Summer 2010 Medium Wave DX Results

SUNDAY 25 JULY 2010 was spent with the Roberts R881, tuned to the Medium Wave band. Here are the results of what I heard throughout the day:

• 0956 UTC, 882 kHz : BBC Radio Wales, for South Wales via Washford, Somerset. Music : No Doubt 'Don't Speak'.
• 1018 UTC, 909 kHz : BBC Radio Five, for Northern England via Moorside Edge, West Yorkshire. Traffic & travel report. The top ten most talked about news stories of the week (The Vuvuzela, Alex 'Hurricane' Higgins, Lindsay Lohan).
• 1042 UTC, 936 kHz : Fresh Radio via Hawes, North Yorkshire. Music from A~ha, Dido, Ellie Goulding, Gwen Stefani.
• 1133 UTC, 1053 kHz : TalkSport via Droitwich, Worcester.
• 1148 UTC, 1071 kHz : TalkSport via Wrekenton, Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
• 1335 UTC, 1170 kHz : Magic 1170 via Stockton-on-Tees, Teesside. Music from The Beach Boys, Simon & Garfunkel, ad break.
• 1359 UTC, 1215 kHz : Absolute Radio, for Northern England via Moorside Edge, West Yorkshire. Music : Lenny Kravitz 'Fly Away', ad break, The Cardigans 'My Favourite Game', Florence & The Machine, Genesis 'That's All'.
• 1444 UTC, 1242 kHz : Absolute Radio via Stockton-on-Tees, Teesside. Music : The Clash 'London Calling', Sheryl Crow.
• 1515 UTC, 1341 kHz : BBC Radio Ulster via Lisnagarvey, Co Down, Northern Ireland.
• 1535 UTC, 1368 kHz : Manx Radio via Douglas, Isle of Man.
• 1557 UTC, 1413 kHz : Fresh Radio via Skipton or Richmond, North Yorkshire. Music : The Eagles 'Hotel California', Cher 'Believe'.

Not a bad list for daytime! Have a good week.

Taylor Swift 'Fearless' Wallpaper

Miss Cumbria 2010 - The Result!

THE RESULT of the Miss Cumbria 2010 competition is in. As you may be aware, Reporting From The Fox Tower lent its support to the campaign run by Abbie Steele. The Miss Cumbria 2010 final took place on Saturday 3 July, at the Stanwix Arts Theatre, Carlisle. Prior to the final, the competitors faced fundraising challenges and a public vote. Here are the results of Miss Cumbria 2010:

IN the public vote, Kirstie Day received over 800 votes, Abbie Steele received 259. In the fundraising challenges in aid of The Variety Club, Kirstie raised £5000, Abbie raised £560.

The winner of Miss Cumbria 2010 is Kirstie Day, age 18, of Carlisle, centre of picture, above. The Runner up, only one point behind Kirstie, was Abbie Steele, age 19, of Stainmore, centre left, black dress. Third was Sarah Goulding, age 20, of Cockermouth, whilst Claire Beeby, age 23, also Cockermouth, far left, green dress, was fourth.

Kirstie received not only the Miss Cumbria title, but also Most Popular Contestant (for the public vote) and Biggest Fundraiser.

So our Congratulations go to Kirstie, but also to Abbie, well done, so very proud of you!

(Click on the names highlighted above to see the Miss Cumbria gallery images. Main picture by Paul Fisher Photography)

A Belated Happy Birthday, Miss Lohan!

Only a couple of weeks late, but a belated Happy 24th Birthday to the Hollywood Hurricane, the actress who can start a riot in an empty house, Miss Lindsay Lohan. The picture above was taken during the evening of Friday 2 July, when Miss Lohan was out celebrating her Birthday with her entourage, with a can of Red Bull. Surely Lindsay has ingested enough stimulants of legal and illegal varieties, without adding a high energy drink to the mix? So, for your next Birthday, party like the Lohan ... !