC on 12/22/1989 and 1/5/1990 with commercials (I've already got the latter), followed by most of an episode of 48 Hours from 3/1/1990 off presumably WBAY/CBS with no commercials, followed by a full episode of 48 Hours from 3/8/1990 off WBAY/CBS with commercials, followed by The Magic Of David Copperfield XII taped off WBAY/CBS on 3/30/1990 with ads (already got this), followed by the last ten minutes of 20/20 off WFRV/ABC on 4/6/1990 with a few commercials, followed by one more episode of 20/20 off WFRV/ABC on 12/14/1990 with no commercials, followed by a 15 minute clip of the 1990 Appleton Christmas Parade off WFRV in late November 1990 with no commercials. Memorex T-120

TAPE 7: Starts off with the closing to a Marquette/Dayton NCAA basketball game, followed by Elvis: Aloha From Hawaii (1973) taped off WGBA on 3/2/1989 with commercials, followed by most of the NBC Monday Movie Those She Left Behind taped off WLUK on 3/6/1989 with commercials, followed by a few minutes of Inside Edition circa March 1989 (spring break in Florida footage), then it continues with about a ten minute clip of the 24th CMA Awards off WLUK/NBC, followed by most of 20/20 off WFRV/ABC on 4/21/1989 with commercials, followed by most of the 119th edition of the Ringling Brothers/Barnum & Bailey Circus off WFRV/CBS on 5/15/1989 with commercials (also got this). Sony T-120

TAPE 8: Police Academy 3 (1986), the CBS Special Movie followed by the Valvoline National Driving Test taped off WBAY/CBS on 8/29/1989 with commercials, followed by 48 Hours taped off WBAY/CBS on 9/7/1989 with commercials, followed by episodes of ABC News 20/20 taped off WFRV on 9/15 and 9/22/1989 with commercials (the later episode features a new set/graphics package change). Memorex T-120

TAPE 9: Most of Sesame Street 20: And Still Counting taped off WLUK/NBC on 4/7/1989 with a few commercials, followed by the 1989 Country Music Awards taped off WBAY/CBS on 10/9/1989 with commercials, followed by a Barbara Walters Special taped off WFRV/ABC on 11/1/1989 with commercials, followed by episodes of 20/20 taped off WFRV/ABC on 11/3 and 11/10/1989 with commercials on the former, and only some commercials on the later, with part of an infomercial, "The Great Works of China", rounding out the tape. Memorex T-120

TAPE 10: Starts off with about a 50 minute portion of the 15th American Music Awards taped off WFRV/ABC on 1/25/1988 with commercials, then it jumps to the last few minutes of an AIDS special and the first few minutes of 20/20 taped off WFRV/ABC on 1/29/1988 with a few commercials, then it returns for the remainder of the 1988 AMAs of WFRV/ABC with most commercials (separated into two parts due to President Reagan's State of the Union address, which I've found on another tape), then it continues on with most of the WFRV 10 PM News from 1/25/1988 with commercials. I've already acquired the 1988 AMAs off of a trade, but it was incomplete and missing about 40 minutes from the first "act" of the ceremony. TDK T-120, LP mode

TAPE 11: Great Moments With National Geographic (1985) taped off WPNE/PBC on 3/8/1988 with pledge breaks, followed by 20/20 taped off WFRV/ABC on 3/11/1988 with commercials, followed by a three hour session from the Grand Old Opry taped off WPNE/PBS in March 1988 with pledge breaks. Scotch T-120 with 1988 Olympic Games label

TAPE 12: Lena: My 100 Children, the NBC Monday Night At The Movies presentation taped off WLUK on 11/23/1987 with commercials, followed by about a 30 minute portion of Oprah Winfrey taped off WFRV circa late 1987 with no commercials, followed by most of the 1987 Appleton Christmas Parade taped off WFRV on 11/25/1987 with a few commercials, followed by a rerun of Miami Vice taped off WLUK/NBC on 1/8/1988 with commercials, followed by 20/20 off WFRV/ABC also on 1/8/1988 with commercials. TDK T-120

TAPE 13: Both parts of Elvis & Me taped off WFRV/ABC on 2/7 and 2/8/1988 with no commercials, followed by the last 45 minutes of the Late Night with David Letterman 6th Anniversary Special taped off WLUK/NBC on 2/4/1988 with commercials, followed by episodes of 20/20 taped off WFRV/ABC on 2/5/1988 and 3/1/1991 with commercials. TDK T-120

