Midsummer Medium Wave

SOME notes from an evening spent listening to Medium Wave - Wednesday 22 June 2016:

[Housekeeping: Times in UTC (GMT); Frequencies in kiloHertz (kHz); Transmission powers (where applied) are watts / kiloWatts (kW).]  *Please add one hour to the times for British Summer Time.*

1944 UTC : 1368 kHz : Manx Radio. Good to fair reception. 20 kW via Foxdale, Isle of Man. Male speech, ad break: Vehicle valet, St John's Ambulance. Dining establishment. ID. Male speech, music. Ad / Promo for a storage provider. ID. Male speech. Music. To 2007 UTC.
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2023 UTC : 1395 kHz : Unidentified. Male speech in a European / Continental language. Good to fair reception. Speech continues. To 2035 UTC.

2043 UTC : 1413 kHz : Co-channel broadcasts: BBC Radio Gloucestershire and Premier Christian Radio. Male speech: "...To BBC Shropshire and a BBC Introducing track..." [BBC Gloucestershire] - Now I have a US Preacher fading in! [Premier Christian Radio]. Reverting to the BBC: Male speaking about the band you have just heard. Channel splits:
BBC Radio Gloucestershire. Fair reception. [Female vocalist singing 'Don't Leave Me This Way'.] 500 watts via Bourton-on-the-Water (East Gloucestershire) or 200 watts via Berkeley Heath (South West Gloucestershire). Music: Roxy Music 'More Than This'. ★BBC Radio Gloucestershire website★
Premier Christian Radio. Fair to poor reception. 500 watts via Dartford Marshes (East London) or Heathrow (West London). ★Premier Christian Radio website★
To 2104 UTC.
Short but sweet.

From The Archives: A Cumbrian at Christmas.

WELCOME to another visit to the Reporting From The Fox Tower archives, marking the tenth anniversary of this blog. One of the final posts of 2005 was on Christmas Day, from which I have borrowed for the title of this post. I am aware it is mid-June at the time of this post; The continual rain assures me it is summer.

A Cumbrian at Christmas was to share the achievement of Carlisle's Roxanne Pallett (pictured above) as she was introduced to our television screens as Jo Stiles on Emmerdale. Roxanne would receive nominations for Best Actress, Sexiest Female and Best Storyline during her time on the show.

Some other memories, from early 2006:

February 2006 saw the magnificent Melissa Meic (above left) introduced to Reporting From The Fox Tower. Mella featured in a post titled 'World of Blog'. What did we love about Mella? A dynamic young woman in Sydney, Australia, loving life, loving work and loving Hanson.

Springtime 2006 saw the magnificent Emelie (above right) introduced to Reporting From The Fox Tower. Mele featured in a post titled 'World of Blog - Part Two'. What did we love about Mele? A dynamic young woman in Sweden and Los Angeles, loving life, loving work and loving Hanson.

And finally...

Springtime 2006 saw the magnificent Stine Heyerdahl-Slettemark (pictured here) introduced to Reporting From The Fox Tower. Stine featured in a post titled 'World of Blog (Part Three) - Traveler's Tales'. What did we love about Stine? A dynamic young woman in Oslo, Norway, loving life, loving work and loving Hanson.

Until the next time.

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From The Archives - The Early Days

OVER the years on Reporting From The Fox Tower, many features have been tried,tested, and not necessarily dropped, more rested. Late 2015, this blog celebrated its tenth anniversary. As the tenth anniversary year continues, what better way to continue to mark the decade than with a look at the image archive, with a few notes about the images posted at the time. Beginning with the very first image posted on this blog:

Way back in December 2005, the Hunting With Dogs ban had not long been introduced. This image, which was actually taken from the Sky News archive at the time of the post, shows the typically stereotypical image of hunting with dogs - Huntsman on horseback in red tunic and velvet jacket. The BBC Sports Personality Of The Year Awards were a short time away from the time of the post, the post reflected on the cheeky idea doing the rounds on the internet at the time to nominate the man in red for services to equestrianism on the BBC Sports Personality Of The Year Awards.
Unfortunately for those behind the plan, the BBC would not allow such high jinks to be involved in the voting process of the competition.
On to another image...

This Carlisle United Football Club crest was posted December 2005, when, under the leadership of Paul Simpson, United would be crowned the Champions of League Two the following May.

Finally, two more images to bring you for this post...

The Divine Miss Maria Sharapova.

These images of Maria Sharapova were first published on Reporting From The Fox Tower December 2005. The first image, which was captured in Rome 2005, also hinted at the BBC Sports Personality Of The Year competition at the time, asking why Miss Sharapova was not being recognised for her victories at that stage of her career.

The second image, captured at Wimbledon, accompanied a post where I wistfully wished what I wanted for Christmas that year...

Until the next time, enjoy.

Summertime with Sharapova.

IT is now officially Summer! The Met Office designates the first day of June as the first day of Meteorological Summer, a fact and a title that deserves the use of italics. The first day of June has passed, and the previous post here on Reporting From The Fox Tower, 'Springtime with Sharapova', becomes 'Summertime with Sharapova'.

To mark 'Summertime with Sharapova', above is an image taken from Esquire Latin America's May 2013 cover shoot. The shoot was one of Maria Sharapova's most popular photoshoots.

'Springtime with Sharapova' celebrated Maria Sharapova's 2014 Roland-Garros French Open Championship victory. 'Summertime with Sharapova' can bring you news of the result of the 2016 French Open Ladies Final: Spain's Garbine Muguruza beat world number one Serena Williams in straight sets to win her first Grand Slam title at the French Open.

'Springtime with Sharapova' closed with a video of Maria's photoshoot following the Roland-Garros victory; 'Summertime with Sharapova' closes with a video of Maria's Esquire photoshoot.

Until the next time, enjoy.

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