The Radio Nostalgia Preservation Project
In an effort to preserve the 60+ year history of WDSE-FM, the station would like to gather all of its magnetic tape broadcast records in all forms (reel to reel, cart, cassette) from around the station and from long time volunteers to have it digitized, transcribed, and indexed by Saving Tape Media Conversion, LLC from St. Paul, a nationally recognized company. The output of this project would be shared with the University of Minnesota Duluth Archives for preservation as well as be edited into a series of 3-5 minute programs that celebrate the long community history of this public radio station.
The preservation of as much of WDSE-FM's history as possible from its magnetic tape archive will enhance the local community through a series of at least 20 3 - 5 minute programs that provide an understanding of the foundation of community public radio which would otherwise be lost. The product of the digitization process would also be shared with the University of Minnesota Duluth Archives.