FM DX Logs, Sunday 28 March 2010

Sunday 28 March 2010 was the day Carlisle United Football Club contested the Johnstone's Paint Trophy Final, against Southampton FC, at Wembley Stadium. I travelled to the game on a bus and spent the day listening to my pocket FM radio in the early morning and evening, the broadcasts I heard are as follows (all times in British Summer Time) :

• 0635 BST : STRAY FM, Harrogate (97.2 MHz). Host: Paul Hartley, music from Black Eyed Peas 'Meet Me Half Way' and Billy Joel 'Uptown Girl'. Strayfm.com
• 0700 BST : BBC RADIO HUMBERSIDE, Hull (95.9 MHz). Host: Andy links to the news at 0700. bbc.co.uk for Humberside
• 0720 BST : BBC RADIO SHEFFIELD (104.1 MHz). 'Traffic and travel for South Yorkshire and North Derbyshire'. Sports news with Sarah Major. bbc.co.uk for Sheffield
• 0825 BST : HEART. Music from Gabrielle, ID, Take That. heart.co.uk
• 0830 BST : BBC RADIO LEICESTER (104.9 MHz). Host: Steven Butt, ID, news: Murder charge. bbc.co.uk for Leicester

Evening :

• 1950 BST : BBC RADIO SHEFFIELD (88.6 / 94.7 / 104.1 MHz). 'Eastern Air' Community broadcast.
• 1955 BST : BBC RADIO NOTTINGHAM (95.5 / 103.8 MHz). Community broadcast, text 07786 201038. bbc.co.uk for Nottingham
• 1958 - 20:00 BST : TRENT FM (96.2 / 96.5 MHz). Ad for John Rose Jewellers, music: Ke$ha 'Tik Tok'. trentfm.co.uk

I hope you find the above of interest, if you would like to interact, please use the comment facility below. Finally, may I take this opportunity to wish you a Happy Easter!