My AM Archive: October 2007

 OCTOBER 2007 is the next post in the My AM Archive thread; a continual thread of my Medium Wave logbooks, bringing them online for posterity, and for other like-minded radio listeners to enjoy.

Logs of Short Wave broadcasts are also on this blog, under the My DX Archive thread.

The previous post in this thread, My AM Archive: Summer 2007, can be found here.

Housekeeping notes: Times in UTC (GMT), frequencies in kiloHertz (kHz). Transmission power in watts or kiloWatts (kW). Logs transcribed from the original notes.

October 2007 : Medium Wave

• [Tuesday] 30 October [2007]: 2120 - 2145 UTC: 1530 kHz: Vatican Radio  150 / 450 kW; Good to fair reception via Santa Maria di Galeria [Vatican City]. Clear ID signal of Vatican Radio, male speech in Spanish language via Europe 1st Programme. Arabic Service on air at 2140 UTC.
• 30 October: 2205 - 2215 UTC: 1539 kHz: Evangeliums Rundfunk  700 / 120 kW; Good to fair reception via Mainflingen, D [Germany]. Male speech in German language, with female host. Music, young voices singing 'Joy - all over the world'. Male host introduces report regarding tsunami in East Asia, female speaks of memories of tsunami in Thailand. Emotional speech.
  [Notes: Evangeliums - Rundfunk postal address:
  Evangeliums - Rundfunk Deutschland e.V., Berliner Ring 62, 35576 Wetzlar GERMANY
  Tel 06441 957-0  Fax 06441 957-120  E-Mail info at erf . de ]
• 30 October: 2224 - 2245 UTC: 1548 kHz: Magic  Good to fair reception via Liverpool or Sheffield. 'Magic Moments' with Norman: "Who had a 1979 hit with 'Up The Junction'..." Music: 10cc 'I'm Not In Love', Bobby Darin 'Dream Lover', Dr Hook 'Sylvia's Mother', Bad Company 'Can't Get Enough', Michael Jackson 'Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough'.

A post from October 2007, detailing the above at time of reception, can be found here.

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My AM Archive: Summer 2007

WELCOME to another post under the My AM Archive thread, a continual thread of my Medium Wave logbooks, bringing them online for posterity, and for other like-minded radio listeners to enjoy.

Logs of Short Wave broadcasts are also on this blog, under the My DX Archive thread.

This post revisits the Summer of 2007, with logs from June and August of that year.

The previous post in this thread, My AM Archive: May 2007, can be found here.

Housekeeping notes: Times in UTC (GMT), frequencies in kiloHertz (kHz). Transmission power in watts or kiloWatts (kW). Logs transcribed from the original notes.

June 2007 : Medium Wave

• [Friday] 8 June [2007]: 1930 - 1950 UTC: 1170 kHz: Magic 1170  320 watts; Excellent to good reception via Stockton-on-Tees [See the Google Maps image of the transmission site, at the top of this post). Mellow Magic. Male speech.
• 8 June: 2016 - 2033 UTC: 1179 kHz: Radio Sweden  300-600 kW; Excellent to good reception via Solvesborg, Sweden. Swedish language to Europe.
• 8 June: 2103 - 2122 UTC: 1215 kHz: Virgin Radio  Up to 200 kW; Excellent to good reception via multiple transmitters. Virgin Party Classics with Suggs.

August 2007 : Medium Wave

• [Sunday] 19 August [2007]: 1120 - 1200 UTC: 1215 kHz: Virgin Radio  Up to 200 kW; Excellent to good reception. The Geoff Show live at V Festival 07.
• 19 August: 1250 - 1320 UTC: 1242 kHz: Virgin Radio  1 kW; Good reception via Stockton-on-Tees. Geoff, Leona Graham.
• 19 August: 1400 - 1411 UTC: 1341 kHz: BBC Radio Ulster  100 kW; Excellent to good reception via Lisnagarvey, Co Down, Northern Ireland. News.

Verification card from Virgin Radio, 2007.

• 19 August: 1559 - 1615 UTC: 1413 kHz: Fresh Radio  100 watts; Fair to poor reception via Skipton, North Yorkshire. Music: Queen. News.

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My AM Archive: May 2007

 AS SPRINGTIME approached Summertime in 2007, I present Medium Wave logs from the month of May, 2007.

My AM Archive is a continual thread of posts of my Medium Wave logbooks, bringing them online for posterity, and for other like-minded radio listeners to enjoy.
Logs of Short Wave broadcasts are also on this blog, under the My DX Archive thread.

This post, as stated above, brings logs from May 2007.

The previous post in this thread, My AM Archive: Winter 2006-2007 : February 2007, can be found here.

Housekeeping notes: Times in UTC (GMT), frequencies in kiloHertz (kHz). Transmission power in watts or kiloWatts (kW). Logs transcribed from the original notes.

May 2007 : Medium Wave

• [Thursday] 17 May [2007]: 1810 - 1830 UTC: 936 kHz: Fresh Radio  1 kW; Excellent to good reception via Hawes [Yorkshire Dales National Park / North Yorkshire]. 'Hitcall' programme, station ID, telephone, text, email address contacts for the show.
• 17 May: 1908 - 1916 UTC: 990 kHz: BBC Radio Nan Gaidheal  1 kW; Good to fair reception via Redmoss, Aberdeen, Scotland, G [G is the international country code for Great Britain / United Kingdom]. (BBC Radio nan Gàidheal is a Scottish Gaelic language radio station owned and operated by the BBC.)
• 17 May: 1924 - 1938 UTC: 999 kHz: Magic 999  800 watts; Excellent to good reception via Longton, Preston - Blackpool [Lancashire]. Ads.

Letter verifying reception of Fresh Radio (17 May).

