Knight Fantastic - Surrey based disco company - featuring top DJs including Neil Long (Capital FM, Radio Jackie, Essex FM etc)

The Wedding Disco - Essex FM DJ Pete Chapman's Wedding Entertainment Service

Essex FM - ILR for Essex, most programmes now come from studios in London, replaced by 'Heart'

Hertbeat FM - mildly interesting to watch the jocks on the webcam if you're really really bored!

UK Radio feeds - Listen live to loads of radio stations on the net - in various streaming audio formats, excellent site run by Vinnie Lo

Southend Hospital Radio - where I started (previously Thameside Radio) excellent and long established HR station with a new look site

Invicta FM - ILR for Kent, part of the Global Group, now another 'Heart'

Radio Caroline - Aye Aye Captain!  Shiver me timbers!  The salty old seadogs are still around, so respect is due

Dream 100 - Tindle's North Essex radio station based in Colchester, now with Dom Atkins on breakfast (from Sept 2009)

Chelmsford Radio - local radio for mid Essex (previously Dream 107.7), now broadcasts from Southend as part of Adventure Radio

Media UK Radio Directory - great source for radio station details & industry news.

Ofcom - UK broadcasting regulator (replaced the 'Radio Authority').  The Complaints Bulletin is always a good read!

Independent Radio News - news provider for independent radio (contracted to Sky)

RAJAR - radio audience figures, is anybody listening?  Check here for full top line figures, with history for comparison

Trafficlink - travel news providers for many UK radio stations

DAB Digital Radio - All about digital radio in the UK (from Digital One, UK DAB operator)

Digital Spy - Latest digital TV news (interesting media forums as well)

Z100 - New York's Number 1 Hit Music Station, you might need to go via a US proxy server to listen online in the UK

Live-Radio.net - Live radio streams from around the world (this link takes you straight to US feeds)

Radio Earth - Great site for radio people, run by Corey Dietz (read his book 'The Cash Cage', it's brilliant!)

New York Radio Guide - New York radio stations & news 

The Stream Centre - American radio web streams, excellent selection, no registration needed

Heartbeat FM - 24 hour streaming love songs for Ireland & the world

Saint FM - Community radio station for Maldon and the surrounding area in Essex, suprisingly strong signal across Essex on 94.7FM

Phoenix FM - Community radio for Brentwood and Billericay on 98FM, includes Steve Robertson with sport on Saturday afternoons

Southend Radio - radio station launched on 105.1FM in Essex in early 2008, includes 'Mikey Porter in the morning'!

   Zero Radio - online funky favourites from Essex

   The Radio Academy - dedicated to the encouragement, recognition and promotion of excellence in UK broadcasting and audio production

   Radiofail - when radio goes wrong

Dan O'Day - loads of interesting stuff for radio jocks

Brooksie - Chris Brooks' site, former Essex FM jock now on London's mighty Capital FM, also runs Yellow Media

Pete Sipple - make sure you check out his Essex Radio nostalgia (with some great audio)

Steve Robertson - now back on the radio on Phoenix FM hosting the Saturday Sport Show

Bob Le-Roi - check out 'One Subject...' for Bob's comment and opinion on the state of UK radio

Pete Chapman - ex-Essex FM late night radio presenter & now a top club/disco DJ

David Baker - David presented Drive at Classic Gold Breeze and recently returned to the UK from Ireland

Moyles World - a Chris Moyles tribute site, lots of downloads

Dan Mills - Essex FM mix DJ ('Club Essex' on Saturday nights), also appears on Mercury FM and regularly DJs in local clubs

Mike Porter - Mikey's web site, all right treacle?  Site mainly concentrates on Southend Radio breakfast DJ Mike's disco work

John Leech - the legend that is Leechy, now on Time FM in Romford hosting the drive show and also appears regularly on BBC Essex

Nick Abbot - a truly brilliant phone in jock.  This is a fan site with links to lots of Nick Abott stuff/audio etc

Howard Stern - American radio superstar

Neil Grayson - hosted breakfast on Ten 17 then drive at Northants 96 (now 'Heart'), now on Channel 4 FM in Dubai

Dan O'Day's radio blog - US consultant Dan's new blog discussing radio

Grant Goddard Radio Blog - independent radio broadcasting analyst based in London

