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    },
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      "name": "MEMPHIS SPORTS VAULT",
      "status": "Not active \u2014 playback verification pending"
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      "verification": "YouTube API ready; duration 44:42; playback remained buffering at 0 seconds in cloud Chrome.",
      "rights": "Official publisher embed only. No download or rehosting rights asserted."
    },
    {
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      "provider": "youtube",
      "title": "Monday Night Raw \u2014 Premiere",
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      "channel": "RINGSIDE \u201997",
      "publisher": "WWE Vault",
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      "verification": "Embed loaded title and 45:16 runtime; no advancing video observed.",
      "rights": "Official publisher embed only. No download or rehosting rights asserted."
    },
    {
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      "provider": "youtube",
      "title": "DDP, Lex Luger & The Giant vs. The nWo",
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      "channel": "RINGSIDE \u201997",
      "publisher": "WCW",
      "classification": "full match",
      "broadcastDate": "1997-06-30",
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      "source": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fh0UG8zWssY",
      "status": "FOUND / PLAYBACK UNVERIFIED",
      "verification": "Embed loaded 11:49 runtime; video readyState 0, time 0, stalled.",
      "rights": "Official publisher embed only. No download or rehosting rights asserted."
    },
    {
      "id": "ksEKuYymslE",
      "provider": "youtube",
      "title": "WCW Thunder \u2014 Premiere: Goldberg vs. Mongo; DDP vs. Nash",
      "year": 1998,
      "channel": "RINGSIDE \u201997",
      "publisher": "WCW",
      "classification": "full episode",
      "broadcastDate": "1998-01-08",
      "duration": null,
      "source": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ksEKuYymslE",
      "status": "FOUND / NOT YET TESTED",
      "verification": "Found on publisher channel; not played in MAEB REWIND.",
      "rights": "Official publisher embed only. No download or rehosting rights asserted."
    },
    {
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      "provider": "youtube",
      "title": "WCW Thunder \u2014 DDP vs. Stevie Ray",
      "year": 1998,
      "channel": "RINGSIDE \u201997",
      "publisher": "WCW",
      "classification": "full episode",
      "broadcastDate": "1998-08-26",
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      "source": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uqi7VbWY8XU",
      "status": "FOUND / NOT YET TESTED",
      "verification": "Found on publisher channel; not played in MAEB REWIND.",
      "rights": "Official publisher embed only. No download or rehosting rights asserted."
    },
    {
      "id": "KRmEyKGqvhk",
      "provider": "youtube",
      "title": "Mankind vs. The Rock \u2014 WWE Title Ladder Match",
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      "channel": "RINGSIDE \u201997",
      "publisher": "WWE Vault",
      "classification": "full match",
      "broadcastDate": "1999-02-15",
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      "source": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KRmEyKGqvhk",
      "status": "FOUND / NOT YET TESTED",
      "verification": "Found on publisher channel; not played in MAEB REWIND.",
      "rights": "Official publisher embed only. No download or rehosting rights asserted."
    },
    {
      "id": "PJ5YoJYv4U0",
      "provider": "youtube",
      "title": "The Rock vs. Mankind \u2014 Halftime Heat",
      "year": 1999,
      "channel": "RINGSIDE \u201997",
      "publisher": "WWE Vault",
      "classification": "full match",
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      "duration": null,
      "source": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PJ5YoJYv4U0",
      "status": "FOUND / NOT YET TESTED",
      "verification": "Found on publisher channel; not played in MAEB REWIND.",
      "rights": "Official publisher embed only. No download or rehosting rights asserted."