• 17 May: 1939 - 1954 UTC: 1008 kHz: Radio 10 Gold  400 kW; Excellent to good reception, presumed via Flevoland, Holland.
  Music by Bruce Hornsby & The Range.
• 17 May: 2040 - 2100 UTC: 1017 kHz: Classic Gold WABC  630 watts; Good to poor reception via Shrewsbury, Shropshire.
  Music: The Beatles.
• 17 May: 2040 - 2100 UTC: 1017 kHz: Sudwestrundfunk  100 kW; Excellent to fair reception via Wolfsheim, D [Germany].
  Male speech.
• 17 May: 2112 - 2116 UTC: 1044 kHz: MDR Info  20 kW; Excellent to good reception via Dresden, D [Germany].
  Female speech, speaking of the French elections.
• 17 May: 2122 - 2132 UTC: 1053 kHz: TalkSport  Excellent to good reception; Multiple transmitters causing some delays and echo.
  James Whale on the air.
• 17 May: 2146 - 2153 UTC: 1089 kHz: TalkSport  Excellent to good reception; Multiple transmitters causing delay and echo.
  James Whale on the air, with guest Jodie Marsh.

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My AM Archive: Winter 2006-2007 : February 2007

 I SHALL begin with a quote from my previous post:

WINTER 2006-2007 was a very productive time for listening to the Medium Wave band, so the logs for December 2006 through to February 2007 will be posted as individual months, rather than the full [quarterly] season.

 This post brings logs from February 2007.

The previous post in this thread, My AM Archive: Winter 2006-2007 : December 2006, can be found here.

Housekeeping notes: Times in UTC (GMT), frequencies in kiloHertz (kHz). Transmission power in watts or kiloWatts (kW). Logs transcribed from the original notes.

February 2007 : Medium Wave

• [Monday] 12 February [2007]: 1734 - 1755 UTC: 837 kHz: BBC Radio Cumbria  1 kW; Excellent to fair reception via Barrow-in-Furness. Richard Nankivell on air.

BBC Radio Cumbria presenter Richard Nankivell (Now Retired).

• 12 February: 1918 - 1933 UTC: 846 kHz: Radio North [Presumed]  Up to 100 kW; Excellent to good reception, presumed to be Radio North, Republic of Ireland.
• 12 February: 1940 - 1945 UTC: 855 kHz: RNE 1 Murcia  300 kW; Excellent to good reception via Murcia, E [Spain]. Spanish language broadcast, male and female speech.
• 12 February: 2000 - 2008 UTC: 864 kHz: La City / France Bleu  300 kW; Excellent to good reception via Paris [presumed transmitter site] France. French language broadcast, male speech, music.
• 12 February: 2012 - 2020 UTC: 873 kHz: American Forces Network  Good to fair reception, 150 kW via Frankfurt, D (Germany). Male speech.
• 12 February: 2027 - 2100 UTC: 882 kHz: BBC Radio Wales  Excellent to good reception via multiple transmitters. In-depth interview with female.
• 12 February: 2115 - 2120 UTC: 891 kHz: Unidentified broadcast  Good to poor reception. Presumed to be a Dutch music channel, two males, Dutch language.

• 12 February: 2123 - 2128 UTC: 900 kHz: RAI Uno  600 kW; Excellent to fair reception via Milan, I (Italy). Italian language broadcast, males in conversation.
  [The above image is the Google Maps image of Trasmettitore Milano Rai 900kHz]
• 12 February: 2134 - 2144 UTC: 909 kHz: BBC Radio 5 Live  Excellent to good reception via multiple transmitters. 'Five Live Sport' Mark Saggers. Football.
• 12 February: 2148 - 2156 UTC: 918 kHz: Radio Slovenia [presumed]  100-600 kW; Good to poor reception, presumed via Domzale, SVN (Slovenia). Music.

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My AM Archive: Winter 2006-2007 : December 2006

 WINTER 2006-2007 was a very productive time for listening to the Medium Wave band, so the logs for December 2006 through to February 2007 will be posted as individual months, rather than the full [quarterly] season. This post brings logs from December 2006.

The previous post in this thread, My AM Archive: October 2006, can be found here.

Housekeeping notes: Times in UTC (GMT), frequencies in kiloHertz (kHz). Transmission power in watts or kiloWatts (kW). Logs transcribed from the original notes.

December 2006 : Medium Wave

• [Saturday] 2 December [2006]: 1645 - 1653 UTC: 711 kHz: Rennes [France] Transmitter: France Info / France Bleu  300 kW; Good reception. French speech from female and male, politics, food, male speech.
• 2 December: 1657 - 1705 UTC: 720 kHz: BBC Radio 4  10 kW; Fair reception via Lisnagarvey, Northern Ireland. 'Woman's Hour'.

• 2 December: 1709 - 1716 UTC: 729 kHz: RTE Radio 1  10 kW; Fair to poor reception via Cork, Ireland. Co-channel interference from RNE - 1 [Radio Nacional Espana] (Spain).
• 2 December: 1720 - 1728 UTC: 738 kHz:  RNE 1  500 kW; Good to fair reception via Barcelona, Espana [Spain]. Two males speaking, music.
• 2 December: 1735 - 1744 UTC: 747 kHz: Radio 5  400 kW; Excellent to good reception via Flevoland, Holland. Female and male interview female over telephone.
• 2 December: 1746 - 1758 UTC: 756 kHz: BBC Radio Cumbria  1 kW; Excellent to good reception via Carlisle. 'Saturday Sport' Paul Newton.
• 2 December: 1828 - 1835 UTC: 756 kHz: Deutschlandfunk  100-200 kW; Excellent to good reception via Germany. Report: Bundesliga football.
• 2 December: 1953 - 2000 UTC: 765 kHz: Option Musique  600 kW; Excellent to good/fair reception via Sottens, Switzerland. Live music.

Option Musique sticker.

• 2 December: 2006 - 2012 UTC: 774 kHz: RNE 1  Spain; 20-100 kW; Excellent to good reception via Spain. Spanish language sports commentary, fast speech.
• 2 December: 2021 - 2028 UTC: 783 kHz: Radio Mirimar  Barcelona; 50 kW; Good to fair reception via Barcelona, Spain. Male sports commentary.
• 2 December: 2031 - 2036 UTC: 783 kHz: MDR Info  100 kW; Fair to poor reception via Leipzig, Germany. Female and male speech in German language.
• 2 December: 2045 - 2054 UTC: 792 kHz: France Info  300 kW; Excellent to good reception via Limoges, France. Female speech, male speech, politics.
• 2 December: 2057 - 2104 UTC: 792 kHz: BBC Radio Foyle / Ulster  1 kW; Fair to poor reception via Londonderry, Northern Ireland. Live Rugby, male speech.
• 2 December: 2110 - 2116 UTC: 801 kHz: Bayern  100 kW; Excellent to fair reception via Munich, Germany. Music from Tony Bennett.

Letter from David Lowe, verifying reception of BBC Radio Devon (below).

• 2 December: 2122 - 2150 UTC: 801 kHz: BBC Radio Devon  2 kW; Good to fair reception via Barnstaple. Co-channel interference from Munich, Germany and RNE-1, Spain.
  Programme Details: David Lowe receives email regarding Josef Locke, piece of music played on air by Dennis Noble, recorded 1939, for listener in Cornwall. Time Check: "28 minutes past 9". Competition: Bing Crosby CD's: 'Forever Bing' & 'Christmas Memories'. Call 0845 301 1034, email. Music [recording of "Always" by Josephine Baker] by Irving Berlin, loss of signal at 2148 GMT.
  [Above log taken from original reception report sent to BBC Radio Devon; Information in italics was the "minor piece of detail" David Lowe added to the report.]
• 2 December: 2220 - 2226 UTC: 801 kHz: RNE 1  10-20 kW; Excellent to good reception via Spain. Several males speaking.
• 2 December: 2230 - 2239 UTC: 810 kHz: BBC Radio Scotland  100 kW; Excellent reception via Burghead / Westerglen. Partick Folk Festival.
• 2 December: 2252 - 2302 UTC: 837 kHz: BBC Radio Cumbria  1 kW; Good to poor reception via Barrow-in-Furness. John Caine's Rock Show.
• 2 December: 2305 - 2312 UTC: 837 kHz: France Info  200 kW; Excellent to fair reception via Nancy, France. Female and male speech in French language.

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Season 2020/21 : Results and Fixtures - Part 3

 NOVEMBER 2020 onwards, for the results and fixtures for Carlisle United Football Club.

Results: November 2020

Tuesday 3rd [November]: League Two: United 3 - Newport County 2

Sunday 8th: FA Cup: Hayes & Yeading 2 - United 2 [United win on penalties 4-3]

Saturday 14th: League Two: United 1 - Cheltenham Town 2

Tuesday 17th: EFL Trophy: United 3 - Aston Villa 1

Saturday 21st: League Two: Crawley Town 0 - United 3

Tuesday 24th: League Two: Tranmere Rovers 1 - United 0

Sunday 29th: FA Cup: United 1 - Doncaster Rovers 0

Results: December 2020

Wednesday 2nd [December]: League Two: United 2 - Salford City 1

Saturday 5th: League Two: Bradford City 0 - United 1

Saturday 12th: League Two: United 4 - Stevenage 0

Tuesday 15th: League Two: United 1 - Mansfield Town 0

Saturday 19th: League Two: Forest Green Rovers 1 - United 0

Saturday 26th: League Two: United 3 - Bolton Wanderers 3

Tuesday 29th: League Two: Harrogate Town - United : Match Abandoned.

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Fixtures: January 2021

Saturday 2nd [January]: League Two: Walsall v United (3pm)

Saturday 9th: League Two: United v Leyton Orient (3pm)

Saturday 16th: League Two: Mansfield Town v United (3pm)

Saturday 23rd: League Two: United v Forest Green Rovers (3pm)

Tuesday 26th: League Two: Newport County v United (7:45pm)

Saturday 30th: League Two: United v Exeter City (1pm)

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Let the folklore evermore say...

 

ON Sunday, 13 December, 2020...

... We say...

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TAYLOR SWIFT!

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My AM Archive: October 2006

Arrow Classic Rock Radio sticker.

REPRESENTING the autumn season of 2006, the following logs of Medium Wave broadcasts come from October 2006.

My AM Archive is a continuous thread of logs of Medium Wave broadcasts, heard years gone by.

The previous post in this thread, My AM Archive: Summer 2006, can be found here.

Housekeeping notes: Times in UTC (GMT), frequencies in kiloHertz (kHz). Transmission power in watts or kiloWatts (kW). Logs transcribed from the original notes.

October 2006 : Medium Wave

• 26 October [2006]: 1915 - 1950 UTC: 675 kHz: Arrow Classic Rock  Excellent to good reception; 120 kW via Lopik, Holland.  Music: U2 'One', Sheryl Crow, Pink Floyd.
• 26 October: 2003 - 2008 UTC: 684 kHz: RNE 1 Seville  Good to fair reception; 600 kW via Seville, Spain.  Male and female speech.
• 26 October: 2011 - 2017 UTC: 693 kHz: BBC Radio 5 Live  Excellent to fair reception via multiple transmitters.  Boxing discussion with a live audience.
• 26 October: 2030 - 2034 UTC: 711 kHz: Radio Bleu Rennes  Excellent to good reception via Rennes, France; 300 kW.  French language programming with male and female speech.

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My AM Archive: Summer 2006

 

REPORTING From The Fox Tower's AM Archive is a continuous thread of logs of Medium Wave broadcasts, heard years gone by.

The previous post in this thread, My AM Archive: Spring 2006, can be found here.

Housekeeping notes: Times in UTC (GMT), frequencies in kiloHertz (kHz). Transmission power in watts or kiloWatts (kW). Logs transcribed from the original notes.

This post remembers Summer 2006: The months of June and August 2006.

June 2006 : Medium Wave

• 25 June [2006]: 0807 UTC: 1413 kHz: Fresh Radio  Poor reception via Skipton 100 watts / Richmond 40 watts / 'Ripon' 3 watts, all North Yorkshire ('Ripon' - Pateley Bridge).
  Music : David Bowie 'Space Oddity'.  Creedence Clearwater Revival 'Bad Moon Rising'.
  [See the Fresh Radio logo of the time at the head of this post]
• 25 June: 0841 UTC: 1458 kHz: BBC Radio Newcastle  Good to fair reception via Wrekenton, Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, 2 kW.  Dave Porter is the host, listener in South Shields. Music.
• 25 June: 0902 UTC: 1485 kHz: BBC Radio Four  Poor reception via Carlisle, 1 kW.  Speech.
• 25 June: 0926 UTC: 1557 kHz: BBC Radio Lancashire  Poor reception via Oxcliffe, Lancaster, 250 watts.  Music: Petula Clark.

August 2006 : Medium Wave

• 8 August: 1932 UTC: 567 kHz: RTE Radio One  Excellent to good reception via Tullamore, Ireland, 500 kW.  English Domestic Service.
• 8 August: 1948 UTC: 585 kHz: BBC Radio Scotland  Excellent to good reception via Dumfries, 2 kW.  Football : CIS Insurance Cup : Dundee v Partick Thistle - Goal - Dundee 1 - Thistle 3.

• 8 August: 2004 UTC: 603 kHz: BBC Radio Four  Excellent to good reception via Wrekenton, Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, 2 kW.  Speech.
  [The Google Street View image, above, is the Wrekenton transmission site.]
• 8 August: 2019 UTC: 621 kHz: RTBF 1  Belgium  Excellent to good reception via Wavre, Belgium, 300 kW.  Recorded report by male.
• 8 August: 2035 - 2042 UTC: 639 kHz: Czech Radio 2  1500 kW, Excellent to good reception.  Czech language [presumed] via Prague, Czech Republic.  Male speech.
• 8 August: 2045 - 2050 UTC: 639 kHz: RNE 1  Spain  Excellent to good reception.  Spanish language. Male speech, music.
• 8 August: 2054 UTC: 648 kHz: BBC World Service  Excellent to good reception via Orford Ness, Suffolk, 500 kW.  English to Europe.
  Interview with Andrew Strauss, England Cricket Captain, as England beat Pakistan at Headingley. Colombo: Sri Lanka beat South Africa by one wicket. Athletics, football.
  2100 UTC : 'World Briefing'  Lebanon-Israel conflict. Chad & Sudan diplomatic ties.
• 8 August: 2117 - 2130 UTC: 666 kHz: BBC Radio York  500 watts, Excellent to fair reception.  'The Late Show for Yorkshire...'  500 watts via Fulford.

Notes: The BBC Radio Newcastle post, 25 June, features a link to the blog of Dave Porter, the presenter on air at the time.

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My AM Archive: Spring 2006

 

MARCH and April 2006 are from where the following memories of Medium wave radio broadcasts, as heard by myself at the time and noted in my logbook, come.

The previous post in this thread, My AM Archive: Winter 2005-2006, can be found here.
Housekeeping notes: Times in UTC (GMT), frequencies in kiloHertz (kHz). Transmission power in watts or kiloWatts (kW). Logs transcribed from the original notes.

March 2006 : Medium Wave

• 10 March [2006]: 2041 UTC: 756 kHz: BBC Radio Cumbria  Fair to poor reception via Carlisle, 1 kW.  Football commentary: Coca-Cola League Two: Northampton Town v Carlisle United, live from Sixfields, Northampton. Half Time: Town 0 - United 1 (Karl Hawley, 21 minutes). Commentary by Derek Lacey and Mike Corry.
  [Full details of the match can be found here.]

April 2006 : Medium Wave

• 14 April: 1417 UTC: 1314 kHz: NRK Euuropakanalen  Fair reception via Kvitsoy, Norway, 1200 kW.  Norwegian speech, female and male voices. Music. Male speaks to male on telephone.
• 14 April: 1450 UTC: 1323 kHz: BBC Radio Ulster  Fair to poor reception via Lisnagarvey, Co Down, Northern Ireland, 100 kW.  Music: Mamas & Papas 'California Dreaming'. George Jones. Telephone: 0845 955678. ID.  15 UTC news: Newcastle flight disruption. Baby illness.
• 14 April: 1757 UTC: 1368 kHz: Manx Radio  Excellent-good-fair reception via Foxdale, Isle of Man, 20 kW.  Music: Bryan Adams 'Everything I Do I Do It For You'. Sponsored weather report: Freedom Travel Isle of Man. Sport: Football: Sven Goran Eriksson, Ashley Cole.
• 14 April: 2014 UTC: 1422 kHz: DLF Deutschlandfunk  Excellent to good reception via Heusweiler, Germany, 600 - 1200 kW.  Music: Jazz - Blues programme, German language. Male host. Music, English language songs.

Please note the log for BBC Radio Cumbria, 10 March, features a link to the TablesLeague website, which has full details of the Northampton Town - Carlisle United football fixture, as reported in the log.

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Season 2020/21 : Results and Fixtures - Part 2

 

- AND Six Nations Super Saturday (The Results).

- And a little bit about Santa and Christmas.

Reporting From The Fox Tower is pleased to continue following Carlisle United Football Club.

Results: October 2020

Saturday 3rd [October]: League Two: United 1 - Barrow 0

Tuesday 6th: EFL Trophy: Sunderland 5 - United 3

Saturday 10th: League Two: Port Vale 0 - United 1

Saturday 17th: League Two: United 3 - Colchester United 2

Tuesday 20th: League Two: Oldham Athletic 1 - United 1

Saturday 24th: League Two: Grimsby Town 1 - United 1

Tuesday 27th: League Two: United 3 - Morecambe 1

Saturday 31st: League Two: Exeter City 1 - United 0

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Note: On the evening of Saturday 31 October, the "government" issued new instruction regarding the coronavirus pandemic.  United shared an EFL statement on their website.  Read that here.

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Fixtures: November 2020

Tuesday 3rd [November]: League Two: United v Newport County (7pm)

Sunday 8th: FA Cup: Hayes & Yeading v United (12:45pm)

Saturday 14th: League Two: United v Cheltenham Town (3pm)

Tuesday 17th: EFL Trophy: United v Aston Villa (7pm)

Saturday 21st: League Two: Crawley Town v United (3pm)

Tuesday 24th: League Two: Tranmere Rovers v United (7:45pm)

C'mon Ye BLUES!

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Six Nations Super Saturday (The Results)

Nine months ago, the 2020 Six Nations Rugby Championship got underway.

Saturday, 31st October, saw the final round of matches take place, with the title going to any of Ireland, France or England.

The first fixture of the day, Wales v Scotland, resulted in a 14-10 away win for the Scots, who lifted the Doddie Weir Cup for the first time:

Video courtesy of the Guinness Six Nations YouTube Channel.

The second fixture of the day, Italy v England, resulted in a 34-5 bonus point away win for England, who were top of the table prior to the final game of the Championship.

The final fixture of the day, France v Ireland, took place in Paris.  To take the title, France had to overtake the points total of the teams above them in the table at the start of play. The mathematics for Ireland were much more simple: Win by a  seven point margin.

The final score was a 35-27 win for France.  Not enough for France to take the title, also the defeat for Ireland denied them the title.

View the final 2020 Six Nations Championship Table here.

England are the 2020 Six Nations Champions.  See England lift the Trophy:

Video courtesy of the Guinness Six Nations YouTube Channel.

Congratulations England!

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And Finally...

Santa Has an Urgent Message for the British Public in Tongue-in-Cheek Campaign

See the full story here.  Merry [early] Christmas!

My AM Archive: Winter 2005-2006

 

Letter of verification from Magic 1170, for broadcast heard 5 December 2005.

WELCOME to Winter 2005-2006 for this selection of Medium Wave memories, as heard by myself at the time and noted in my logbook. An element of this hobby is to contact the broadcasters heard, relay to them what was heard, with technical and programme details. Thank you to the many broadcasters who responded; Some of the items sent through the post feature in this blog, including the letter from Magic 1170, featured above.

The previous post in this thread, My AM Archive: October 2005, can be found here.

Housekeeping notes: Times in UTC (GMT), frequencies in kiloHertz (kHz). Transmission power in watts or kiloWatts (kW). Logs transcribed from the original notes.

December 2005 : Medium Wave

• 5 December [2005]: 1927 UTC: 1170 kHz: Magic 1170  Fair reception via Stockton, Teesside, 320 watts. Music: Mike & The Mechanics 'The Living Years'. Queen 'Thank God It's Christmas'. Host: Richard Allen 'Mellow Magic'. Music: Van Morrison. Christina Aguilera.
• 5 December: 2009 UTC: 1179 kHz: Radio Sweden  Excellent reception via Solvesborg, Sweden, 600 kW. English to Europe, 254 metres. 'Blood Diamonds'. 'Spectrum of the Arts'. Bill Schiller.
• 5 December: 2052 UTC: 1197 kHz: Virgin Radio  Poor reception. Music: Dire Straits 'Walk of Life'.
• 5 December: 2105 UTC: 1206 kHz: France Info  Excellent-good-fair reception via Bordeaux, France, 300 kW. Male and female speech.

February 2006 : Medium Wave

• 28 February [2006]: 1932 UTC: 1206 kHz: France Info  Good to fair reception via Bordeaux, France. Male and female hosts, news headlines: Baghdad. Sport: European football: Arsenal, Barcelona.
• 28 February: 1950 UTC: 1215 kHz: Virgin Radio  Excellent to good reception. Music: K T Tunstall 'Another Place To Fall'. Ben Jones. 'Phone call: Natasha in Norwich, request for Rowan: Soul Asylum 'Runaway Train'. Ad break: Diet Coke, Neil Diamond LP.

Virgin Radio QSL card, 2004 onwards.

• 28 February: 2200 UTC: 1269 kHz: DLF  Deutschlandfunk  Excellent reception via Aarpsdorf / Neumunster, Germany, 300 kW.  Male host, news from New York. News from German Parliament. News: Baghdad, President Bush, Iraq, Ankara, President Putin, Iran, Afghanistan.

That concludes the logs for Winter 2005-2006 (December 2005; February 2006).

This blog was created in October 2005 and, I'm pleased to say, the archives of this blog do include posts of radio receptions in a much more basic format.

The previous post in this thread brought memories of Medium Wave broadcasts from October 2005. From Monday, November 7, 2005, the post One Man & His Wireless covered the above mentioned Medium Wave broadcasts, along with Short Wave broadcasts, heard November 6, 2005. That post can be read here.

From Monday, December 19, 2005, From the Radio to the Web covered the broadcasts featured in today's post, though the original post also included a "Tentative reception of a broadcast from Ain - Salah, Algeria" heard on 1161 kHz and a Short Wave log of Adventist World Radio, heard Saturday 10 December 2005. That post can be read here.

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My AM Archive: October 2005

 I'M sat here on an October Sunday afternoon, bringing back memories of Medium Wave broadcasts heard on an October Sunday morning, 2005.

The previous post in this thread, My AM Archive: Summer 2005, can be found here.

Housekeeping notes: Times in UTC (GMT), frequencies in kiloHertz (kHz). Transmission power in watts or kiloWatts (kW). Logs transcribed from the original notes.

October 2005 : Medium Wave

• 30 October [2005]: 0734 UTC: 1053 kHz: TalkSport  Excellent-good-fair reception  'Fisherman's Blues' Phone-in regarding fishing.
• 30 October: 0749 UTC: 1062 kHz: Denmark Radio P3  Excellent-good-fair reception via Kalundborg, Denmark, 250 kW. Coastal waters and shipping forecast: 'Kirkwall... Aberdeen... Bridlington... Malin Head... Shetland... Humber'. Music. Male speech (Danish). 0800 UTC news, sport.
• 30 October: 0832 UTC: 1071 kHz: TalkSport  Good to fair reception via Wrekenton, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, 1 kW. Mike Parry.
• 30 October: 0918 UTC: 1152 kHz: Magic 1152  Fair to poor reception via Greenside, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, 1.8 kW.  Music: Dusty Springfield 'Son of A Preacher Man'. Tel: 0845 113 2222.
• 30 October: 1000 UTC: 693 kHz: BBC Radio Five Live  Excellent reception.  BBC Radio Five Live is live at Warwick Road, Carlisle. Julian Worricker 'Five Live Report' Live from Carlisle Rugby Union FC. Local residents David Atkin and Joanne Griffith talk of flooding in Warwick Road, Carlisle, January 2005.

That concludes the logs for October 2005, representing autumn of that year.

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My AM Archive: Summer 2005

 SUMMER 2005 brings us memories of Medium Wave broadcasts from the dates of Tuesday 14 June and Thursday 18 August 2005.

The previous post in this thread, My AM Archive: April 2005, can be found here.

Housekeeping notes: Times in UTC (GMT), frequencies in kiloHertz (kHz). Transmission power in watts or kiloWatts (kW). Logs transcribed from the original notes.

June 2005 : Medium Wave

• 14 June [2005]: 1412 UTC: 837 kHz: BBC Radio Cumbria  Excellent to good reception via Barrow in Furness, 1 kW. The Tony James Show.
• 14 June: 1430 UTC: 855 kHz: BBC Radio Lancashire  Good reception via Preston, 1 kW. News headlines: Michael Jackson proved innocent, Tony Blair meets Jacques Chirac in Paris. News from Burnley. Graham Liver. Music: Robert Palmer 'Addicted To Love'. Pink Floyd, Live 8.

Letter from BBC Radio Lancashire, verifying reception: 14 June 2005, 1430 UTC, 855 kHz.

• 14 June: 1524 UTC: 882 kHz: BBC Radio Wales  Excellent to good reception  'Good Evening Wales'  Weather with Derek: Lleyn Peninsular: rain with sunny breaks. Outlook. Travel: A55 Anglesey, Wrexham; Northern Rail Wales. Felicity Adams and Phil Payne. News.
• 14 June: 1614 UTC: 909 kHz: BBC Radio Five Live  Excellent to good reception. Peter Allen and Jane Garvey 'Drivetime'. Lottery news.
• 14 June: 1741 UTC: 936 kHz: Fresh Radio  Excellent reception via Hawes, 1 kW 'Drivetime' Entertainment guide sponsored by Black Swan Ravenstonedale. Travel news with Johnstone's of Kirkby Stephen. Music: Bruce Hornsby & The Range. Jeremy Gartland.
• 14 June: 1846 UTC: 999 kHz: Magic 999  Excellent to good reception via Longton (Preston-Blackpool) 800 watts  'Red Rose Magic 9-99' Music: Bob Marley.
• 14 June: 1933 UTC: 1008 kHz: Radio 10 Gold  Good-fair-poor reception via Flevoland, Holland, 400 kW.  Music: George Benson, male host, ID.

August 2005 : Medium Wave

• 18 August: 1951 UTC: 1008 kHz: Radio 10 Gold  Fair reception via Flevoland, Holland. Music: The Animals 'House of The Rising Sun', Counting Crowes 'Big Yellow Taxi'. ID, news, Dutch.

Google view of where the Flevoland mast stood.

• 18 August: 2051 UTC: 1053 kHz: TalkSport  Excellent to good reception  'Evening Kick Off' comes to a close. News followed by the James Whale show: New show 'Whale on Sunday' starting this coming Sunday at noon. Telephone: 08704 202020. Text: 81089.

That concludes the logs for Tuesday 14 June and Thursday 18 August 2005.

In the intervening fifteen years between the above days of reception and the posting of these logs, there are some differences to report.

Fresh Radio, after changing hands three times, would come under the ownership of UKRD in January 2012. UKRD promptly ceased transmission at 6pm on the same day they took ownership.  Move forward to October 2013 and a successful application for a Community Radio license saw Dales Radio go on air on 936 kHz, from the same transmission site in Hawes.

Magic 999, under the ownership of Bauer Media, would become Rock FM 2 (as a 'sister' to Rock FM in Preston), though is now part of the Greatest Hits Radio network.

Radio 10 Gold would rename as Radio 10 and move to FM transmission. The Flevoland sites would be demolished in early 2019, as shown by the footprint in the above left image.

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My AM Archive: April 2005

APRIL 10, 2005 was the 100th day of the year 2005 in the Gregorian calendar.

I spent that day - A Sunday - Listening to Medium Wave and here are the results of what was heard that day.

The previous post in this thread, My AM Archive: Winter 2004-2005, can be found here.

Housekeeping notes: Times in UTC (GMT), frequencies in kiloHertz (kHz). Transmission power in watts or kiloWatts (kW). Logs transcribed from the original notes.

April 2005 : Medium Wave

• 10 April [2005]: 0948 UTC: 603 kHz: BBC Radio Four Good-fair-good reception. 2 kW via Wrekenton, Newcastle-Upon-Tyne. Omnibus edition of 'The Archers'. Emma gives birth.
• 10 April: 1010 UTC: 648 kHz: BBC World Service Poor to barely audible reception. Transmission site: Orford Ness, Suffolk, 500 kW. Male and female voices.
• 10 April: 1027 UTC: 666 kHz: BBC Radio York Good to fair reception via Fulford, York, 0.5 kW. Man on telephone from Australia! Websites for Scarborough and Scarborough Beach, Perth, South West Australia. James Watt (host), Tel: 0845 300 3000, Text: 07786 203000, email address.
• 10 April: 1249 UTC: 675 kHz: Arrow Classic Rock Excellent-good-fair reception via Lopik, Holland, 120 kW. Music: Roxy Music 'Virginia Plain' ID, news: Monaco Royalty. Hilversum, Amsterdam Arena (sport). Music: Santana ft Rob Thomas 'Smooth', Lynard Skynard 'Sweet Home Alabama'.
• 10 April: 1321 UTC: 693 kHz: BBC Radio Five Live Excellent reception 'Sport on Five' Masters Golf, Tiger Woods in the lead. Interview with Martin O'Neil, Manager of Celtic Football Club. Masters Golf update. Football: Tottenham Hotspur - Newcastle United.

BBC Radio 4 artwork for new schedule
announcement, April 1998.

• 10 April: 1356 UTC: 720 kHz: BBC Radio Four Fair-good-fair reception. News at 1400 UTC (3pm BST): Michael Howard (Conservative), Tony Blair (Labour) and Charles Kennedy (Liberal Democrat) on the General Election campaign trail. MG Rover closure.
• 10 April: 1428 UTC: 756 kHz: BBC Radio Cumbria Excellent to good reception via Carlisle, 1 kW. Rugby League: Whitehaven 20 - Halifax 6.
• 10 April: 1623 UTC: 810 kHz: BBC Radio Scotland Fair reception 'Cover Stories' programme. Trailer for 'Be Bop to Hip Hop'. Trailers for Wednesday. ID 'Values Added' programme: Pope John Paul funeral; Marriage of Charles Prince of Wales to Camilla Parker-Bowles.
• 10 April: 1644 UTC: 837 kHz: BBC Radio Cumbria Good to fair reception via Barrow in Furness, 1 kW. Anne Hopper 'Music Box'.

Time has moved on in the fifteen and a half years between that day and this; Transmitter closures over a recent period means it is most likely you would now not hear BBC World Service and BBC Radio York on the above frequencies. If you now tune to 648 kHz, a former frequency of the BBC World Service, you will hear Radio Caroline, broadcasting its albums stream on a Community Radio license.

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Season 2020/21 : Results and Fixtures - Part 1

THE first month of football in Season 2020/21 is complete. Reporting From The Fox Tower will continue to bring you the results and fixtures of Carlisle United Football Club. C'mon Ye Blues!

Results: September 2020

Tuesday 1st [September]: EFL Trophy: United 1 - Fleetwood Town 3

Saturday 5th: League Cup: Oldham Athletic 3 - United 0

Saturday 12th: League Two: Cambridge United 3 - United 0

Saturday 19th: League Two: United 2 - Southend United 0 [Attendance 1000; EFL Test Game]

Saturday 26th: League Two: Scunthorpe United 1 - United 0

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Fixtures: October 2020

Saturday 3rd [October]: League Two: United v Barrow (3pm)

Tuesday 6th: EFL Trophy: Sunderland v United (7pm)

Saturday 10th: League Two: Port Vale v United (3pm)

Saturday 17th: League Two: United v Colchester United (3pm)

Tuesday 20th: League Two: Oldham Athletic v United (7:45pm)

Saturday 24th: League Two: Grimsby Town v United (3pm)

Tuesday 27th: League Two: United v Morecambe (7:45pm)

Saturday 31st: League Two: Exeter City v United (3pm)

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My AM Archive: Winter 2004-2005

RECEPTION from across Europe is reflected in this post of Medium Wave memories, dating from December 2004 and February 2005.

The previous post in this thread, My AM Archive: Summer - Autumn 2004, can be found here.

Housekeeping notes: Times in UTC (GMT), frequencies in kiloHertz (kHz). Transmission power in watts or kiloWatts (kW). Logs transcribed from the original notes.

December 2004 : Medium Wave

• 1 December [2004]: 2042 UTC: 531 kHz: Swiss B C Beromunster Poor-fair-poor reception via Beromunster SUI Switzerland. Speech by male host, music, two tracks from female vocalist. Music: Chubby Checker.
• 1 December: 2106 UTC: 549 kHz: United Christian Broadcasters Fair reception via Irish Christian Broadcasters. Music: "I Found Jesus". Female host "Twelve minutes past nine". Female host: "Get your Bibles ready and the family tucked up in bed". ID for United Christian Broadcasters. Telephone: 01782 642000. Website.

February 2005 : Medium Wave

• 25 February [2005]: 2100 UTC: 567 kHz: RTE Radio One Excellent-good-fair reception. 500 kW via Tullamore, Ireland. RTE weather: Cold, frost. Ad: Grand Jeep Cherokee, Quinn Direct (car insurance). The Best of Rattleboy, interview: Jonathan Donaghue.

Logo of United Christian Broadcasters, heard 549 kHz.

• 25 February: 2155 UTC: 585 kHz: BBC Scotland Excellent-good-fair reception. 2 kW via Dumfries. Weather forecast: Drizzle, sleet, clear, 6°C. Hazardous travel. News: Soldiers jailed. Tel Aviv explosion. IRA expel 3 men. Pope recovers from operation.

That completes the logs for Winter 2004-2005.

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My AM Archive: Summer - Autumn 2004

REFLECTIONS of radio broadcasts from the months of July and September 2004, as heard on Medium Wave.

The previous post in this thread, My AM Archive: Spring 2004, can be found here.

Housekeeping notes: Times in UTC (GMT), frequencies in kiloHertz (kHz). Transmission power in watts or kiloWatts (kW). Logs transcribed from the original notes.

July 2004 : Medium Wave

• 31 July [2004]: 1807 UTC: 1458 kHz: BBC Newcastle Excellent to fair reception via Wrekenton, 2 kW. Adrian Allen Show. Music: Smokey Robinson 'Tears of a Clown'. Martha Reeves and the Vandellas 'Dancing In The Streets'.
• 31 July: 1827 UTC: 1458 kHz: BBC Radio Cumbria Fair reception via Whitehaven, 500 watts. Adrian Allen show. Motown and seventies music: Le Chic 'Le Freak'.

BBC Somerset Sound sticker.

• 31 July: 2030 UTC: 1566 kHz: BBC Radio Bristol - Somerset Sound Good to fair reception via Taunton. Male host, request for Plymouth, old time music, request for Bob's wedding anniversary. Request for John Wilson, Monkton, Taunton, Somerset.

September 2004 : Medium Wave

• 13 September: 1834 UTC: 1566 kHz: County Sound Radio Fair-poor-fair reception via Peasmarsh, Guildford, 0.8 kW. Music: Bill Withers 'Lovely Day', Queen 'Fat Bottomed Girls'. ID: "The Original County Sound Radio, 15-66" U2 'With Or Without You'.
• 13 September: 1919 UTC: 1602 kHz: SER Vitoria Spain Fair-poor-fair reception. Music: Louis Armstrong 'What A Wonderful World', Female host, speech, Spanish. Music: 'Free Nelson Mandela'. 10 kW.

Note: The BBC Somerset Sound sticker, above, is affixed to an envelope sent to me by BBC Somerset in 1991. BBC Somerset now broadcasts on 1566 kHz, though prior to October 2002, broadcast on 1323 kHz, which features on the sticker. An article detailing the change of frequency, BBC Somerset Sound moves from 1323 to 1566 kHz, courtesy of Alan Pennington BDXC-UK and DXing.info, October 25, 2002, can be found on DXing.info.

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My AM Archive: Spring 2004

MORE memories of Medium Wave radio broadcasts, this time heard March and May 2004.

The previous post in this thread, My AM Archive: Winter 2003-2004, can be found here.

Housekeeping notes: Times in UTC (GMT), frequencies in kiloHertz (kHz). Transmission power in watts or kiloWatts (kW). Logs transcribed from the original notes.

March 2004 : Medium Wave

• 11 March [2004]: 2127 UTC: 1089 kHz: TalkSport Excellent to fair reception. Multi-transmission. Test Cricket, West Indies v England, live from Sabina Park, Kingston, Jamaica. West Indies batting: 276-5 (First Innings).
  [Spoiler alert: Full scorecard for WI v England, First Test, 2004: Click here]

• 16 March: 2101 UTC: 1260 kHz: Classic Gold network Classic Gold 1260 - Bristol (Mangotsfield) 1.6 kW or Classic Gold Marcher 1260 - Wrexham / Deeside (Farndon) 0.64 kW. Male, telephone: 0870 166 ... Text 81800 'Nightline' programme.
• 16 March: 2101 UTC: 1260 kHz: Sabras Radio Leicester, Freeman's Common, 0.29 kW. Male voice with Asian music, English voice with details of Punjabi programme. Excellent to fair reception.

16 March: 2139 UTC: Football Full Time: Carlisle United 1 - Northampton 1 [Sky Sports Team Sheet]

• 16 March: 2140 UTC: 1269 kHz: DLF - Deutschlandfunk Neumunster, Germany 600 kW. Excellent to good reception. Classical music. Male host with DLF ID, speech regarding Bach. Male speech, music. Football report: Goal from Werder Bremen.
• 16 March: 2244 UTC: 1314 kHz: NRK - Kvitsoy, Norway Excellent reception. NRK via Kvitsoy, Norway, 1200 kW. Music: Roy Orbison 'All In A Dream'. Two male hosts. Music: Jimi Hendrix 'Little Wing'. To 2253 UTC.
• 16 March: 2301 UTC: 1341 kHz: BBC Radio Ulster Good-fair-poor reception. Lisnagarvey, Co Down, 100 kW. News: Variant CJD in blood transfusion fear, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's papers found in solicitor's office. ID. 'The Late Show' Music: Bennett-Lang.
• 16 March: 2319 UTC: 1359 kHz: Radio Nacional Espana Good to fair reception. Madrid, Spain, 600 kW. Male speech, football programme.

May 2004 : Medium Wave

Card verifying reception of Manx Radio 20 May 2004, 2023 UTC, 1368 kHz.

• 20 May: 2023 UTC: 1368 kHz: Manx Radio Fair to poor reception. Foxdale, Isle of Man, 20 kW. Country Music programme.
• 20 May: 2121 UTC: 1395 kHz: Radio 10 Gold Good to fair reception. Lopik, Holland, 120 kW. Music: Paul Young, ID, Joe Cocker.
• 20 May: 2150 UTC: 1413 kHz: BBC Radio Gloucestershire Fair reception. 0.5 kW East / South Gloucestershire. Music: Robbie Williams 'She's The One' Male host. News: Rail dispute. Drinking "The new disease" says Tony Blair. Leicester rapes. Telephone: 0845 301 1024.
• 20 May: 2248 UTC: 1440 kHz: China Radio International Excellent reception via Luxembourg (208 metres). 'Real Time Beijing' English programme, hosted by Canadian male, Chinese female. Weather.

Bonuses added to this post as composed: The full scorecard for West Indies v England, First Test, 2004 courtesy of ESPNcricinfo; The Carlisle United - Northampton Town team sheet courtesy of Sky Sports; The Manx Radio verification card courtesy of Manx Radio.

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