Radio Round-up: April - September 2006

HERE is what I have been listening to this summer:

April 2006: MediumWave
1314 kHz - NRK Euuropakanalen, Norway (English website)
1341 kHz - BBC Radio Ulster, Belfast (website)
1368 kHz - Manx Radio, Isle of Man (website)
1377 kHz - France Info (French website)
1422 kHz - Deutschlandfunk, Germany (German website)

May 2006: ShortWave
15400 kHz - BBC World Service (website)
17490 kHz - China Radio International (English website)

June 2006: MediumWave
1413 kHz - Fresh Radio, North Yorkshire (website)
1458 kHz - BBC Radio Newcastle (Tyne, website)
1485 kHz - BBC Radio 4, Carlisle transmitter (website)
1557 kHz - BBC Radio Lancashire (website)

June 2006: ShortWave - Radio Nederlands, Holland (Dutch website)

July 2006: ShortWave
3955 kHz - WYFR, Family Radio, USA (website)
3965 kHz - Radio Taiwan International (English website)
3975 kHz - Radio Budapest, Hungary (English website)

August 2006: MediumWave
567 kHz - RTE Radio 1, Republic of Ireland (Radio 1 website, Worldwide website)
585 kHz - BBC Radio Scotland (website)
603 kHz - BBC Radio 4, Tyneside transmitter (Radio 4 Message Board)
621 kHz - RTBF1, Belgium (website)
639 kHz - Czech Radio 2 (Praha / Prague website) (English website)
639 kHz - R N E 1, Spain (Spanish website)
648 kHz - BBC World Service (Listen LIVE to BBC)
666 kHz - BBC Radio York (website)

September 2006: Shortwave
3975 kHz - Radio Budapest (Hungarian website)
5000 kHz - W W V, Time Signal Station, USA (website)

Follow the links to the websites and enjoy!

Announcements

Happy Birthday, Freddie ...

Today marks what would have been Freddie Mercury's 60th Birthday.
"Lover of life, Singer of songs"

Steve Irwin, 1962 - 2006

Flambuoyant Australian television personality and expert of all things animal died today following an accident involving a Stingray.
"It's alright, mate, it's alright..."

On to lighter matters ... A return of 'World Of Blog'

Welcome to the world of Punished Angel, the MySpace site of my friend Sarah Smith, pictured above. Look in, log in, have fun!
And Finally...
Coming soon - More from 'Visit Cumbria in 2006', but until then, take care and be good!

Autumn 2006

SEPTEMBER 1st has arrived, and so 'Autumn' has arrived . . . but fear not, it is still time to take a 'late summer' break and Visit Cumbria in 2006!

I know I did mention a project I was going to undertake this summer called 'Visit Cumbria in 2006', but sadly my plans went AWOL and I didn't get anything 'off the ground', so to speak.

I'm starting with Visit Eden, the area in which I live, and you can visit the Visit Eden website by clicking here. Hope you enjoy the site and will plan to visit Eden, which looks great at any time of year, not just the summer.

Summer 2006 : Celeb Tourist Shocker!

THE picture above shows teenage soul singer Joss Stone foregoing the usual overseas climate for a celebrity holiday, choosing to take a dip in the sea off the Cumbrian coast, somewhere along the Allonby Bay coastline. Obviously, the singer's security and wellbeing is paramount, so when and where the picture was taken is a closely guarded secret, only leaked to me by one of the tabloid papers (the picture that is, not the secret). As you can tell by the expression on young Joss' face, maybe the water off the Cumbrian coast was, to say the least, a little chilly this summer.

So there you go, you wait ages for a post and - bang! - celebrities spotted in our fair county! Always first with the hot gossip, here at RFTFT . . . *

* Some of the 'Summer 2006 : Celeb Tourist Shocker!' story may not be true. All right then, none of it is true, but hey, nice picture!

Be careful . . .