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margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"></p> <div id="layer2" style="position: absolute; width: 490px; height: 251px; z-index: 2; left: 23px; top: 298px"> <table border="0" id="table2" width="100%"> <tbody> <tr> <td colspan="10"><span style="background-color: #FFFFFF"><b><font color="#179797" face="Arial Black" size="6">1966 - 2015</font></b></span></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="10"> <p align="left"><b><font face="Arial" size="1">Highlights from each year, along with the top ten stations from each Nielsen/Arbitron survey.</font></b></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="10"> <p align="left"><font face="Arial" style="font-size: 6pt">(From 1966 to 1973, Arbitron measured Dallas and Fort Worth as separate markets. Only the top five stations are ranked during those years.)</font></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center"></td> <td align="center"></td> <td align="center"></td> <td align="center"></td> <td align="center"></td> <td align="center"></td> <td align="center"><font color="#179797" face="Arial Black" size="2"><a href="http://www.dfwradioarchives.com/1966.htm"><font color="#179797">1966</font></a></font></td> <td align="center"><font color="#179797" face="Arial Black" size="2"><a href="http://www.dfwradioarchives.com/1967.htm"><font color="#179797">1967</font></a></font></td> <td align="center"><font color="#179797" face="Arial Black" size="2"><a href="http://www.dfwradioarchives.com/1968.htm"><font color="#179797">1968</font></a></font></td> <td align="center"><font color="#179797" face="Arial Black" size="2"><a href="http://www.dfwradioarchives.com/1969.htm"><font color="#179797">1969</font></a></font></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center"><font color="#179797" face="Arial Black" size="2"><a href="http://www.dfwradioarchives.com/1970.htm"><font color="#179797">1970</font></a></font></td> <td align="center"><font color="#179797" face="Arial Black" size="2"><a href="http://www.dfwradioarchives.com/1971.htm"><font color="#179797">1971</font></a></font></td> <td align="center"><font color="#179797" face="Arial Black" size="2"><a href="http://www.dfwradioarchives.com/1972.htm"><font color="#179797">1972</font></a></font></td> <td align="center"><font color="#179797" face="Arial Black" size="2"><a href="http://www.dfwradioarchives.com/1973.htm"><font color="#179797">1973</font></a></font></td> <td align="center"><font color="#179797" face="Arial Black" size="2"><a href="http://www.dfwradioarchives.com/1974.htm"><font color="#179797">1974</font></a></font></td> <td align="center"><font color="#179797" face="Arial Black" size="2"><a href="http://www.dfwradioarchives.com/1975.htm"><font color="#179797">1975</font></a></font></td> <td align="center"><font color="#179797" face="Arial Black" size="2"><a href="http://www.dfwradioarchives.com/1976.htm"><font color="#179797">1976</font></a></font></td> <td align="center"><font color="#179797" face="Arial Black" size="2"><a href="http://www.dfwradioarchives.com/1977.htm"><font color="#179797">1977</font></a></font></td> <td align="center"><font color="#179797" face="Arial Black" size="2"><a href="http://www.dfwradioarchives.com/1978.htm"><font color="#179797">1978</font></a></font></td> <td align="center"><font color="#179797" face="Arial Black" size="2"><a href="http://www.dfwradioarchives.com/1979.htm"><font color="#179797">1979</font></a></font></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center"><font color="#179797" face="Arial Black" size="2"><a href="http://www.dfwradioarchives.com/1980.htm"><font color="#179797">1980</font></a></font></td> <td align="center"><font color="#179797" face="Arial Black" size="2"><a href="http://www.dfwradioarchives.com/1981.htm"><font color="#179797">1981</font></a></font></td> <td align="center"><font color="#179797" face="Arial Black" size="2"><a href="http://www.dfwradioarchives.com/1982.htm"><font