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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Christmas Eve DX 2010 and a Boxing Day Birthday

THE evening of Friday 24 December 2010 was spent listening to the Tropical and HF bands of my Short Wave radio, here are the broadcasts I heard, with links to the broadcasters webpages (Times in UTC/GMT; Frequencies in kHz):

• 1920 - 1936 UTC, 4005 kHz : Vatican Radio, German language to Europe. Europe & Mediterranean Schedule.
• 1948 - 1955 UTC, 4780 kHz : Radio Djibouti, Arabic language service. Radio Djibouti Frequencies (French language; may need to be translated).
• 2022 - 2036 UTC, 5960 kHz : China Radio International, English to Europe, Middle East and Africa via Albania. 'China Drive' programme. Shortwave Frequencies in Europe.
• 2057 - 2100 UTC, 6030 kHz : Radio Ukraine International, English to Europe. Programmes in the English language.
• 2107 - 2118 UTC, 6030 kHz : Radio Romania International, French language service. Schedule effective 31 October 2010.

THE Boxing Day Birthday is the 28th Birthday of Carlisle's finest, Miss Roxanne Pallett:

Happy Birthday Roxy, I hope you have had a great day!

Finally, The Ashes cricket series is under way. Give England a helping hand by voting 3-1 England on the ABC Grandstand Sport poll HERE. Show your support for England to win the Ashes in Australia!

That's the over... Enjoy Christmas and the New Year 2011!

March 2008 Short Wave Links & Red Hot Roxy!

Last Sunday, I spent a day listening to the Short Wave band and published the results here on RFTFT. Here is a list of web links to the stations I heard last week, which I hope you will find informative. To go to the station website, just click on the station name:

Radio Ukraine International

WWV

Radio Bulgaria

China Radio International

Radio Exterior de Espana

Radio Sweden

Voice of America

BBC World Service

May I draw your attention to a particular favourite broadcast of mine, the Sunday night broadcast from Radio Exterior de Espana. The programme is 'Radio Club', a traditional listener response programme, the reading of letters and emails with the odd piece of Spanish music. If you have a Short Wave radio, why not give it a listen? Sundays, 2200 GMT, 6125 kHz.

To contact 'Radio Club':
Postal address: Radio Club, English Language Broadcast, Radio Exterior de Espana, PO Box 156 202, MADRID 28080, SPAIN
E-Mail: englishbroadcast@rtve.es
Web as listed above or via http://www.rne.es/

Enjoy your radio!

Wallpaper of the Week : Red Hot Roxy!

Maxim Magazine invited Roxanne Pallett, star of Emmerdale and Soapstar Superstar, to a photoshoot and interview a while ago, one result of which is this week's Wallpaper of the Week!

As usual, click on the image to show full size, then save as wallpaper, using a program or format of your choice.

Finally, drawing your attention to the following, in a 'Coming Soon!' style :

The FA Cup Semi - Final Draw : Who will play who out of Portsmouth, Barnsley, Cardiff City and West Bromwich Albion at Wembley Stadium?

Jemma Bellingham of BBC Cumbria Social Action with her role as a rally car co-driver!

That's coming soon on RFTFT, but for now, goodbye!