The Infinite Dial - interesting articles from Edison Research about radio & other audio entertainment

James Cridland's Blog - interesting thoughts from a 'radio futurologist'

Paul Easton's Blog - great comments from a radio consultant

Brian McColl's Blog - thoughts from BMAC Media

Matt Deegan's Blog - views on the radio industry

One Golden Square - Blog from the home of Absolute Radio

  Dave Gowland - radio presenter on Saint FM & professional mobile DJ

Dave Glass - stimulating listeners' ears with imaging, production and comedy 

  Airforce Blog - comments on commercial production

Pick of the Continuity Announcements - part of the excellent MHP website

DVD Times - more cool DVD stuff (the forums are good)

DVD Hacks List - want to know if your DVD player can be easily modified to play non Region 2 disks?  Check this out on the 'DVD Reviewer' site, the rest of the site is also excellent

Ain't It Cool News - Latest insider film news and gossip, the site the film industry loves to hate!

Derann Film Services - supplier of movies on Super 8 (and some 16mm) for a real home cinema experience

DMC World - the home of Disco Mix Club, the original DJ only remix & pre-release service

Mastermix - the home of the other big DJ remix and promo service

Promo Only - another good source of new & pre-release music for working DJs

Every Hit - A brilliant hit music database

Carry Online - all you need to know about 'Carry On' films etc

The Sun - UK's most popular tabloid (see also Page3.com!)

The Mirror - check out Victor Lewis Smith, always funny

Daily Star - Oooh Arr, Daily Star!  See also MegaStar

News of the World - Sunday gossip etc

Daily Mail - Online version of The Daily Mail (UK tabloid)

Times Online - The Times & The Sunday Times Online

Express Online - Headlines from the Daily & Sunday Express

The Independent - online version of the paper

The People - Sunday tabloid

Radio Today - industry news and comment

The Radio Magazine - trade mag

Media Guardian - radio industry & other media news (need to register to read news stories - but still free)

Also see Media UK listed above (good for news and the forums are now back for registered industry users)

Preplinks - good for music news & odd stories

Anorak - entertaining news site, always good for a giggle - some funny stuff on there

Ananova - a top site, all the best entertainment & general news

FM Jock - home of the famous Bitz 'n' Pieces daily prep subscription service

This Day In Music - No1s from 5 years ago etc, pop facts

Popbitch - be very careful if you plan to use this stuff on air, much of it tends to be true, but you never know!

Celebrity Palace - Entertainment gossip, takes you straight to the latest talking points

Holy Moly - celebrity gossip that names names!

Free speech / Anti-censorship / Pro-Privacy

PGP International - don't want other people reading your e-mail?  Then encrypt it with PGP, find out about and download military grade encryption here!  It's completely free & is really useful if you want to make it a lot more difficult for the state to read your e-mail

British Board of Film Censors - this is obviously a pro-censorship site, as they're the ones responsible for cutting & banning films for a sensitive UK audience, see what they've been up to here.  Although, in fairness, they've become more sensible lately

No2ID - The campaign against being forced to buy and carry an ID card.  Remember - branding cattle is for the benefit of the farmer

Sport

Comedy/Funnies

Dave's Web of Lies - amusing completely made up 'facts'

Dumb Laws - they're all for real

Dean & Nigel - who are these people???  You gotta laugh at this!

Mingers.com - home of the facially inept (!?)  Ugly people alert

Krusty the Clown - pays tribute to everybody's favourite clown, good Itchy & Scratchy episode guide as well

Alan Partridge - dedicated Alan site, an inspiration (or a warning) for radio jocks everywhere!

Deathclock - just for fun, see how long you've got left to live!

The Site With No Name - lots of laughs with Shockwave Flash

The Editing Room - abridged movie scripts, funny!

B3TA - they love the web!  Odd pictures, articles, links etc

Rathergood.com - more funny web stuff - you must see & hear the Destiny's Child production

The Smokehammer - Earth's news node, a Chris Morris site

Viz - home of the comic that's not for kids

Ebola Monkey Man - if you ever receive '419 Scam' e-mails asking you to help transfer money from abroad (and who doesn't!) here's a great way to deal with them, by the way - don't send any money, ever!