    },
    {
      "id": "sSnkGbtBetg",
      "provider": "youtube",
      "title": "Memphis State vs. Cincinnati \u2014 The Pyramid",
      "year": 1992,
      "channel": "MEMPHIS SPORTS VAULT",
      "publisher": "Cincinnati Bearcats / GoBearcats",
      "classification": "full game",
      "broadcastDate": "1992-03-07",
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      "status": "FOUND / PLAYBACK UNVERIFIED",
      "verification": "Official athletics-linked embed loaded 1:22:45 runtime; remained buffering at time 0.",
      "rights": "Official publisher embed only. No download or rehosting rights asserted.",
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        "Cincinnati Bearcats"
      ],
      "opponent": "Cincinnati Bearcats",
      "venue": "The Pyramid, Memphis",
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      "videoDiscovery": "https://gobearcats.com/bearcats-watch-party-summer-series"
    },
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      "id": "kasGRkfkiPM",
      "provider": "youtube",
      "title": "The Joy of Painting \u2014 Mountain Summit (S13 E10)",
      "year": 1987,
      "channel": "SUNDAY STATIC",
      "publisher": "Bob Ross",
      "classification": "full episode",
      "broadcastDate": "1987-11-04",
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      "source": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kasGRkfkiPM",
      "status": "FOUND / PLAYBACK UNVERIFIED",
      "verification": "Embed loaded runtime 27:47; no advancing playback in cloud Chrome.",
      "rights": "Official publisher embed only. No download or rehosting rights asserted."
    },
    {
      "id": "wTh2Aj3gPqI",
      "provider": "youtube",
      "title": "Mighty Morphin Power Rangers \u2014 Day of the Dumpster (S1 E1)",
      "year": 1993,
      "channel": "AFTER SCHOOL",
      "publisher": "Power Rangers Official",
      "classification": "full episode",
      "broadcastDate": null,
      "duration": 1243,
      "source": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wTh2Aj3gPqI",
      "status": "FOUND / PLAYBACK UNVERIFIED",
      "verification": "Embed loaded original episode and 20:43 runtime; no advancing video observed.",
      "rights": "Official publisher embed only. No download or rehosting rights asserted."
    },
    {
      "id": "VqPUqub98-c",
      "provider": "youtube",
      "title": "Mystery Science Theater 3000 \u2014 Pod People (303)",
      "year": 1991,
      "channel": "VHS AFTER DARK",
      "publisher": "MYSTERY SCIENCE THEATER 3000 / Shout!",
      "classification": "full episode",
      "broadcastDate": null,
      "duration": null,
      "source": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VqPUqub98-c",
      "status": "FOUND / NOT YET TESTED",
      "verification": "Found on publisher channel; not played in MAEB REWIND.",
      "rights": "Official publisher embed only. No download or rehosting rights asserted."
    }
  ],
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    {
      "title": "Power Pro Wrestling \u2014 154-episode catalog, 1998\u20132001",
      "channel": "RINGSIDE \u201997",
      "source": "https://www.randyhalesmemphiswrestling.com/2020/06/i-hope-this-will-be-great-reference.html",
      "status": "RESEARCH / PERMISSION NEEDED",
      "verification": "Original episode catalog located. Modern watch-alongs are not original standalone broadcasts. Ask owner for approved unedited embed sources.",
      "contact": "Randy Hales: randybentonhales@gmail.com (published on his official website)"
    },
    {
      "title": "Memphis CWA TV collection",
      "channel": "RINGSIDE \u201997",
      "source": "https://vimeo.com/ondemand/memphistv",
      "status": "RESEARCH / PERMISSION NEEDED",
      "verification": "Paid collection. Purchase is not permission for site restreaming. No active integration.",
      "contact": "Collection publisher via Vimeo"
    },
    {
      "title": "Original ECW Hardcore TV / ECW on TNN",
      "channel": "RINGSIDE \u201997",
      "source": "https://www.youtube.com/@WWEVault",
      "status": "RESEARCH / PERMISSION NEEDED",
