how to edit CD audio tracks?

Could someone please tell me which is the best software program that would allow me to edit audio sound tracks?

For example, I have some CDs that have live performance music on tracks in which radio commercials precede the music (on the same track).

So, I would like to remove the commercial from the track, so that each track just has music and no radio commercials.
Do you know how this could be done?

Would I have to first convert the audio track into an MP3 file and then edit it that way?

And, after it is edited, I wish to burn a CD of the "cleaned up" tracks, so that I can play the cleaned-up CD in my Sony CD-Walkman.

If you know any software that could do this, I would really appreciate knowing about it.

Thanks!!
the1rb@aol.com

You would probably be better off editing in raw format. Just because editing in mp3 will consume monster amounts of processor. I used to use a program called GoldWave a long time ago. I dont' know if it was ported to win32, but it was a great little tool!

-zigzag