I Used To Believe - a collection of ideas that adults used to believe when they were kids

Other People's Photos - Lots of people have digital cameras now and store their photos on their computer, sometimes when they connect to the internet they accidentally share their pictures with the world, here are some of them, it's strangely compelling!

Burnt out speed cameras - well I think it's funny

Internet / E-mail / Communication / PC Security tools

TPC Fax Service - want to send someone a fax straight from the web?  Do it here, it's completely free, no call charges to most of the world!  Also shows you how to easily send a fax direct via e-mail

Altavista translations - want to translate something into another language?  This is the place, a bit rough sometimes but does the trick

BT phone directory - UK phone numbers available here, a lot cheaper than calling 118 whatever, as it's free!

Fax Your MP - does what it says!  Enter your postcode, write your message and it'll be faxed direct to your MP

Mail2Web - pick up your e-mail from anywhere, free

Web Archive - amazingly this site allows you to access old versions of web sites, try it out - it's dead clever

Text Me Free - A worldwide directory of web to SMS (mobile phone text) services, most need registration, but they're free to use

Mailwasher - excellent utility for blocking/bouncing spam and other unwanted e-mail

Spybot Search and Destroy - if you're not careful when you surf the net your PC can become infested with Spyware which tracks your movements on the web for marketing purposes....or worse, most anti virus programs won't spot it, it sounds really scary because it is!  This excellent free utility will find and remove it from your computer (free online updates as well)

AVG Anti Virus - Free virus protection with online updates to block the latest computer viruses

Send This File - an easy free way to send large files across the web without overloading your e-mail

Misc - useful and interesting stuff on the web

Friends Reunited - still the best place to find old school friends

Rip Off Britain - we're living in it!   Names & shames expensive retailers & suggests alternatives

UK Multimap - are you lost?  This will help you find yourself!  Geographically rather than spiritually!

Google Groups - read & post to internet newsgroups, also offers a full usenet archive (was previously 'Deja')

Airsafe.com - flying somewhere?  Check out the crash statistics for the airline you're flying with!  Nice.

UK National Lottery - see if you've won anything (remember it's around 14 million to one against hitting the jackpot) but you never know...

UK stock market quotes from Yahoo - not quite in real time but useful if you're a city slicker!

007 News - latest James Bond info

Scambusters - avoid getting ripped off on the net

Hoax reference point - are you sick of SPAM?  Get lots of junk e-mails warning of new viruses or offering bonkers money making schemes.  99% are pants.  This is a good place to check them out

Drive Archive - what happened to your old car?  A bit like 'Friends Reunited', but for vehicles!

Money Saving Expert - Companies try to screw us for profits, Money Saving Expert shows you how to screw them right back

Snopes - the ultimate guide to urban legends

Southend Online - Online guide to what's happening in Southend-on-Sea (it's the place to be!)

This Is Essex - good local news source

Interesting Stuff to Think About

David Icke - Is he off his bike?  The site of the former footballer & TV presenter.  Mentalist or a visionary?  You decide, but however you look at it, there's some seriously off the wall stuff on here, like the whole reptile thing

McSpotlight - not exactly the biggest fans of Big Macs!  Hmmmm, Big Mac!

Cyberdespot.com - The Enlightened Despot, probably not suitable for everyone, questions religion in a comical way.  

Throne Out - in favour of democracy in the UK, mind you if we get Queen Chelsea that would be nice!  So, where in line to the throne is Babs Windsor then?

Wasteland of Wonders - Great quote from this site - "I am sickened whenever there is a major disaster in the world, and some politician or church leader says that the victims desperately need our prayers. No they don't. They need someone to go and dig them out of the rubble".

Operation Clambake - the fight against the Church of Scientology (cult) on the net

Mark Thomas - taking comedy seriously

Michael Moore - author of 'Dude, Where's My Country?' and maker of the film 'Bowling For Columbine' & 'Fahrenheit 911'

Richard Dawkins - scientist and author of 'The God Delusion'

   Derren Brown - amazing illusionist, although the lottery prediction thing was a bit rubbish

   James Randi Educational Foundation - magician and skeptic debunks psychics, medical frauds, televangelists, and the supernatural in general

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