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- ↑ "The Prairie Farmer Days". The History of WLS Radio. Scott Childers. 2010-05-06. Retrieved 2010-07-30.
- ↑ A look at the floor plan for the WLS studios in the Prairie Farmer Building-Studio A and its control room are still intact today
- ↑ Strother, Susan G. (May 8, 1991). "Hbj Sells Off 12 Magazines In Farm Group". Orlando Sentinel. Retrieved May 11, 2015.
- ↑ "Australian Firm Buys Parent Of Prairie Farmer Magazine From Disney". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 2014-08-23.
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