color="#179797">1982</font></a></font></td> <td align="center"><font color="#179797" face="Arial Black" size="2"><a href="http://www.dfwradioarchives.com/1983.htm"><font color="#179797">1983</font></a></font></td> <td align="center"><font color="#179797" face="Arial Black" size="2"><a href="http://www.dfwradioarchives.com/1984.htm"><font color="#179797">1984</font></a></font></td> <td align="center"><font color="#179797" face="Arial Black" size="2"><a href="http://www.dfwradioarchives.com/1985.htm"><font color="#179797">1985</font></a></font></td> <td align="center"><font color="#179797" face="Arial Black" size="2"><a href="http://www.dfwradioarchives.com/1986.htm"><font color="#179797">1986</font></a></font></td> <td align="center"><font color="#179797" face="Arial Black" size="2"><a href="http://www.dfwradioarchives.com/1987.htm"><font color="#179797">1987</font></a></font></td> <td align="center"><font color="#179797" face="Arial Black" size="2"><a href="http://www.dfwradioarchives.com/1988.htm"><font color="#179797">1988</font></a></font></td> <td align="center"><font color="#179797" face="Arial Black" size="2"><a href="http://www.dfwradioarchives.com/1989.htm"><font color="#179797">1989</font></a></font></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center"><font color="#179797" face="Arial Black" size="2"><a href="http://www.dfwradioarchives.com/1990.htm"><font color="#179797">1990</font></a></font></td> <td align="center"><font color="#179797" face="Arial Black" size="2"><a href="http://www.dfwradioarchives.com/1991.htm"><font color="#179797">1991</font></a></font></td> <td align="center"><font color="#179797" face="Arial Black" size="2"><a href="http://www.dfwradioarchives.com/1992.htm"><font color="#179797">1992</font></a></font></td> <td align="center"><font color="#179797" face="Arial Black" size="2"><a href="http://www.dfwradioarchives.com/1993.htm"><font color="#179797">1993</font></a></font></td> <td align="center"><font color="#179797" face="Arial Black" size="2"><a href="http://www.dfwradioarchives.com/1994.htm"><font color="#179797">1994</font></a></font></td> <td align="center"><font color="#179797" face="Arial Black" size="2"><a href="http://www.dfwradioarchives.com/1995.htm"><font color="#179797">1995</font></a></font></td> <td align="center"><font color="#179797" face="Arial Black" size="2"><a href="http://www.dfwradioarchives.com/1996.htm"><font color="#179797">1996</font></a></font></td> <td align="center"><font color="#179797" face="Arial Black" size="2"><a href="http://www.dfwradioarchives.com/1997.htm"><font color="#179797">1997</font></a></font></td> <td align="center"><font color="#179797" face="Arial Black" size="2"><a href="http://www.dfwradioarchives.com/1998.htm"><font color="#179797">1998</font></a></font></td> <td align="center"><font color="#179797" face="Arial Black" size="2"><a href="http://www.dfwradioarchives.com/1999.htm"><font color="#179797">1999</font></a></font></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center"><font color="#179797" face="Arial Black" size="2"><a href="http://www.dfwradioarchives.com/2000.htm"><font color="#179797">2000</font></a></font></td> <td align="center"><font color="#179797" face="Arial Black" size="2"><a href="http://www.dfwradioarchives.com/2001.htm"><font color="#179797">2001</font></a></font></td> <td align="center"><font color="#179797" face="Arial Black" size="2"><a href="http://www.dfwradioarchives.com/2002.htm"><font color="#179797">2002</font></a></font></td> <td align="center"><font color="#179797" face="Arial Black" size="2"><a href="http://www.dfwradioarchives.com/2003.htm"><font color="#179797">2003</font></a></font></td> <td align="center"><font color="#179797" face="Arial Black" size="2"><a href="http://www.dfwradioarchives.com/2004.htm"><font color="#179797">2004</font></a></font></td> <td align="center"><font color="#179797" face="Arial Black" size="2"><a href="http://www.dfwradioarchives.com/2005.htm"><font color="#179797">2005</font></a></font></td> <td