The Vanderbilt Television News Archive began operations on August 5, 1968 with the mission to record, preserve, and provide research access to news programs broadcast by national television networks in the United States. Recognizing the importance and impact of television news, the TVNA records broadcasts off-the-air to preserve its content for future generations. We offer extensive access to the collection for scholarly and research purposes within the bounds of copyright restrictions.
The core collection of the archive consists of regularly scheduled evening newscasts from ABC (since 1968), CBS (1968), NBC (1968), CNN (1994), Fox News (2004), MSNBC (2024), and NewsMax (2024). Additionally, the Special Reports Collection includes television news coverage of major national and world events, such as political conventions, election coverage, presidential speeches, and military conflicts. The database currently includes over 1.5 million records, including story level abstracts for evening newscasts and catalog records for special reports.
The Vanderbilt Television News Archive operates as a unit of the Vanderbilt University Libraries. Please visit the staff directory to find contact information for members of our staff. You can also use our contact page to submit a general inquiry.
To see how the archive is being used as a resource for research projects and scholarly communications, visit our bibliography page. There you will also find articles about the history of the TVNA itself.
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