      "verification": "Research unfinished: no individual original episode passed source and playback verification.",
      "contact": null
    },
    {
      "title": "Grizzlies first Memphis game \u2014 original news footage",
      "channel": "MEMPHIS SPORTS VAULT",
      "source": "https://www.actionnews5.com/2025/10/22/vault-grizzlies-play-first-game-memphis-2001/",
      "status": "RESEARCH / PERMISSION NEEDED",
      "verification": "WMC confirms Nov 1 2001 vs Detroit at The Pyramid. 2025 archive article is not an integrated original game. Embedding permission/player still unresolved.",
      "contact": "WMC / Gray Media archive licensing"
    },
    {
      "title": "NBA classic games",
      "channel": "MEMPHIS SPORTS VAULT",
      "source": "https://support.watch.nba.com/hc/en-us/articles/28006218859415-Classic-Games-and-Original-NBA-Content",
      "status": "RESEARCH / PERMISSION NEEDED",
      "verification": "NBA ID required for the free classic library. No third-party embed entitlement established.",
      "contact": "NBA content licensing"
    },
    {
      "title": "Tigers football \u2014 2003 New Orleans Bowl; 2004 GMAC; 2005 Motor City",
      "channel": "MEMPHIS SPORTS VAULT",
      "source": "https://gotigersgo.com/sports/2015/6/20/FB_0620155325",
      "status": "RESEARCH / PERMISSION NEEDED",
      "verification": "Official history located; game records do not establish accessible video. No verified embeddable full-game source found in this pass.",
      "contact": "University of Memphis athletics and original broadcaster"
    },
    {
      "title": "Memphis Chicks \u2014 Tim McCarver Stadium era",
      "channel": "MEMPHIS SPORTS VAULT",
      "source": "https://digitalcommons.memphis.edu/speccoll/",
      "status": "RESEARCH / PERMISSION NEEDED",
      "verification": "No authenticated reusable complete game located. University holdings contain mixed copyright statuses; ask about sports film/news holdings.",
      "contact": "University of Memphis Special Collections"
    },
    {
      "title": "Early Redbirds \u2014 1998\u20132005",
      "channel": "MEMPHIS SPORTS VAULT",
      "source": "https://www.milb.com/memphis/video",
      "status": "RESEARCH / PERMISSION NEEDED",
      "verification": "Official video hub located; no qualifying original-era recording verified. Current baseball clips are not substitutes.",
      "contact": "Memphis Redbirds / MiLB media relations"
    },
    {
      "title": "Black Diamonds, Blues City \u2014 Stories of the Memphis Red Sox (1996 lead)",
      "channel": "MEMPHIS SPORTS VAULT",
      "source": "https://memphislibrary.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/negro-leagues/id/266/",
      "status": "RESEARCH / PERMISSION NEEDED",
      "verification": "Library record identified by user. Retrieved page requires JavaScript; video and reproduction permission not verified.",
      "contact": "Memphis Public Libraries history department"
    },
    {
      "title": "Memphis Mad Dogs at Baltimore \u2014 August 12, 1995",
      "channel": "MEMPHIS SPORTS VAULT",
      "source": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hms0IdUR2Po",
      "status": "RESEARCH / PERMISSION NEEDED",
      "verification": "CFL Classics upload found; uploader is not established as the CFL rightsholder. Not activated.",
      "contact": "CFL / original broadcaster"
    },
    {
      "title": "Memphis Pharaohs at Milwaukee Mustangs \u2014 1995",
      "channel": "MEMPHIS SPORTS VAULT",
      "source": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R2xGoecH66I",
      "status": "RESEARCH / PERMISSION NEEDED",
      "verification": "Uploader describes a short Week 12 clip. Rights unclear; not a full game.",
      "contact": "Original Arena Football League footage rightsholder"
    },
    {
      "title": "Memphis Maniax vs. Orlando Rage \u2014 2001 lead",
      "channel": "MEMPHIS SPORTS VAULT",
      "source": "https://funwhileitlasted.net/2013/01/25/2001-memphis-maniax-xfl/",
      "status": "RESEARCH / PERMISSION NEEDED",
