Airport Status Menu

I have some wireless networks that keep showing up in the airport status menu bar. These are old wireless networks names that I do not use anymore. How do I delete them from the airport menu so that they will not show up there when I turn on airport.
MACOSX 10.5.6
Thanks in advance…

I can delete the old network from the preferred network list but when ever I turn airport off then back on those networks reappear in the airport status menu again. One network name in particular that keeps showing up after I delete it is a network name called "TP-LINK". I recall using this network on my powerbook at a hotel that I stayed at several years ago. I just cannot permanently delete it. The other problem network names that I cannot get rid of, I recall are names from non-apple wireless cards that I had installed in the other mac's that where on my network. I no longer have these cards installed replaced them with apple compatiable wireless cards.

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