A familiar name in Humboldt County.

IShenandoah has been around in one form or another since 1975. It started as a film production company in Arcata — Vern Korb and Carol Lewis-Korb spent decades producing cultural documentaries and public service films for Northern California tribal organizations. Somewhere along the way, Vern started dubbing VHS tapes out of his house on G Street, and a side business was born.

The name changed hands a couple of times after that. The services shifted. Film production gave way to duplication, duplication gave way to DVD burning, and eventually the streaming era wiped out most of the demand for physical media altogether. Through all of it, the one constant was people in Humboldt County showing up with boxes of old tapes and reels and asking if someone could do something with them.

That's the thread that held.

Jordan Packer has been part of the Shenandoah story since 2001 and the sole owner since 2011. Over the years, the work has included everything from recording fifteen seasons of local dance recitals for studios across Humboldt County to digitizing legacy video archives to helping clients who just needed someone with the right equipment and the patience to sit down with them. The Eureka studio closed in 2022 when the building sold. It's back now.

Shenandoah Media Services is a smaller, more focused operation than any of its previous versions. Media transfers and technology support — that's it. A dedicated Eureka studio, open two days a week, taking a limited number of jobs at a time. No shipping, no outsourcing. Just the work that people keep showing up and asking for.