TAPE 14: Kicks off with Neil Diamond: Hello Again taped off WBAY/CBS on 2/26/1987 with commercials, followed by the last ten minutes or so of Carson's Comedy Classics (1983) taped off an unknown station with a few commercials, followed by the NBC Monday Night Movie presentation of Freedom Fighter taped off WLUK on 1/11/1988 with commercials (already have this), followed by an episode of the short-lived sitcom The Slap Maxwell Story recorded off WFRV/ABC on 1/13/1988 with commercials, followed by about a 35-minute portion of Good Morning America taped off WFRV/ABC on 7/23/1986 with commercials and a local newsbreak. It figures I find this shortly after an abdication occurred to a certain royal titleholder who had just tied the knot, although I've found a good chunk of this newscast already from a previous find. RCA T-120, LP mode

TAPE 15: Top Gun (1986) copied off a rental, followed by a little over two hours worth of the 29th annual Grammy Awards taped off WBAY/CBS on 2/24/1987 with most commercials, followed by a 15 minute clip of the 98th Tournament of Roses Parade recorded off WBAY/CBS on New Year's Day 1987 with no commercials. Maxell T-120, EP mode for Top Gun, LP for the rest.

TAPE 16: The Serendipity Singers: Christmas In Europe taped off WXGZ on 12/19 or 12/20/1987 with commercials (I've got this already), followed by the 6th Christmas In Washington special taped off WLUK/NBC on 12/21/1987 with commercials, followed by Top Of The Pops: A Very Special Christmas taped off WBAY/CBS on 12/23/1987 with commercials, followed by about the last ten minutes of the WFRV 10 PM News on 10/11/1987 with a few commercials, followed by about two-thirds of the WFRV 10 PM News from 10/9/1987 with commercials. TDK T-120, LP mode

TAPE 17: Parts one and two of the 1977 miniseries Jesus of Nazareth taped off WLUK/NBC on 4/8 and 4/9/1990 with commercials. TDK T-120

TAPE 18: Begins with a couple Elvis Presley movies copied from rentals, followed by about the last 15 minutes of an unknown horror movie from 1974, a ten minute promo for G.L.O.W. (wrestling show), a five-minute newsbreak,. and about the first 20 minutes of a Three's Company rerun taped off WVTV on 7/22/1987 with commercials. Sony T-120, LP mode
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7/23/1986 was also the day yours truly came into this world and my mother was watching the wedding on TV!
 
chandler0201 said:
Pannoni those are some great finds on 20/20! Practically any of those news magazine shows don't exist anymore outside of whatever people taped at home.
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It's funny you said that because one of the estate sale tape hauls I've been slowly going through includes a ton of 20/20, 60 Minutes, Dateline NBC, 48 Hours, etc. Oldest I've found in this collection is a 20/20 from 1983 and the newest is a special two-hour edition of 48 Hours from 2007. Also quite a few "clip shows" in this mix (The Most Outrageous Live TV Moments, TV's Censored Bloopers with Dick Clark, Real TV with Ahmad Rashad, America's Funniest Home Videos with Tom Bergeron, The World's Most Shocking Moments Caught on Tape volumes 1-3 with Sheriff John Bunnell, etc.)
 
I have a couple of Dick Clark Bloopers specials (one ABC and one NBC) buried on tapes. I have found a couple of Saget-era AFVs and a few Bergeron, but no episodes from the Fuentes-Fugelsang era.
 
As time spent searching through my latest haul of tapes has become more sporadic on my end as of late and I still have more to look through, rather than keep everyone here in suspense, I'll start my backlog on this thread with the tapes I got from my mom's friend shortly before the two estate sales in Akron and Medina where I got about 30 more tapes total.

TAPE 1: The Broken Chain (TNT made-for-TV movie) taped from TNT on 12/12/1993 with commercials. Fuji T-120.

TAPE 2: Part one of The Tommyknockers (ABC miniseries) and start of News Channel 5 at 11:00 taped from WEWS on 5/9/1993 with commercials; Vicki Lawrence taped from WKYC on 5/10/1993 with commercials; part two of The Tommyknockers taped from WEWS on 5/10/1993 with commercials; most of an episode of Jeopardy taped from WEWS on 5/13/1993 with commercials; partial broadcast of Entertainment Tonight, Cheers and Seinfeld taped from WKYC on 5/13/1993 with commercials; partial broadcast of Entertainment Tonight taped from WKYC on 4/17/1993 with commercials. BASF T-160.

TAPE 3: Partial episode of The O.C., American Idol, Life on a Stick pilot episode and most of Fox 8 News at Ten taped from WJW on 3/24/2005 with commercials, some channel surfing and program guide browsing (Adelphia Digital Cable) near the end of Life on a Stick going into Fox 8 News, including a few minutes of the 2004 U.S. Poker Championship on ESPN. TDK T-120.

