My AM Archive: July 2010

MEMORIES OF Summer 2010, as part of the My AM Archive thread.

The previous post in this thread, My AM Archive: Spring 2010, can be found here.

Housekeeping notes: Times in UTC (GMT), frequencies in kiloHertz (kHz). Transmission power in watts or kiloWatts (kW). Logs transcribed from the original notes.

July 2010 : Medium Wave

• [Sunday] 25 July [2010]: 1018 UTC: 909 kHz: BBC Radio Five Live  Traffic and travel for the UK, trailer for Cricket on BBC Five Live Sports Extra.
  Number eight of the week's ten most talked about news stories: Vuvuzelas may or may not be allowed at English football stadia. Number seven: Death of Alex 'Hurricane' Higgins.
  Fair reception, most likely to be Moorside Edge, West Yorkshire, 200 kW.
  Number six: Hollywood actress Lindsay Lohan [pictured below] sent to prison for a week or two.
  Logged to 1031 UTC.
• 25 July: 1042 UTC: 936 kHz: Fresh Radio  Music from a-ha, speech from male host, reference to the Fresh Radio website and links to charities. Fresh Radio ID for the 'Text Maniacs' competition. Music: Dido 'The Hunter'.
  Good reception, 1 kW via Hawes.  'Superquiz' on air after 12 noon, reference to telephone number. Ad break - break in transmission - back on air. Advertise with Fresh Radio. Car wash ad. Music: Ellie Goulding 'Guns and Horses', Gwen Stefani 'Cool'.
  Logged to 1055 UTC.

Lindsay Lohan featured on 5 Live, July 2010.

• 25 July: 1335 UTC: 1170 kHz: Magic 1170  Music: Beach Boys 'I Get Around', male ID "This is the Magic Gold Weekend". Music: Simon & Garfunkel 'The Boxer'.
  Good to poor reception, 320 watts via Stockton-on-Tees.
  Male speech, ad break: Matalan, Arriva Buses. Redcar website. Insurance. Hartlepool residences for sale: Retirement village. Children's Hospice. Female ID for Magic 1170. Music: 'Baby I Love You'.
  Logged to 1347 UTC.
• 25 July: 1359 UTC: 1215 kHz: Absolute Radio  Music: Lenny Kravitz 'Fly Away', ID for Absolute Radio. Ad break: Citroen cars, Compare The Market. Services supplier.
  Fair to poor reception.
  Music: The Cardigans 'My Favourite Game'. ID. Music: Florence and The Machine.
  Multiple transmissions, most likely Moorside Edge, West Yorkshire, 200 kW.
  Male voice, music: Genesis 'That's All'.
  Logged to 1412 UTC.
• 25 July: 1444 UTC: 1242 kHz: Absolute Radio  Music: The Clash 'London Calling', trailer including Kings of Leon. Music: Sheryl Crow.
  Good reception, 1 kW via Stockton-on-Tees.
  Logged to 1452 UTC.
• 25 July: 1557 UTC: 1413 kHz: Fresh Radio  Music: The Eagles 'Hotel California'. ID at 1600 UTC for Fresh Radio, male speech, news.
  Poor reception, up to 100 watts via Skipton or Richmond, North Yorkshire.
  Music: Cher 'Believe'.
  Logged to 1607 UTC.

A number of logs were omitted from this post, due to lack of detail. The broadcasts, at time of reception, were believed to be as follows:

• 882 kHz: BBC Radio Wales
• 1053 kHz: talkSPORT
• 1071 kHz: talkSPORT
• 1341 kHz: BBC Radio Ulster
• 1368 kHz: Manx Radio

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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 ... !