[BC] Old Jingles & Nostalgic Relics

[SHAFFER, RANDY L]

Steve/Bob wrote -

>Is there anywhere on the net people have collected old radio station jingles? 
>I worked at a daytimer once that had all the old jingles from the 40's and
>50's on reel to reel tape and file cabinets full of old photos of their air
>talent and the write ups about how wonderful they were for sales use.  The new
>owner came in and burned everything up.  That's more tragic than a fire to the
>transmitter.  Some people have no nostalgia in their bones.
(snip)

I know the feeling. I've been way behind in Email due to salvaging as much stuff as I can before it hits the dumpster.

My office is in a third floor attic area of the station, it had been the weather office many years ago and after that was radio 
engineering. By the time I moved here, it was a deserted mess. It was full of old stuff, waist deep. I installed shelving and 
organized gear as well as possible. We pitched a bunch of stuff. But, over the past ten years it has gotten full again, but sort of organized. One thing that took over was 3/4" stock, including anything 3/4" in the station. There was a bunch of old local programs and specials mixed with old spots and misc. tape. I was working through a couple tapes a week. But, two weeks ago I arrived at work to find the dumpster overflowing with 3/4" tapes. I walked into my office and found the stacks of tapes in front of my desk gone.
My immediate supervisor was tired of the stuff in my office and ordered guys to clear out the tapes out of my office.
What got me fired up was that there were a number of tapes that were mine that I was trying to consolidate. Commercials I shot, voiced and edited. Air tapes from our old, old main studio and other stuff that I hadn't even gone through yet. This was done with no warning. The last agreement I had with him (two years ago when he cleared out the entire floor) was that as long as I was working through stuff and taking something home everyday, it was okay.
I filled up my car with other stuff from my office that night and my wife has been very understanding with what I've been dragging home.

This week I get an email forwarded from our ops mgr. A viewer wants to know if we have an video from 20 years ago. I might have, it would have been in that first stack of videos that were tossed the week before. I really, really don't understand people who don't think that anything is worth saving. Which raises a question I have always had. I have rescued tons of video/audio from the dumpster over the years. Who holds the rights to local programs or tapes? 

Randy Shaffer
Harrisburg, PA