TAPE 4: Julia (1977), Four Friends (1981), The Girl Hunters (1963) and partial broadcast of The Mine and the Minotaur (1980) taped from the overnight Preview pay TV block on WCLQ circa 1983 with promos. JVC T-120.

TAPE 5: Partial broadcast of 19 Action News at 5, 19 Action News at 6, CBS Evening News with Bob Schieffer, Who Wants to Be a Millionaire, Inside Edition, Survivor and CSI taped from WOIO on 2/2/2006 with commercials. TDK T-120.

TAPE 6: Ride with the Devil (1999) and partial broadcast of Disorderlies (1987) taped from Starz in April 2001 with promos. Memorex T-200.

TAPE 7: End of 19 Action News at 5, 19 Action News at 6, CBS Evening News with Bob Schieffer, Who Wants to Be a Millionaire, Inside Edition, Survivor, CSI and Without a Trace taped from WOIO on 9/29/2005 with commercials; partial broadcast of Springtime in the Rockies (1942) and partial broadcast of Sweet Bird of Youth (1962) taped from Cinemax in April 1988 with promos. Laser T-120.

TAPE 8: We Are Not Alone (1939) taped from the Movie Channel in June 1987 with promos; Advise and Consent (1962) taped from Cinemax in June 1987 with promos; Entertainment Tonight taped from WKYC on 7/17/1992 with commercials; Jeopardy taped from WEWS on 2/12/1988 with commercials; Jeopardy taped from WEWS on 11/8/1991 with commercials; partial broadcast of The World According to Garp (1982) taped from unknown pay TV channel circa 1987. Polaroid T-120.

TAPE 9: Partial broadcast of 19 Action News at 5, 19 Action News at 6, CBS Evening News with Bob Schieffer, The Insider, Who Wants to Be a Millionaire, NCIS, The Amazing Race and partial episode of Judging Amy taped from WOIO on 4/19/2005 with commercials. Fuji T-160.

TAPE 10: The Adventures of Hajji Baba (1954) taped from Cinemax in 1989 with promos; The Dark Past (1948) taped from Cinemax in 1989 with promos; Lucy Gallant (1955) and partial broadcast of Again Sir (????) taped from Cinemax in 1989 with promos. Laser T-120.

TAPE 11: A Woman's Secret (1949) and partial episode of A Time to Remember taped from AMC on 12/3/1989 with promos; The Breakfast Club (1985) taped from unknown pay TV channel circa 1986; I Want You (1951) taped from the Movie Channel in June 1986 with promos; Wheel of Fortune and Jeopardy taped from WEWS on 6/23/1986 with commercials. Kodak T-120.

TAPE 12: Entertainment Tonight, The Most Outrageous Game Show Moments 5, Scrubs and The Office taped from WKYC on 4/26/2005 with commercials. Fuji T-160.

TAPE 13: Wildcats (1986) taped from Cinemax in February 1988 with promos; Counter-Attack (1945) and partial broadcast of Advise and Consent (1962) taped from Cinemax in February 1988 with promos; The Walking Hills (1949) taped from Cinemax in February 1988 with promos; Gold Is Where You Find It (1938) taped from the Movie Channel in February 1988 with promos. JVC T-120.

TAPE 14: Sombrero (1953) and partial broadcast of The Sea Bat (1930) taped from TCM in May 2005 with promos. JVC T-120.

TAPE 15: The Big Picture ("Turn Out the Lights: The Doors on Film"), Rockumentary (The Doors), The Doors Premiere Party, encore presentation of The Big Picture and The Doors Live at the Hollywood Bowl taped from MTV on 2/28/1991 with commercials. Polaroid T-120.

TAPE 16: Appointment in Berlin (1943) taped from Cinemax in February 1988 with promos; The Desperadoes (1943) taped from Cinemax in February 1988 with promos; A Star Is Born (1976) taped from Cinemax in March 1988 with promos. BASF T-120.

TAPE 17: Tulsa (1949) taped from AMC in July 1989 with promos; Dancers (1987) taped from Showtime in July 1989; They Won't Believe Me (1947) taped from AMC in July 1989 with promos; Jeopardy taped from WEWS on 7/20/1989 with commercials; Jeopardy taped from WEWS on 7/17/1989 with commercials. BASF T-120.

TAPE 18: Joan Crawford: The Ultimate Movie Star taped from TCM circa 2005 with promos; partial broadcast of I Confess (1953) and partial broadcast of Murder in Mississippi (1990) taped from Cinemax in 1993 with promos. Scotch T-120.

TAPE 19: The Third Man (1949) taped from Cinemax in 1986 with promos; Alice Adams (1935) taped from Cinemax in 1986 with promos; Stage Door (1937) taped from Cinemax in 1986. Polaroid T-120.
 


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