Monday night is Skins night!

OKAY, so I couldn't think of a fitting title to this post, so I stated that if you're watching E4 now (10:20pm, Monday night) the popular television series 'Skins' is on the air. So that's the title over and done with, now here's what could have been the title:

Short Wave Logs, February 2012


Here are the radio stations I heard on Short Wave during an evening last week. Times in UTC / GMT, frequencies in kHz (kiloHertz):

• 1830 - 1850 UTC, 9420 kHz, Voice of Greece, Greek language to Europe and America. Male host, music.
• 1855 - 1910 UTC, 9430 kHz, BBC World Service, English to West and Central Africa via Woofferton [transmitting station], Shropshire, UK. News broadcast at 1900 UTC. BBC World Service on Twitter: @bbcworldservice
• 1910 - 1925 UTC, 9445 kHz, All India Radio, General Overseas Service, English to Europe, Africa. Male host, interview.
• 1930 - 2000 UTC, 9500 kHz, Radio Australia, English to Asia via Shepparton [transmitting station], Victoria, Australia. Breakfast with Radio National's Fran Kelly. Radio Australia News on Twitter: @RANews
• 2025 - 2035 UTC, 9600 kHz, China Radio International, English to Europe, Middle East, Africa via Kashi [transmitting station], China. 'China Drive' programme.
• 2045 - 2100 UTC, 9655 kHz, Deutsche Welle, English to Africa via Kigali [transmitting station], Rwanda. Female host, news. Deutsche Welle English service on Twitter: @dw_english
• 2120 - 2130 UTC, 9830 kHz, Adventist World Radio, English to Africa via Moosbrunn [transmitting station], Austria. Male preacher, sermon from Adventist World Radio Ghana. Adventist World Radio on Twitter: @awrweb
• 2145 - 2200 UTC, 9915 kHz, BBC World Service, English to West and Central Africa via Ascension Island [transmitting station]. 'Click' technology programme.

Wallpaper of the week, 20 February 2012

Just a little reminder that Eden FM, the community radio station for Penrith and the Eden Valley, is still broadcasting online at http://www.edenfm.co.uk

Please do take a moment to listen online!

Enjoy your week.

Wallpaper of the week, 12 February 2012

FOLLOWING the recent wintery weather here in Cumbria, I thought I would post a nice image of Brough Castle in the mist and snow, taken Christmas Day afternoon 2009. Enjoy.

Football and Radio updates

First up, the football results of Carlisle United matches played January 2012, followed by the radio stations I heard on Medium Wave during an evening of the same month.

The scores (all npower League One matches):

• Monday 2 January: United 3 - Sheffield United 2
• Saturday 7 January: United 4 - Leyton Orient 1
• Saturday 21 January: United 1 - Walsall 1
• Saturday 28 January: Hartlepool 4 - United 0

Fixtures for February 2012 are as follows:

• Saturday 4: United v Chesterfield (2-1)
• Saturday 11: Stevenage v United
• Tuesday 14: United v Tranmere Rovers
• Monday 20: Brentford v United
• Saturday 25: United v Yeovil Town

Good Luck to the Blues for the February fixtures.

The stations (all stations heard 2 January 2012, times in UTC/GMT, frequencies in kiloHertz):

• 1955 - 2010 UTC, 1377 kHz: France Info, French language via Lille, France, 300 kiloWatt transmission.
• 2025 - 2045 UTC, 1386 kHz: Euskadi Irratia, Basque language via Bilbao, Spain.
• 2120 - 2130 UTC, 1404 kHz: France Info, French language via Brest, France, 20 kW transmission.
• 2140 - 2155 UTC, 1413 kHz: Co-channel broadcasts: Premier Christian Radio, female preacher in English language via Heathrow or Dartford Marshes, 0.5 kW transmission / BBC Radio Gloucestershire, evening programme in English language via Bourton-on-the-water or Berkeley Heath, Gloucestershire, 0.5 kW transmission.

That's it, you're up to date.

Wallpaper of the week, 5 February 2012

THE first Wallpaper of February 2012 brings you an image of Brough Castle, which I hope you like.