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Beatles-A-Rama
Beatles-A-Rama is an Internet only radio station. The station was founded by owner/programmer Pat Matthews in September, 2001, and features the music of The Beatles, but also many of today's artists who either do their versions of Beatles classics or pay homage to them with their own compositions. It can be heard today via Windows Media, iTunes, or a choice of several Beatles-A-Rama Players on their web site (http://www.beatlesarama.com) Beatles-A-Rama features regular weekday hosts from various U.S. locations: Pat Matthews and Kelly Jones from the Southern California studios, Ray Whitaker from Cape Cod, Massachusetts, Beatle Bob Todd and Gary Burbank from the Florida studios and Norm McBride from the "Idaho Ranchito". Main studios are located in Mission Viejo, California, U.S.A.

Beatles-A-Rama!!! has received various awards for its programming and has had several articles written on it since its inception.

'''Beatles-A-Rama!!! The Show!''', a two-hour weekly "themed" program based loosely on the Internet Radio station can be heard on dozens of AM and FM stations in the United States and Canada, along with 30 Internet Radio stations, including its base of operations, Beatles-A-Rama!!!

History
Beatles-A-Rama!!! was founded by radio veteran Pat Matthews using the latest technology to bring the legend of The Beatles to the world. Originally streaming on Live365, its beginnings were relatively modest with only 30 listeners. The word quickly spread and within a year, the simultaneous listeners had grown to well over 300. By the time Beatles-A-Rama!!! left Live365 and moved on to Stargate Ventures, Tampa, Florida, servers were handling over 600 listeners at any one time. Currently, the streams (128k,160k,WMA-48k & 96k & 32k and 24k for dial-up listeners) are handled by Pure Pulse Media, Chicago, Illinois.

Partnering with Fusion Radio Chicago, a subsidiary of Pure Pulse Media, Beatles-A-Rama!!! is helping to develop a new network of online stations called 1PlusRadio.