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If what's here interested you, you'll probably find more stuff that will interest you as well at the sites listed below.

Site What You'll Find
The Reel Top 40 Radio Repository Airchecks, airchecks, and more airchecks from the great Top 40 radio stations that existed throughout the country.
Northeastairchecks.com Yup.   More airchecks.  This one concentrates on the stations in the USA's Great Northeast.
The Radio Airchecks Network A place to find even more airchecks.
Music Radio 77 WABC WABC was arguably the greatest Top 40 radio station of all time.  This is a tribute site loaded with airchecks and memorabilia from New York's WABC in its heyday.
Radio & Records Long the bible for radio jocks and music directors, see what's happening in the industry in the on-line version here. Check your favorite station's ratings.
Billboard Magazine Anyone with anything to do with the record industry reads this one.  Check your favorite records' chart status.
Beatle Net New Orleans native and famed Beatle author Bruce Spizer's home on the Web.  Beatles fans, take note.
Bob Walker's Original New Orleans Radio Shrine New Orleans' Oldie King, Bob Walker, played a lot of records, collected a lot of celebrity pictures and autographs, and knows a thing or two about the New Orleans music industry.  He shares it all here.  And he's still on the air in New Orleans at WTIX-FM.
Bob Walker's New Orleans Jukebox Gold Music is special in New Orleans, and Bob proves it with the collection of Internet radio shows you'll find here.
New Orleans Radio Complete music resource with a New Orleans flavor.  Internet radio channels and more.
440:Satisfaction Find your favorite disc jockey, see what stations he's toured.
Ottawa Beatles Site It's Canadian, eh?  Everything you'll want to know about The Beatles.  Great Beatles Timeline so you'll know when it happened, too.
Early Radio History Thomas H. White's  United States Early Radio History.  Articles and extracts about early radio and related technologies, concentrating on the United States in the period from 1897 to 1927.  Great stuff here about the coveted three-letter call signs, vacuum tube development, the formation of broadcast networks, and much more.
Sidney Smith's Rock Star Photos New Orleans lensman Sidney Smith snapped thousands of concert and rock star photos over the years, many of them at A Warehouse in the early 70's.  Led Zeppelin, Paul McCartney, the Allman Brothers and many more are here in his gallery.
SiX TeN SPLiT This is not a bowler's nightmare.  After all, leaving the 6-10 isn't even a split.  Instead, it’s the rock music magazine for New Orleans, named for the divergence of two interstate highways in the city.  What's happening on the rock music scene in the New Orleans area, with coverage of local, national, and international music-makers.
Sgt. T-Ben Boudreaux Also known as “Benny the Joke Man” when he writes 'em for Jay Leno and “The Tonight Show”, New Orleans radio legend Sgt. T-Ben Boudreaux is heard every morning on WTIX-FM with “The News You Need Now.”  Visit T-Ben’s site and see the jokes you miss when you fall asleep before Leno's monologue.

Weerd Wayne's Rockn’ Oldies is on the air!   Wayne's been on the air at WTIX, WNOE, WRNO and WCKW in New Orleans, as well as WCPR on the Gulf Coast, and probably some stations he doesn't remember!  Now he's streaming on the Internet, 24/7. Surf in and have a listen!
Big Apple Airchecks Don't let the name fool you.  This one has airchecks from all over.
The Zephyr He was Chuck Kirr ( "The Chucker") at WTIX in New Orleans in the late 70's.  Now he owns The Zephyr--not the old Pontchartrain Beach roller coaster, but WZPH, 96.7 in Zephyr Hills, Florida.  He's on the air and on on the 'Net.  Check him out!
RadioInsight.com Nationwide radio discussion site.  Hang out with radio people and see what they're talking about.
 

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