February 2008: Medium Wave Logs.

THE following broadcasts were heard by me on the Medium Wave band, Saturday 23 February 2008:

0842 - 0928 GMT, 567 kHz, RTE Radio One, Tullamore transmitter, Ireland. 'Farm Week' programme. Website here. (Farm Week webpage)

0950 - 1030 GMT, 585 kHz, BBC Radio Scotland, Dumfries transmitter, Scotland. 'Sports Weekly' programme. Website here. (Sports Weekly webpage)

1151 - 1203 GMT, 603 kHz, BBC Radio Four, Wrekenton (Newcastle-upon-Tyne) transmitter, England. 'From Our Own Correspondent' programme. Website here. (From Our Own Correspondent webpage)

1216 - 1230 GMT, 657 kHz, BBC Radio Wales, Wrexham transmitter, Wales. Rhod Gilbert programme. Website here. (BBC Wales Rhod Gilbert webpage)

1254 - 1320 GMT, 666 kHz, BBC Radio York, Fulford (York) transmitter, England. Richard Allinson albums programme. Website here. (BBC York Richard Allinson webpage)

2045 - 2101 GMT, 675 kHz, Radio Maria Nederland, Lopik transmitter, Holland. Continual music programme. Website here. (Radio Maria Nederland homepage, Dutch language)

2126 - 2136 GMT, 684 kHz, RNE 1, Seville transmitter, Spain. Live La Liga football: Sevilla v Real Zaragoza. Website here. (RNE homepage, Spanish language)

2140 - 2151 GMT, 693 kHz, BBC Radio Five Live. Live Six Nations Commentary with Ian Robertson, France 13 - England 24. Website here. (podcast link: Matt Dawson’s 6 Nations Rugby)

2208 - 2214 GMT, 711 kHz, France Info, Rennes transmitter, France. Report from Stade de France, Paris, of the Six Nations Rugby Union result: France 13 - England 24. Website here. (France Info report of France - England, French language)

2223 - 2235 GMT, 720 kHz, WDR, Langenberg transmitter, Germany. Music and speech. Website here. (WDR Radio homepage, German language)

2241 - 2248 GMT, 720 kHz, BBC Radio Four, Lisnagarvey transmitter, Northern Ireland. Round table discussion programme. Website here. (BBC Radio Four homepage).

Those are the logs for February 2008, I hope you find the weblinks interesting too!

FA Cup 6th Round (Quarter Final) Draw

The Quarter Final Draw for the FA Cup 2008 is as follows:

Sheffield United or Middlesbrough v Cardiff City
Manchester United v Portsmouth
Bristol Rovers v West Bromwich Albion
Barnsley v Chelsea

Matches played the weekend of 8th and 9th March 2008.

Wallpaper of the week, FA Cup 5th & 6th Rounds.

WALLPAPER of the week, a once popular feature here on RFTFT, returns with an image of BBC Television's 'Sportsround' reporter Helen Skelton, pictured in her days with BBC Radio Cumbria, on an outside broadcast. Helen is former joint presenter of the BBC Radio Cumbria weekend, latterly weekday, breakfast show. Helen is now reporter on 'Sportsround', broadcast on BBC2, Saturdays, 11:45am.

FA CUP 5th & 6th ROUND :

FIFTH Round Results:

Bristol Rovers 1 - Southampton 0

Cardiff City 2 - Wolverhampton Wanderers 0

Sheffield United 0 - Middlesbrough 0

Liverpool 1 - Barnsley 2

Manchester United 4 - Arsenal 0

Preston North End 0 - Portsmouth 1

Coventry City 0 - West Bromwich Albion 5

Chelsea 3 - Huddersfield Town 1.

SIXTH Round numbers:

The eight teams in the sixth round draw have been allocated the following numbers:

1 - Bristol Rovers

2 - Cardiff City

3 - Sheffield United or Middlesbrough

4 - Barnsley

5 - Manchester United

6 - Portsmouth

7 - West Bromwich Albion

8 - Chelsea.

The ties will be played 8 and 9 March 2008.

(Details from the FA website, http://www.thefa.com )