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Just saw this link at the Steve Hoffman Music Forum. A large archive of radio, TV and music magazines. A rabbit hole for sure Was a big fan of music magazines and I love looking at music charts. Cashbox and Record World were not widely available in Canada but they are here in addition to Billboard. That's just a start for me and there is so much more. They don't have issues of Rolling Stone, Creem, Crawdaddy, Fusion etc but I already have most of those. They do have Discoveries and Goldmine though.
WORLD RADIO HISTORY
Here is one that may interest some on the board:
Canadian Broadcaster
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Some random pics from the site.
Buffalo radio listings 1975-77. Prog rock WBUF not faring well unfortunately.
CFRB Copter late 60's
1967 AD for Two Oshawa stations
A 1967 summer of love ad for CHCH channel 11
1975 WNEW FM was still progressive and onr of of the top 10 FM stations in the country:
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Seeing the name WHLD FM in the Buffalo ratings reminded me about that station as I had forgotten what it was and so I googled and remembered that it was at 98.5 and changed format during the summer of 1980 to the exceptional free form station WZIR or Wizard Radio. I remembered another thing I had forgotten. When they first signed on they played Psycho Chicken by the Fools as a stunt for a day or so. I have a few air checks of the station that I recorded during their brief existence on the web site.
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Here's the guy you should thank for this amazing historic archive. He's been digitizing this stuff for decades.
David Gleason Builds A Digital Archive Worth Honoring
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I happened to check out the Billboard for the week of my birthday [March 14] in 1968. The Top LP chart also listed the other listening options available. 8 Track, 4 Track, Cassette and Reel to Reel. I just can't imagine listening to Magical Mystery Tour on a reel to reel device.