Links

Fybush Media's Tower Sites Archive    Photos of radio & TV tower sites, by city. Including a page for Roanoke!

JAM Productions    The jingle company started by Jon and Mary Lyn Wolfert in 1974 (Jon previously worked for PAMS and now owns both).

PAMS    The original jingle company PAMS (which stood for Production Advertising Merchandising Service) has a super site with samples and a good history of the radio jingle. The WROV "Roanoke Radio" and "Rock of Roanoke" packages were from PAMS.

The Pirate Radio Hall of Fame    British Offshore Radio in the late 60s included Radio Caroline, Swinging Radio England and many other stations which competed with the BBC from ships. A great site, you'll find Jack Curtiss and Boom Boom Branegan here.

Radio & Records    Since 1973, the preeminent information sorce for the key decisionmakers in the radio and record industries.

Radio 411    Radio news, links and a load of other resources for broadcasters and radio fans, alike.

Radio History On The Web    Barry Mishkind, an Arizona broadcast engineer, has put together an EXCELLENT site which concentrates on old equipment, station histories and the FCC.

Reel Radio    "Uncle Ricky" has amassed the best collection of radio airchecks we've ever seen. You can spend HOURS here listening to classic Top 40 airchecks from the 60s-70s-80s. Check it out!

Sarah's Transistor Radios    A great site with lots of photos of old transistor radios. A regular museum!

Cliff Beach    When not on the radio, Cliff has been writing and recording his songs for the past 30 years. Find out what he's up to here.

Pat Garrett    Pat's "new and (hopefully) improved" website.

Tommy Holcomb    Tommy, friend of Fred and brother-in-law of Jack for all those years, has a site for his studio.

Barry Michaels    Photos and old radio stories from The Giant Bear!

Prater Media    'Nuff said.

Doug Rorrer    (Doug McCloud on WROV) and his wife Kathy run Flyin Cloud Records in Eden, NC. If you like bluegrass and traditional music, you'll love everything in their catalog.

Marty Shayne    is The Florida Dude and has a great site here. No telling what you'll find!

Shropsounds    Dave Shropshire (Chris Stevens on WROV) is a great voice talent and has his own production company.

Tom Twine's Homepage    has lots of interesting & funny stuff, including a WUVT page for all who remember the great WOOVIT.

The History of Roanoke Radio    Steve Nelson (Steve Richards on WPXI) has done a great site which looks at the history of ALL the Roanoke radio and TV stations -- past and present. Including a great section devoted to Pixie Radio.

The Official Lendy's Web Page    Twig Gravely, with help from the late Leonard Goldstein and former Lendy's cook Pat Dotson, put together an EXCELLENT website that 1960s Roanokers will love.

The Old Roanoke Site    Twig is also working on a site chronicling the photographic history of Roanoke, VA. Check it out and if you have any good photos, send them to him.

Skylersplace    Lots of pictures and info on Roanoke's WDBJ-TV, Lakeside Amusement Park and Kenney's Drive-In.