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THIS WEEKS HOT NEW ADDS TO CHECK OUT

When Announcers Go Nuts! - What a neat site, radio guys will love this

Radio Free New York - Another fabulous site for show prep and vintage bits

TV & Movie Themes - Need SFX for bits,this is the place for TV & Movies

Wave Central - If you need sounds, find em here

Classic Canadian Rock Page - Great info for Can Con

Sound America - Another comprehensive site for SFX and audio clips

Weather - Environment Canada's site

Weather - Kind of the same site, more regional with current temps

Domains and who owns them! - Look it up here

A

AudioPros
Aint It Cool News
Audio/Video/Graphics Search Engines
Acronym Finder
All Star Radio
All Access Radio Group
All Pop News - Great prep site for the latest music news/info
Archer & Valerie Productions
ABCNews.go
ABC TV - Lots of Information on shows, soaps, game shows, specials
Artist Information - Wow! Loads of great Information here *****
All Music - Another good source for music information

B

Billboard
Billboard Charts
Bill Gates Personal Wealth Clock
Bloomberg.com Financial everything
Big Mouth Music - From the UK but its really current and unique
Baby Center Sports Conflict Planner
Broadcast Dialog - Great radio site to check out
Bikini.com - Yup...just bikinis..check out KIIS-FM's Ellen K! Wow

C

CNN
CyberSleaze
Canoe
CRTC
ChartNet - Lots of good Music Info
CRTC Online - Yup the Radio People, rules, New applications etc
Canadian Radio - Good site with links for jocks and biz news
CBC Infoculture - Gee they have a pretty decent site, go figure!

D

Drudge Report
Daily Wave
Daves Fun Stuff
Dennis TM's Movie Page
Dreyers Ice Cream - Great History and Trivia on Ice Cream!
DOTMusic - Good source for music news
DumbLaws - This is Fantastic! Old laws still on the books.
Dumb Criminals - Another Fantastic site with the Dumbest True Stories
Darwin Awards - True stories of Really Really Really Stupid People
The Death Clock - find out statistically when you should die
Dotmusic - More music news for ya!

E

E-Online!
Entertainment Weekly
Everything 80's
Empire Online Music News - More music news from the UK
Encyclopedia Britannica - The whole thing is online. Great for researching
Ellen k Homepage - Hey, she was in Playboy..and they show her!
E-Mode.com Personality Tests - Piles of fun tests, most are for real!

F

Funny Firm
Forbes Magazine (rich folk)
Film.Com
FHM - You've heard and seem MAXIM...this is the European Version

G

Gavin Report
Guinness Book of World Records
Great on air bit with an internet camera!- What a gag!
Greaseman - All the bits and more

H

Hot 100.com
How Stuff Works
Hot Show Prep Links
Hell's Angels (Yup, what you think) 
Howard Stern Radio Network Also one of the only places he is in Real Audio
How Smart Are You - Great fun test you can use on air..simple yet hard!
History of Your Radio Station - Check out this site, see where you work

I

Internic.com

J

Top 50 Jokesites

K

KIIS-FM - Rick Dees in the morning!
KIISFMI - KIIS-FM's internet radio station..better have a fast browser here!

L

Lyrics Searcher

M

Muzic.com
Mr. Showbiz
Music Boulevard
Mindfun.Com -Games/Puzzles/Trivia
Milkman Chats
MP3 Downloads
MP3.com - waaaaaayyyyy more here than meets the eye!

N

News Of The Weird
Newjoke.com - Hey just as it says a new joke with every click!
New Music Express - Great Music show prep site
New Age

O

One Look Dictionary

P

People Magazine
Phone # Spell Finder
Positive Press

Q

Q-Online

R

Rockline
Rocktropolis
Radio Graffiti
Radio Stations of the World
RapidFax
Rick Dees Homepage
Radio & Records
Radio Info
RadioDigest
Rock News
Radio Show Prep Site - Some really good stuff here
Reel Radio Top 40 Repository - Lots here to check out for radio folk
Radio-online.com

S

ShowBiz Wire
Strait Dope
When are the Seasons? - Ever need to know
Spin.com - Music News, great for prep!