      "verification": "Historical page embeds a Week 5 recording; publisher authorization not established. No activation.",
      "contact": "Original XFL broadcast/library rightsholder"
    },
    {
      "title": "Memphis RiverKings championship VHS",
      "channel": "MEMPHIS SPORTS VAULT",
      "source": "https://www.tarrantcountytx.gov/content/dam/main/archives/Rush_Olsen_Inventory.pdf",
      "status": "RESEARCH / PERMISSION NEEDED",
      "verification": "Archive inventory lists championship tapes; date, digitization, access and reproduction rights require archive confirmation.",
      "contact": "Tarrant County Archives \u2014 Rush Olsen collection"
    },
    {
      "title": "Original Memphis Showboats, 1984\u20131985",
      "channel": "MEMPHIS SPORTS VAULT",
      "source": "https://www.actionnews5.com/story/5877657/history-of-professional-football-at-liberty-bowl-memorial-stadium/",
      "status": "RESEARCH / PERMISSION NEEDED",
      "verification": "Historical lead only; no approved original-USFL video integrated. This is outside the main window.",
      "contact": null
    },
    {
      "title": "Windows 95",
      "channel": "CYBER 95",
      "source": "https://archive.org/details/CC1301_windows_95",
      "status": "RESEARCH / PERMISSION NEEDED",
      "verification": "Real period episode and H.264 file found. Individual record lacks a license field; copyright credited to Stewart Cheifet Productions. Permission not assumed.",
      "contact": "Stewart Cheifet Productions / rights representative"
    },
    {
      "title": "Greatest Computer Games",
      "channel": "CYBER 95",
      "source": "https://archive.org/details/CC1308_greatest_games",
      "status": "RESEARCH / PERMISSION NEEDED",
      "verification": "Real period episode and H.264 file found. Individual record lacks a license field; copyright credited to Stewart Cheifet Productions. Permission not assumed.",
      "contact": "Stewart Cheifet Productions / rights representative"
    },
    {
      "title": "Codies Special 1995",
      "channel": "CYBER 95",
      "source": "https://archive.org/details/CC1349_codies_special",
      "status": "RESEARCH / PERMISSION NEEDED",
      "verification": "Real period episode and H.264 file found. Individual record lacks a license field; copyright credited to Stewart Cheifet Productions. Permission not assumed.",
      "contact": "Stewart Cheifet Productions / rights representative"
    },
    {
      "title": "Smart TV",
      "channel": "CYBER 95",
      "source": "https://archive.org/details/SmartTV",
      "status": "RESEARCH / PERMISSION NEEDED",
      "verification": "Real period episode and H.264 file found. Individual record lacks a license field; copyright credited to Stewart Cheifet Productions. Permission not assumed.",
      "contact": "Stewart Cheifet Productions / rights representative"
    },
    {
      "title": "Cyber Cafes",
      "channel": "CYBER 95",
      "source": "https://archive.org/details/CyberCaf",
      "status": "RESEARCH / PERMISSION NEEDED",
      "verification": "Explicit CC BY-NC-ND 2.0; seek permission/clarification for MAEBmedia-associated use before activation.",
      "contact": "Stewart Cheifet Productions / rights representative"
    },
    {
      "title": "The Powerpuff Girls \u2014 Cartoon Network (February 2000)",
      "channel": "Saturday Signal",
      "source": "https://archive.org/details/Powerpuff_Girls_Cartoon_Network_WOC_2000-02",
      "verification": "Direct MP4 probe succeeds (H.264/AAC, 7377.60 seconds); browser remained readyState 0, time 0 after two attempts. Original embed rendered no player; provider script error: Cannot read properties of null (reading categories). Not added to active schedule.",
      "contact": "Technical failure in this browser; rights status recorded separately and unresolved."
    }
  ],
  "unavailable": [],
  "notes": [
    "No source has been declared globally unavailable merely because cloud-browser playback stalled.",
    "Legacy channels are preserved. Previous playback checks are not rights clearance.",
    "Physical phone and television testing has not been performed."
  ]
}