TCMediaNow

Help Preserve Minnesota’s Broadcast History — Before It’s Lost Forever

TCMediaNow is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit dedicated to preserving and providing free public access to the Twin Cities’ broadcast history. Much of this footage exists nowhere else — and many tapes and films are rapidly deteriorating. The equipment needed to play and digitize old formats is aging, rare, and increasingly impossible to repair. Your support ensures we can save this history while time and tools still allow.

Why Donate Today?

• Thousands of hours of legacy media are deteriorating each year• 
• Many recordings survive in one copy only• Playback machines and repair parts are no longer manufactured• 
• Volunteers do the work, but aging media requires urgent attention• 
• Digitization now prevents permanent loss later
• Your donation truly makes the difference between preserving a piece of Minnesota history — or losing it forever.

Where Your Gift Goes

• Repair and maintenance of rare broadcast equipment
  • Parts are scarce, repairs costly, and these machines are essential to safely digitizing older formats.

• Digitizing fragile tapes and films before they are lost
  • Volunteers handle most transfers, while damaged or delicate items require specialized labs and restoration.
• Preservation of major past collections as the Bill Carlson and Nancy Nelson, and new collections, including the meaningful personal collection entrusted to us by a longtime contributor who passed away, and the extraordinary Stan Turner Archives spanning fifty years of Minnesota broadcast history.

• Technology, storage, and public access Your support keeps tcmedianow.com fast, secure, and free to everyone.
• Keeping Minnesota’s media history accessible
• No paywalls. No subscriptions. Just open access to stories, culture, and community memory.

What Your Support Made Possible

Recent donor support helped TCMediaNow:

• Digitize and preserve 5,000+ hours of video, film, audio, slides, and print• Restore long-unseen programs like Good Company, Moore Report, PM Magazine, and more
• Share rare sports, weather, and local news footage
• Support documentary filmmakers, educators, and public television• 
• Present at local historical societies and community groups• Improve and expand free access through tcmedianow.com

Your gift today helps us rescue one more tape, one more reel, one more memory — before it disappears.

Thank you for supporting the preservation of Minnesota’s media history.

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