T

Talk Show Lineups
TV Guide
This IS True
The E News
The Top 5 Lists
The Funny Pages
The Looney Tune Sound File Page
Talk radio Show Prep Site
Trivia World
TV NOW

U

USA Today
Useless Facts - Loads of em..makes for great on air bits!

V

Vibe magazine - More music news
VH1 - Probably THEE best online source for artist information ever!
Variety.Com - The electronic Bible of Hollywood

W

Whats On Now
Warner Bros. Hip Clips
Weird & Useful Stuff Page
Warner Brothers Clips Galore! - If your looking for Cartoon sound files!
 

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Y

Yack.com

Z

I JUST KEEP ADDING THEM AS I GET THEM...THANKS FOR YOUR SUGGESTIONS...KEEP THEM COMING! 

If there are any links on here that do not work, please notify me so I can remove or update them ASAP. I assume no responsibility for the content or accuracy of any of these sites and there material.

YOU MIGHT BE A DJ IF.............

• You spend more money on cigarettes and beer than you do on food.
• You can name at least three of The Weather Channels' on air personalities.
• 80% of your wardrobe has a station logo on it.
• You haven't bought Q-tips in over 3 years.
• You still refer to CD's as "records".....
• You look at your paycheck and say,"That's it!
• A day off is considered and extra hour and a half of sleep
• The only interaction between you and someone else at dinner time is, "Thank you, please pull to the second window!"
• You call a weekend off a "VACATION".
• You can smoke a cigarette in three minutes or less.
• You answer your home phone with the station call letters.
• A salesperson has ever taken credit for your paycheck.
• You know what a "bullet" is.
• You've sliced your finger with a razor blade, and cleaned out the cut
• with Isopropyl Alcohol and an extra long cotton swab (only applies to those of us who remember reels and carts)...
• You measure your amount of production in "sh**loads"
• You can post the song...run down the hall...do a full blown "number 2" and be back in 2:40 for the segue.
• Dinner?...let's see what the receptionist has left in the fridge.
• You have ever dreamt of a record running out and not being able to find the control room door.
• You've ever muttered the words, "Yea, I'll try to get that on for ya!"
• You have more stereo and computer equipment than everyone else you know...combined.
• People who ride in your car exclaim, "How in the hell do you listen to the radio that loud!'
• You consider wearing a shirt you have to iron, "dressing up".
• When listening to music at your home, you only listen to the first 30 seconds of the song, then you switch to something else.
• Going to a club and not getting paid seems like a useless waste of time.
• Everyone you know calls you to play their wedding or birthday party.
• People you don't even know start calling you when a good band is coming to town.
• Cheerleading coaches call you wondering how to get that "special mix"of the Jock Jam that they heard on the radio.
• You turn the radio up excitedly at the sound of "dead-air" on the competitor's station.
• You have at least three un-opened CD's, two T-shirts, 22 stickers, and 5 cups in your car.
• You have about 500 un-labeled cassettes, (air-checks) in a cardboard box in your closet.
• Cueing, segueing, walking on, loose, back-timing, raise, lower, EAS, and dumb-ass program director are everyday parts of your vocabulary.
• You have at least 19 pictures of you with famous people that you haven't seen since.
• You know the names and artist to every song your boyfriend or girlfriend can think of.
• You know the words to every song they can think of.
• You know the re-mixes to every song they can think of.
• You've slept quite comfortably on one of the staff room's chairs.
• You were a half hour late for an appearance and blamed it on the directions you got from the sales person.
• You've had 5 #8 callers in a row.
• Your favorite past-time is conferencing three un-knowing listener's on the same line.

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