align="center"><font color="#179797" face="Arial Black" size="2"><a href="http://www.dfwradioarchives.com/2006.htm"><font color="#179797">2006</font></a></font></td> <td align="center"><font color="#179797" face="Arial Black" size="2"><a href="http://www.dfwradioarchives.com/2007.htm"><font color="#179797">2007</font></a></font></td> <td align="center"><font color="#179797" face="Arial Black" size="2"><a href="http://www.dfwradioarchives.com/2008.htm"><font color="#179797">2008</font></a></font></td> <td align="center"><font color="#179797" face="Arial Black" size="2"><a href="http://www.dfwradioarchives.com/2009.htm"><font color="#179797">2009</font></a></font></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center"><font color="#179797" face="Arial Black" size="2"><a href="http://www.dfwradioarchives.com/2010.htm"><font color="#179797">2010</font></a></font></td> <td align="center"><font color="#179797" face="Arial Black" size="2"><a href="http://www.dfwradioarchives.com/2011.htm"><font color="#179797">2011</font></a></font></td> <td align="center"><font color="#179797" face="Arial Black" size="2"><a href="http://www.dfwradioarchives.com/2012.htm"><font color="#179797">2012</font></a></font></td> <td align="center"><font color="#179797" face="Arial Black" size="2"><a href="http://www.dfwradioarchives.com/2013.htm"><font color="#179797">2013</font></a></font></td> <td align="center"><font color="#179797" face="Arial Black" size="2"><a href="http://www.dfwradioarchives.com/2014.htm"><font color="#179797">2014</font></a></font></td> <td align="center"><font color="#179797" face="Arial Black" size="2"><a href="http://www.dfwradioarchives.com/2015.htm"><font color="#179797">2015</font></a></font></td> <td align="center"></td> <td align="center"></td> <td align="center"></td> <td align="center"></td> </tr> 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absolute; width: 493px; height: 236px; z-index: 1; left: -1px; top: 171px"><font color="#179797" face="Arial Black" size="5">MORE FROM THE ARCHIVES</font> <table border="0" bordercolordark="#FFFFFF" bordercolorlight="#FFFFFF" cellspacing="9" id="table6" width="100%"> <tbody> <tr> <td align="justify" width="225"><font color="#179797" face="Arial"><a href="http://www.dfwradioarchives.com/Broadcasting.htm" style="text-decoration: none"><b><font color="#179797">KLIF/KBOX COLLECTION</font></b><br/> <font color="#179797">Trade magazine advertisements from the 50s and 60s for Dallas&#39; two giant top 40 stations</font></a></font></td> <td align="justify"><font color="#179797" face="Arial"><a href="http://www.dfwradioarchives.com/archive2menu.htm" style="text-decoration: none"><b><font color="#179797">RADIO SCHEDULES</font></b><br/> <font color="#179797">Newspaper listings from Dallas and Fort Worth from the 20s, 30s and 40s</font></a></font></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="justify" width="225"><font color="#179797" face="Arial"><a href="http://www.dfwradioarchives.com/FirstAMs.htm" style="text-decoration: none"><b><font color="#179797">PIONEER AMs IN TEXAS</font></b><br/> <font color="#179797">An exclusive documentation of the first forty radio stations to broadcast in the state</font></a></font></td> <td align="justify"><font color="#179797" face="Arial"><a href="http://www.dfwradioarchives.com/FirstFMs.htm" style="text-decoration: none"><b><font color="#179797">PIONEER FMs IN TEXAS</font></b><br/> <font color="#179797">An exclusive documentation of the first forty FM radio stations to broadcast in the state.</font></a></font></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="justify" width="225"><b><font color="#179797" face="Arial"><a href="http://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-Station-Albums/WBAP-WGKO-WFAA-Album.pdf" style="text-decoration: none" target="_blank"><font color="#179797">1941 WFAA/WBAP/KGKO<br/> &quot;FAMILY ALBUM&quot;</font></a></font></b></td> <td 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