Remembering Jonah: One Year On.

THE past week saw the first anniversary of the passing of Jonah Lomu.

 Jonah passed away 18 November 2015.

The Memorial Service for Jonah took place Monday 30 November 2015.

The Memorial Service was carried live on the Team All Blacks website, from which the still image above was taken, and is still available on the site. Watch the Memorial Service here.

The Service was led by John Campbell of Radio New Zealand.

John Campbell leading the Memorial Service, 30 November 2015.

Taylor Swift for Vanity Fair.

REPORTING From The Fox Tower enjoys keeping you up to date with the media engagements of Taylor Alison Swift. Previous posts have included engagements with Vogue Australia and GQ - This post brings you Taylor Alison's September 2015 engagement with Vanity Fair.

This post opened with Taylor partaking in a game of 'Word Association', which is the video above.
The next video reflects on Taylor being one of the Best Dressed. Enjoy this video.

The engagement also featured a photo shoot with Mario Testino, which saw Taylor Alison look very glamorous, as seen here.

Finally, for this post, click here to link to the Vanity Fair interview.

Until next time...

Wallpaper of the Week, 6 November 2016: Taylor Swift.

Taylor Alison Swift.

Season 2016/17: The Season So Far - Part 3

"The unbeaten run continues"

SIX matches, six wins. That is Carlisle United's record for October 2016. The six matches were one Checkatrade Trophy match and five Sky Bet League Two matches. Here are the October 2016 results:

• Saturday 1st: League: United 2 - Colchester United 0 (Attendance: 4516)
• Tuesday 4th: Trophy: United 2 - Blackburn Rovers 0 (Attendance: 1253)
• Saturday 8th: League: Morecambe 0 - United 3 (Attendance: 3773 [1996 United fans])
• Saturday 15th: League: United 3 - Hartlepool United 2 (Attendance 7333)
• Saturday 22nd: League: Stevenage 1 - United 2 (Attendance: 2720 [447 United fans])
• Saturday 29th: League: United 3 - Crawley Town 1 (Attendance: 56190

The fixture list for November has another six games: Away at St Albans City in the FA Cup (6th); Home to Fleetwood Town in the Trophy (9th); Away in the League at Newport County (12th) and Grimsby Town (22nd); Home in the League to Exeter City (19th) and Mansfield Town (26th).

#BluesForever

The 1989 World Tour: Lorde & Leona.

IN this final look at the 1989 World Tour, the 'best of the guests' are Lorde, pictured above, and Leona Lewis, pictured below.

I do hope you have enjoyed the media I have shared from the 1989 World Tour.

I would also like to take this moment to mention that, a couple of weeks ago, the eleventh anniversary of the creation of this blog passed by. I would like to thank you for your continuing visits and continuing support of Reporting From The Fox Tower.

DX Notes, July - October 2016.

A while has passed since the last update on the broadcasts I have heard on the Medium Wave and Short Wave bands, so here is a collective of both bands over the course of the months of July to October.

Times are listed in UTC (Universal Time Co-ordination, which equals Greenwich Mean Time).
Frequencies are listed in kiloHertz (kHz).

July 2016: Short Wave

• 28 July: 2042 UTC: 15825 kHz: WWCR, Nashville TN USA. Good to moderate reception. English to Europe, Middle East, America via Nashville. Programme may have been 'Into The Blue' with Terry Herd.

September 2016: Medium Wave

• 3 September: 1858 UTC: 1458 kHz: Lyca Radio, Brookmans Park, London. Moderate reception. Broadcasting to the Asian Community; Asian music.
• 3 September: 1915 UTC: 1458 kHz: BBC Newcastle, Wrekenton, Newcastle-Upon-Tyne. Moderate reception. Music: Elton John & Kiki Dee - 'Don't Go Breaking My Heart'; Bruce Springsteen - 'Dancing In The Dark'. ID: "...For the North East, BBC Newcastle".
• 3 September: 2034 UTC: 1548 kHz: Forth 2, Colinswell, Edinburgh. Strong to moderate reception. Music: Madison Avenue 'Don't Call Me Baby'. Speech from the male host, Sean. Ad break. ID for Forth 2. Music: Michael Jackson 'Bad'.

• 3 September: 2055 UTC: 1557 kHz: Smooth Radio, Kings Heath, Northampton. Moderate reception. Music: Fern Kinney 'Together We Are Beautiful'. ID for Smooth Radio. Music: 'In Your Eyes'. Ad break. News bulletin [10pm]. Music: The Carpenters; Prince.

October 2016: Short Wave [Tropical Band]

• 9 October: 1902 UTC: 3985 kHz: Radio Slovakia International. Moderate reception. English to Europe via Radio 700, Kall-Krekel, Germany. News stories from the past week (male host). The 'Listener's Tribune' show: Female (lead) host, speaking with a male colleague. Listener's letters. Conclusion of programme with contact details.
• 9 October: 1927 UTC: 3985 kHz: Radio 700, Kall-Krekel, Germany. Moderate reception. Music: Paul McCartney & Wings 'Band On The Run'. ID for Radio 700. Music continues... Tea break. 1952 UTC: Music continues - Neil Diamond 'Solitary Man'; The Beatles 'Love Me Do'; Elton John 'Crocodile Rock'.
• 9 October: 2002 UTC: 3995 kHz: HCJB Deutschland, Weenermoor, Germany. Moderate reception. German language broadcast, primarily to Europe. Music. Male speech. Relaxed style of programme.

• 9 October: 2023 UTC: 4015 kHz: Laser Hot Hits. UK. Good to moderate reception. ★Pirate★ Male speech giving frequencies, ID for Laser Hot Hits and the website address. Music. Links: "Jazz, funk and soul, we start in the 80s; Starting with 'Mercy, Mercy'"... "Best funk and soul on the way... for a Sunday... 'Oh What A Feeling'". Music and speech.
• 9 October: 2107 UTC: 5000 kHz: WWV, Boulder CO USA. Strong to good reception. Time Signal station. Continuous tone. Audible 'pips' every second. 'Double-ticks' at 2120 UTC.
• 9 October: 2149 UTC: 5960 kHz: China Radio International. Strong to good reception. English to Europe & Africa via Albania. 'Roundtable': Female and male hosts. College / University students in China can overspend; Females spending more than males. 'Chinese Studio' / 'Learn Chinese' programme: "How do you say 'stir fry' in Chinese?" is the Question of the day. Conclusion of programme at 2200 UTC.

That is the list of broadcasts heard over recent months. Please note the station names contain links to their websites. I do hope you find the above information of interest. Enjoy.

The 1989 World Tour: The Guests.

CONTINUING our look back at The 1989 World Tour, which followed the release of the album 1989, the tour was not only a showcase for the music of and the number of costume changes by Taylor Alison Swift, but also the guest list.

One of Taylor's guests, Selena Gomez, is pictured here on the Tour.

More guests, coming soon.

Until then, enjoy.

The 1989 World Tour: Sparkles!

Oh. My. Goodness. Taylor Alison Swift sparkled during the 1989 World Tour.

The above image is intentionally posted twice because I Love it. ☺

Season 2016/17: The Season So Far - Part 2

CARLISLE United's season has continued throughout Successful September - Results in a moment. The above image links back to the previous Carlisle United post dated 1st September, which covered United's matches in August. The image, courtesy of Carlisle United Football Club, is BBC Radio Cumbria's United commentator James Phillips and former United midfielder Chris Billy, commentating for BBC Radio Cumbria on the Checkatrade Trophy match away at Oldham Athletic, which United won 5-4 on 30th August.

On to the results for September 2016: Five matches, all EFL Sky Bet League Two:

• Saturday 3rd: United 1 - Accrington Stanley 1 (Attendance: 5128)
• Saturday 10th: United 2 - Leyton Orient 2 (Attendance: 4465)
• Saturday 17th: Blackpool 2 - United 2 (Attendance: 5471)
• Saturday 24th: United 1 - Wycombe Wanderers 0 (Attendance: 4354)
• Tuesday 27th: Doncaster Rovers 2 - United 2 (Attendance: 4773).

As September comes to a close, United are unbeaten in the League, having played 10 matches, a goal difference of +3 and 16 points.

United have six fixtures in October: League Two v Colchester United at Brunton Park; Checkatrade Trophy v Blackburn Rovers Under 23 at Brunton; League Two away at Morecambe; Hartlepool United at Brunton; Away at Stevenage and October closes with Crawley Town at Brunton.

C'mon Ye Blues!

The 1989 World Tour.

Bringing some photographic / video / Graphic Interchange Format (GIF) memories of Taylor Swift's 1989 World Tour to Reporting From The Fox Tower.

Please note I have sourced the material from the internet, so I do not hold the copyright for the content and I respect the copyright holders for their work.

Enjoy.

♥

All You Had To Do Was Stay - The 1989 World Tour.

Miss Taylor Alison Swift.

Above: A GIF (Graphics Interchange Format) snapshot of 'All You Had To Do Was Stay', performed on the 1989 World Tour. (No audio)

Below: An image of Miss Swift, same costume, at a 1989 World Tour show.

This is the first of a series of posts taking a look back at the 1989 World Tour, including pictures, videos and other media, such as the GIF image above.

Enjoy.

♥

Roxanne Leah Townsend.

A celebration of Roxanne Leah Townsend.

Image: November 2015. Video: April 2016.

This hair makes me feel so kinky - it's the curls... pic.twitter.com/PHSCnUgO4J

— Makeupby_ROXY (@roxi_townsend) April 12, 2016

#Roxi
♥

Introducing Renee Somerfield.

Introducing Renee Somerfield.

♥

Season 2016/17: The Season So Far - Part 1

Eight football matches have been played this season by Carlisle United Football Club - That was only in the month of August! As with previous seasons, Reporting From The Fox Tower will keep you up to date with United between now and May 2017. The results from EFL Sky Bet League Two, the EFL Cup and the EFL Checkatrade Trophy for August are as follows:

• League: Saturday 6th [August]: Portsmouth 1 - United 1 (Attendance: 17570)
• EFL Cup: Tuesday 9th: United 2 - Port Vale 1 (Attendance: 3363)
• League: Saturday 13th: United 1 - Plymouth Argyle 0 (Attendance: 5129)
• League: Tuesday 16th: United 1 - Cheltenham Town 1 (Attendance: 4203)
• League: Saturday 20th: Cambridge United 2 - United 2 (Attendance: 4139)
• EFL Cup: Tuesday 23rd: Derby County 1 - United 1 [1-1 After Extra Time; Derby County won 14-13 on penalty kicks] (Attendance: 9860)
• League: Saturday 27th: Barnet 0 - United 1 (Attendance: 1620)
• Checkatrade Trophy, Northern Group D, Match 1: Tuesday 30th: Oldham Athletic 4 - United 5 (Attendance: 1897)

The fixtures for September are all in Sky Bet League Two: Accrington Stanley and Leyton Orient at Brunton Park (Saturday 3rd and 10th respectively), Blackpool at Bloomfield Road (Saturday 17th), Wycombe Wanderers at Brunton Park (Saturday 24th) and Doncaster Rovers at Keepmoat Stadium (Tuesday 27th).

Until next time, enjoy.

Wallpaper of the Week, 28 August 2016

Scordale footbridge

Picture taken 4 October 2015.

Thank you Rio de Janeiro.

Rio de Janeiro, Olympic host city, 2016.

Wallpaper of the Week: Taylor Swift for Vogue Australia

Taylor Swift for Vogue Australia.

November 2015.

Enjoy.

Wallpaper of the week: Taylor Swift for GQ.

Taylor Swift for GQ.

October 2015.

Fifty Years.

England 4 - West Germany 2

Wembley Stadium

Saturday 30 July 1966

Un troisième Tour Triumph!

Félicitations Chris Froome, vainqueur du Tour de France pour la troisième fois. Vive la France! Vive le Tour!

From The Archives: Wallpaper of the Week

Classic.

Summer 2016 and Summer 2006

CONGRATULATIONS to Andy Murray, who has become Wimbledon Champion for the second time, with a straight sets victory over the Canadian Milos Raonic.

In a match that lasted two hours and forty-eight minutes, Andy Murray won the first set 6-4, though Raonic would make Murray work for the victory - The second and third sets both went to tiebreaks: Set two 7-6 (7-3) and set three 7-6 (7-2).

Congratulations once again to Andy Murray.

From The Archives: Summer 2006

AS with previous posts here on Reporting From The Fox Tower, the archives have been visited to mark the tenth anniversary of this blog. This post takes us back to the summer of 2006 and the above image is of the Marriage of musician Zac Hanson to Kathryn Tucker, which was the headline of a post sharing some Showbiz news of the day.

I'm pleased to report that research shows Mr & Mrs Hanson celebrated their tenth anniversary this summer, with their three children.

The archives also showed an interest in tennis in the summer of 2006, which would be ideal to close this post, following the victory of Andy Murray at Wimbledon.

From summer 2006: Miss Maria Sharapova.

Until the next time, enjoy.

Carlisle United's 2016/17 Fixtures

AUGUST 2016

Saturday 6th : Portsmouth - 3pm Kick Off - Away.

Saturday 13th : Plymouth Argyle - 3pm - Home.

Tuesday 16th : Cheltenham Town - 7:45pm - Home.

Saturday 20th : Cambridge United - 3pm - Away.

Saturday 27th : Barnet - 3pm - Away.

SEPTEMBER 2016

Saturday 3rd : Accrington Stanley - 3pm - Home.

Saturday 10th : Leyton Orient - 3pm - Home.

Saturday 17th : Blackpool - 3pm - Away.

Saturday 24th : Wycombe Wanderers - 3pm - Home.

Tuesday 27th : Doncaster Rovers - 7:45pm - Away.

OCTOBER 2016

Saturday 1st : Colchester United - 3pm - Home.

Saturday 8th : Morecambe - 3pm - Away.

Saturday 15th : Hartlepool United - 3pm - Home.

Saturday 22nd : Stevenage - 3pm - Away.

Saturday 29th : Crawley Town - 3pm - Home.

NOVEMBER 2016

Saturday 12th : Newport County - 3pm - Away.

Saturday 19th : Exeter City - 3pm - Home.

Tuesday 22nd : Grimsby Town - 7:45pm - Away.

Saturday 26th : Mansfield Town - 3pm - Home.

DECEMBER 2016

Saturday 10th : Luton Town - 3pm - Away.

Saturday 17th : Yeovil Town - 3pm - