Carlisle United Fixtures 2011 - 2012

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AUGUST

6 NOTTS COUNTY

13 Bury

16 Rochdale

20 BOURNEMOUTH

27 Leyton Orient

SEPTEMBER

3 MILTON KEYNES DONS

10 HARTLEPOOL

13 Tranmere

17 Chesterfield

24 STEVENAGE

OCTOBER

1 Walsall

8 BRENTFORD

15 Yeovil

22 Charlton

25 SHEFFIELD WEDNESDAY

29 OLDHAM

NOVEMBER

5 Exeter

19 Sheffield United

26 COLCHESTER

DECEMBER

10 Scunthorpe

17 WYCOMBE

26 Preston

31 Huddersfield

JANUARY

2 SHEFFIELD UNITED

7 LEYTON ORIENT

14 Milton Keynes Dons

21 WALSALL

28 Hartlepool

FEBRUARY

4 CHESTERFIELD

11 Stevenage

14 TRANMERE

18 Brentford

25 YEOVIL

MARCH

3 Notts County

6 ROCHDALE

10 BURY

17 Bournemouth

20 PRESTON

24 Colchester

31 HUDDERSFIELD

APRIL

7 Wycombe

9 SCUNTHORPE

14 CHARLTON

21 Sheffield Wednesday

28 EXETER

MAY

5 Oldham

Carlisle United have been drawn to play Oldham Athletic in the first round of the Carling Cup. United team news includes Matt Robson moving to number 3, with Rory Loy and Paddy Madden taking numbers 9 and 10 respectively. Paul Thirlwell will be United's team captain for the fifth consecutive season.

Update for June 2011

WELCOME to RFTFT, June 2011, The Summer! Or so I would like you to believe, as the rain continues to fall. In this update:

• Round-up of the 2010 - 2011 football season
• Radio Logs for June 2011

The 2010 - 2011 football season ended at the beginning of May, so here is a round-up of Champions, winners, promotions and relegations, as well as a mention of how teams in their respective divisions finished their seasons.

UEFA Champions League Winners : FC Barcelona (3-1 v Manchester United)

Barclays Premier League :

Champions : Manchester United

Relegated : Birmingham City, Blackpool, West Ham United

Carling Cup (The Football League Cup) Winners : Birmingham City

npower Championship :

Champions : Queens Park Rangers

Promoted : Norwich City

Play off Winners : Swansea City (4-2 v Reading)

Relegated : Preston North End, Sheffield United, Scunthorpe United

Johnstone's Paint Trophy (The Football League Trophy) Winners : Carlisle United

npower League One :

Champions : Brighton & Hove Albion

Promoted : Southampton

Play off Winners : Peterborough United (3-0 v Huddersfield Town)

Relegated : Dagenham & Redbridge, Bristol Rovers, Plymouth Argyle, Swindon Town

Carlisle United finished their League One season in 12th place

npower League Two :

Champions : Chesterfield

Promoted : Bury, Wycombe Wanderers

Play off Winners : Stevenage (1-0 v Torquay United)

Relegated : Lincoln City, Stockport County

Morecambe finished their League Two season in 20th place

Blue Square Bet Premier League :

Champions : Crawley Town

Promoted : AFC Wimbledon (as play off winners)

Relegated : Southport, Altrincham, Eastbourne Borough, Histon

Darlington finished their BSBPL season in 7th place; Barrow finished their season in 18th.

• Radio Logs for June 2011

Listening using Hitachi TRK 5854-E, Lloytron N401 Galaxy and Roberts R881, here is what I heard on the Medium Wave (AM) band during June. Frequencies in kiloHertz (kHz) and transmitter power in kiloWatt (kW).

828 kHz : Radio 10 Gold, Holland

837 kHz : BBC Radio Cumbria, Barrow in Furness, 1 kW

837 kHz : France Info, Nancy, 200 kW

882 kHz : BBC Radio Wales, Washford (Somerset), 100 kW

900 kHz : RAI Radio 1, Milan (Italy), 600 kW

909 kHz : BBC Radio Five Live, Moorside Edge (West Yorkshire), 200 kW

918 kHz : Radio Slovenia 1, Domzale (Slovenia), 600 kW

936 kHz : Fresh Radio, Hawes (Yorkshire Dales), 1 kW

945 kHz : France Info, Toulouse, 300 kW.

Disclaimer: Some of the transmitter powers or locations may be factually incorrect.

Thank you for visiting RFTFT once again!

Wireless listening, April & May 2011

WELCOME to the latest round-up of what I heard on the wireless, during April and early May 2011. I spent the evening of 26 April listening to the Medium Wave band; the evening of 4 May listening to the Short Wave band. As always, times in UTC (GMT) ; frequencies in kHz (kiloHertz) :

26 April 2011 - Medium Wave :

• 2040 - 2110 UTC, 801 kHz : Bayern Plus, Munich, Germany. 100 kW (kiloWatt) transmission. Music including Glenn Campbell 'The Wichita Lineman', Roy Orbison 'You Got It'. World News update at 2100 UTC.
• 2115 - 2127 UTC, 810 kHz : BBC Radio Scotland, North or Central Scotland transmitter, 100 kW transmission. Political discussion programme regarding elections in Scotland.
• 2140 - 2158 UTC, 828 kHz : Radio 10 Gold, Holland. Music including Norah Jones, Michael Macdonald, Jon Secada, Chris Rea, The Cars, Katie Melua.

4 May 2011 - Short Wave :

• 1950 - 2010 UTC, 15610 kHz : WEWN Global Catholic Radio, Birmingham, Alabama, USA. English to the Middle East. 'Openline' programme, also to Asia after 20:00 UTC.
• 2024 UTC, 15630 kHz : Voice of Greece, 100 kW transmission. Spanish language broadcast.
• 2030 UTC, 15695 kHz : WYFR Family Radio, Okeechobee, Florida, USA. 100 kW transmission. German language transmission.
• 2035 - 2050 UTC, 15825 kHz : WWCR, Nashville, Tennessee, USA. WWCR-1 English to Europe, Middle East, America. 'The Pat Boone Show'.
• 21:11 UTC, 17560 kHz : Radio Havana Cuba, 100 kW transmission. Spanish language broadcast.
• 21:17 UTC, 17595 kHz : Radio Exterior de Espana, Portuguese to South America. 350 kW transmission.
• 2125 - 2128 UTC, 17605 kHz : Radio Nederland Wereldomroep, Dutch to South America. 250 kW via Bonaire transmitter.
• 2151 UTC, 17680 kHz : CVC La Voz Cristiana, Chile. 100 kW transmission. Spanish language broadcast.
• 2155 UTC, 17725 kHz : WYFR Family Radio, Okeechobee, Florida, USA. 100 kW transmission, French language to 2200 UTC, Portuguese after.

That was the week that was

FIRST of all, let's go back one week and begin by congratulating Carlisle United, Johnstone's Paint Trophy Winners 2011! The Johnstone's Paint Trophy (Football League Trophy) Final took place at Wembley Stadium on Sunday 3 April 2011, with a 1:30pm kick off. Peter Murphy, who only became a Father for the first time the previous Friday, scored a goal for Carlisle United twelve minutes into the match - This decisive goal eventually proved to be the winner. On their sixth appearance in the Football League Trophy Final, Carlisle United won for the second time at Wembley Stadium. Congratulations Blues!

REMAINING with the football theme, those of you following RFTFT at the beginning of this football season may recall a week-by-week publishing of the results from npower League One, the division of the Football League in which my team, Carlisle United, compete. I can only apologise for being so lazy as to not continue posting the results from the division here on RFTFT, maybe next season I can take up posting the results from the division and continue to do so until the season end, which will take us up to the Olympic summer of 2012.

TELEVISION has played a big part over the last week or so - First, the BBC Red Button service has played host to video from the BBC Radio 2 'In Concert' programmes, including a set at Abbey Road studios, London, from Taylor Swift. Taylor and her band played the following tracks:

The Story Of Us / Speak Now / Fearless / Fifteen / You Belong With Me / Enchanted / Love Story.

Also 'In Concert' on the Red Button were Rumer and Friends, which I believe has also been very popular.

Cumbria featured throughout the week on television: Channel 4 had an early evening show presented by Fern Britton (rumoured to be axed due to falling viewer figures), who included Alan Carr as a guest. Carr insulted Barrow - In - Furness on the programme, though I would expect neither Britton nor the studio audience in London would know where Barrow is, so Carr's 'joke' (like all of them) fell flat.

THE BBC relocated to Easegill Head, Wharton, Kirkby Stephen for a week, to broadcast the 2011 series of 'Lambing Live', presented by Adam Henson and Kate Humble from the Marston family farm. The first broadcast was Monday 4 April, through to Saturday 9 April. Not all went well, as some of the Tuesday live broadcast was lost, as the BBC and outside broadcast partners Arena and Hyper Active battled with the stormy weather which caused the satellite links to be lost. The rest of the week went very well, producing a wonderful, interesting and informative programme, which gained over two million viewers on Monday night.

BBC Radio 1 will be in Carlisle in May for the Radio 1 'Big Weekend'. To be precise, the event will be taking place at Carlisle Airport. Applications for tickets have now closed. Seven hundred and eighty thousand have applied for the forty thousand tickets which are available, so if you are among the applicants, I wish you luck.

Finally, let's look ahead to Monday 11 April and wish a Happy Birthday to British musician and vocalist Joss Stone, who celebrates her 24th Birthday. Here is a classic image of Joss to mark her Birthday:

That's all from RFTFT for now, take care and enjoy the sunshine! (Now I have said sunshine... cue... rain!)

Wallpaper of the week - We love Chantelle Munt! #1

A new series of images of the lovely Chantelle!

Wallpaper of the week, 27 March 2011

Statue dedicated to Ruswarp

Garsdale Station

August 2010

Happy Birthday, Keira!

Keira Knightley

26 today

Saturday 26 March 2011

Wallpapers, 20 March 2011

Images from the stone plinth below Ribblehead Viaduct

August 2010

Short Wave DX: March 2011

I SPENT THE AFTERNOON of Monday 7 March 2011 listening to the Short Wave band of the Roberts R881. Here are the broadcasts I heard (Time in UTC; Frequencies in kHz):

• 1352 UTC, 11735 kHz : Voice of Turkey English to Asia, music, male host with profile of Alexander Linokov.
• 1420 UTC, 11750 kHz : Radio Farda Farsi/Persian language service, music, male host, email contact details.
• 1444 UTC, 12150 kHz : Voice of America English to Asia via Iranawila, Sri Lanka (IBB transmitter). Female with 'VOA News Now' broadcast, followed by 'Border Crossings' music programme.
• 1552 UTC, 13640 kHz : Radio Tirana English to America 'Sports Roundup' female host, music, close of broadcast.
• 1623 UTC, 13845 kHz : WWCR-3 Nashville TN English to Europe, America 'GCN Radio Network' / 'University Network' broadcast.
• 1704 UTC, 14670 kHz : CHU Canada Canadian Time Signal station.
• 1721 UTC, 15000 kHz : WWV Fort Collins Colorado USA Time Signal station.
• 1744 UTC, 15235 kHz : Channel Africa English to Africa via Meyerton, South Africa (Sentech transmitter). 'African Digest' programme.
• 1803 UTC, 15365 kHz : Radio Canada International English to Africa via Sackville, New Brunswick, Canada. 'The Link' programme. Also 1950 UTC, 15365 kHz : French to Africa, two females speaking from an outside location.
• 2007 UTC, 15400 kHz : BBC World Service English to West Africa via Ascension Island. Libya is the top story on 'Newshour'.
• 2032 UTC, 15520 kHz : WYFR Family Radio English via Ascension Island, to Africa? Male preacher reads passages from the Old Testament, The First Book of Moses, Genesis.
• 2053 UTC, 15580 kHz : Voice of America English to Africa via Bonaire, Netherlands Antilles (RNW transmitter). 'African Beat' music programme.
• 2116 UTC, 15610 kHz : WEWN Birmingham AL English to Africa. EWTN - Catholic programmes.

Enjoy your week and avoid the Springtime snow...!

Wallpaper of the week, 6 March 2011

Information board giving details of the site of the Ribblehead Locomotive Depot and Brickworks

Ribblehead Viaduct

August 2010

Wallpaper of the week, 27 February 2011

Ribblehead Viaduct

August 2010

Wallpaper of the week, 20 February 2011

Blea Moor Common

Ribblehead

August 2010

Wallpaper of the week, 13 February 2011

St Leonard's Church

Chapel Le Dale

August 2010

2011 ~ New Year DX Days

SATURDAY 29 January and Sunday 6 February 2011 were the days I tuned the Short Wave and Medium Wave bands of the Roberts R881. Here are a couple of lists of what I heard (Times in UTC / GMT; Frequencies in kHz) :

Saturday 29 January 2011 ~ Short Wave :

• 1455 - 1510 UTC, 7585 kHz : Vatican Radio, Hindi /Tamil / Malayalam / English language block broadcast to Asia, via the Uzbekistan transmitter.
• 1613 - 1630 UTC, 9475 kHz : Radio Australia, English to Asia & Australasia via Shepparton transmitter, Victoria, Australia.
• 1650 - 1700 UTC, 9545 kHz : Deutsche Welle [German Wave], German language broadcast to South West Europe, via Nauen transmitter, 500 kW transmission.
• 1911 - 1928 UTC, 9615 kHz : BBC World Service, English to West Africa via Skelton transmitting station, Cumbria, England; 'Focus on Africa' programme.
• 1948 - 2000 UTC, 9840 kHz : WHRI [World Harvest Radio International], English to Africa & America, via Cypress Creek transmitter, South Carolina, USA.
• 2053 - 2100 UTC, 11615 kHz : Family Radio (WYFR), English service via Ascension Island.

Sunday 6 February 2011 ~ Medium Wave :

• 1320 - 1330 UTC, 585 kHz : BBC Radio Scotland, for South West Scotland, via Dumfries transmitter, 2 kW transmission.
• 1428 - 1435 UTC, 603 kHz : BBC Radio Four, via Wrekenton transmitter, Newcastle Upon Tyne. 2 kW transmission. 'Gardeners' Question Time' programme.
• 1454 - 1507 UTC, 648 kHz : BBC World Service, via Orford Ness transmitter, Suffolk, to Europe, 500 kW transmission.
• 1525 - 1545 UTC, 675 kHz : Radio Maria Nederland & Vlaanderen, via Lopik transmitter, Holland. 120 kW transmission.
• 1556 - 1615 UTC, 693 kHz : BBC Radio Five Live, via Stagshaw transmitter, Northumberland. 50 kW transmission. News followed by live football : Chelsea v Liverpool.
• 1644 - 1652 UTC, 720 kHz : BBC Radio Four, via Lisnagarvey transmitter, Northern Ireland. 10 kW transmission. 'Poetry Please' programme.
• 1706 - 1722 UTC, 756 kHz : BBC Radio Cumbria, via Carlisle transmitter, 1 kW transmission. Anne Hopper 'Music Box' programme.
• 1805 - 1815 UTC, 756 kHz : Deutschlandfunk, via Ravensburg / Braunschweig transmitter, Germany. 100 - 200 kW transmission.
• 1839 - 1850 UTC, 783 kHz : MDR [Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk] Info, via Leipzig transmitter on 783 kHz / 383 metres Medium Wave. 100 kW transmission.
• 1900 - 1910 UTC, 792 kHz : France Info, via Limoges transmitter, France. 300 kW transmission.
• 1918 - 1927 UTC, 801 kHz : Bayern Plus, via Munich transmitter, Germany.

Enjoy listening to your radio!

We Love Ryanair Girls!

Just a sample of what is on offer in the annual Ryanair calendar.

Got your copy yet?

New Year's Eve DX 2010

WELCOME to 2011, Happy New Year!

Let's begin with the results of listening to the Short Wave band on New Year's Eve, Friday 31 December 2010 ( All times in UTC / GMT; All frequencies in kiloHertz; All include an internet link) :

• 2050 UTC, 6030 kHz, Radio Ukraine International, English to Europe, Female continues visit to a University complex (see Christmas Eve DX). Click HERE for programmes in the English language.
• 2113 UTC, 6030 kHz, Radio Romania International, French to Europe, Female reporter with female guest. Click HERE for the broadcast schedule.
• 2137 UTC, 6075 kHz, Deutsche Welle, German to Europe via Sines transmitter, Portugal, 250 kW. Report from Africa. Click HERE for DW World, the Deutsche Welle website.
• 2205 UTC, 6100 kHz, International Radio Serbia, English to Europe via Bijelina (Jabanusa) transmitter, Bosnia Hercegovina, 250 kW. Female host speaks of visitors to Serbia. Click HERE for the International Radio Serbia English home page.
• 2231 UTC, 6155 kHz, Radiostation Belarus, English to Europe, Female and male hosts, range of feature programmes. Click HERE for the Radiostation Belarus English home page.
• 2304 UTC, 6175 kHz, China Radio International, Spanish service, male host with news from China and the Pacific. Click HERE for the China Radio International Spanish website.
• 2327 UTC, 7220 kHz, Radio Romania International, English to Europe & Asia, male host with station ID, female host with 'The Cookery Show' (Cottage cheese pie). Click HERE for the Radio Romania International English website.

Enjoy your New Year celebrations!

Christmas Eve DX 2010 and a Boxing Day Birthday

THE evening of Friday 24 December 2010 was spent listening to the Tropical and HF bands of my Short Wave radio, here are the broadcasts I heard, with links to the broadcasters webpages (Times in UTC/GMT; Frequencies in kHz):

• 1920 - 1936 UTC, 4005 kHz : Vatican Radio, German language to Europe. Europe & Mediterranean Schedule.
• 1948 - 1955 UTC, 4780 kHz : Radio Djibouti, Arabic language service. Radio Djibouti Frequencies (French language; may need to be translated).
• 2022 - 2036 UTC, 5960 kHz : China Radio International, English to Europe, Middle East and Africa via Albania. 'China Drive' programme. Shortwave Frequencies in Europe.
• 2057 - 2100 UTC, 6030 kHz : Radio Ukraine International, English to Europe. Programmes in the English language.
• 2107 - 2118 UTC, 6030 kHz : Radio Romania International, French language service. Schedule effective 31 October 2010.

THE Boxing Day Birthday is the 28th Birthday of Carlisle's finest, Miss Roxanne Pallett:

Happy Birthday Roxy, I hope you have had a great day!

Finally, The Ashes cricket series is under way. Give England a helping hand by voting 3-1 England on the ABC Grandstand Sport poll HERE. Show your support for England to win the Ashes in Australia!

That's the over... Enjoy Christmas and the New Year 2011!

Birthday Babes Christina and Vanessa

FIRST of all, a belated Happy Birthday to Vanessa Hudgens, pictured above, who celebrated her 22nd Birthday through the week. Here's hoping the Birthday celebrations took her mind off her recent separation from her boyfriend, Zac Efron. Keep smiling, Vanessa!

Birthday Babe for Today is Christina Aguilera, who became a true sex symbol with shots like this:

Happy Birthday to Christina Aguilera who celebrates her 30th Birthday today! Christina was in the UK last weekend to appear on popular ITV series 'The X Factor' , where she sang 'Beautiful' with eventual runner-up Rebecca Ferguson and to promote her new movie 'Burlesque', from where the image below was taken:I hope Vanessa enjoyed her Birthday and Christina has a great day!

Twenty-One! Taylor Swift is LOVE

Happy Birthday
Taylor Swift
21
Monday 13 December 2010

Celebrity Birthday, December 2010

Happy Birthday Britney, 29 today, 2 December 2010