Links
to Other Sites of Interest
Regional
British
Columbia Radio
History
- by Jack Bennest. Featuring a vast collection of
pictures, articles, links, and other online memorabilia
concerning radio history in our province.
History
of Canadian
Broadcasting
- comprehensive timeline of Canada's broadcasting
history, with capsulized histories of nearly every radio
and tv station across the country.
History
of Metropolitan
Vancouver
- by Chuck Davis. This comprehensive site by Vancouver's
eminent historian features year-by-year chronologies,
articles, quizes, photo archives, and much
more.
RadioWest.ca
- by Ted Wendland. Featuring regional news concerning
radio stations in western Canada and U.S., especially the
Pacific Northwest. Site includes airchecks, jingles,
surveys, and promos.
Rainier
Radio
- operated by the Seattle Community College and devoted
to the radio history of Seattle and the state of
Washington. This site features vintage radio programs
from Seattle's past, hundreds of jingles, and
more.
Red
Robinson's Web Page
- Vancouver's own broadcasting legend.
Rappin'
With Red: Red Robinson
Interview
- This January 1972 interview by Rick McGrath and Mike
Quigley ties in nicely with the subject matter of this
web site. Originally published in The Grape, Volumes 2, 3
and 4, 1972.
Vancouver
Broadcasters
- by Gord Lansdell. Alphabetically listed mini-bios of
the radio and television broadcasters, past and present,
who have performed *on air* in Vancouver, British
Columbia. Gord also operates a companion site
Northwest
Broadcasters
which has a comprehensive listing of every radio and
television station in the Pacific Northwest. Also
includes recent news of events in the broadcast
industry.
Vancouver
Radio Museum
- By Brian Walks. Dedicated to the history of radio and
television surrounding Vancouver. Contains historical
timelines, and individual galleries of photos devoted to
the past of our city's radio stations.
Jingles,
Airchecks, Oldies, Lyrics, and more Charts
ARSA
- The Airheads Radio Survey
Archive
- Over 3618 surveys covering 689 radio
stations.
Alaska
Jim's Music Charts
- Extensive links to music charts and polls throughout
the world.
Bay
Area Radio Museum
- traces the history of radio in the San Francisco Bay
Area. Includes archival broadcasts, historical documents,
photographs, music surveys and other
features.
Cash
Box Top Singles
- The legendary Cash Box Magazine Charts. Collected by
Randy Price.
560.com
- a.k.a Steve's Radio and Railroads - Steven Geisler has
put together an impressive site devoted to Miami's WQAM.
Included are surveys in both text form and as scans.
You'll also recognize many jingles from the PAMS
"Sonosational" series which C-FUN used
here.
Lyrics
World
- This site contains an ever-expanding collection of
lyrics for rock and pop songs that charted in the Top 40
from 1930 to 1999. You'll find the titles of over 11,000
songs, each listed under the year in which it charted
along with the peak chart position (Billboard, USA) and
the artist who recorded it.
Old
Forty Fives.com
- This incredible site contains several short Flash
movies that you can click on then take a nostalgic
journey through the Rock 'n Roll past of the Fifties and
Sixties. Not to be missed. Make sure your audio is turned
on.
Oldiesloon
- featuring hit parades charts and memorabilia from
cities througout the USA, including Los Angeles, Chicago
and the Twin Cities.
Oldies
Music
- by Ron Smith. This site contains history, trivia and
charts pertaining to the music of the 50s, 60s and 70s.
Among other things you'll find a huge archive of links
that will lead you to the web site of nearly every oldies
artist that ever lived.
Playa
Cofi Jukebox
- Hear the top songs from the golden years of popular
music plus more. Select a year or a genre and enjoy
listening to best songs of each.
Radio50s
- A collection of airchecks, survey charts, tributes, and
news clips, from across Canada, with an emphasis on the
Toronto area.
The
Reel Top 40 Radio
Repository
- The authentic aircheck museum of classic Top 40 radio
and the greatest radio of all time.
Rock
Radio Scrapbook
- Canada's Aircheck Archive - by Dale R. Patterson. A
huge collection that includes airchecks, jingles, and
articles from radio stations across
Canada.
SuperOldies.com
- Tired of the "same old" oldies? On this site you can
listen to over 12,900 tracks from 4000 artists that aired
between Jan. 1955 & Dec. 1969. Includes regional hits
and rare hits from the U.S., Canada and the UK. Site
owner Shawn Nagy says you can listen for 24 hours
straight, 7 days a week, and not hear the same song
again.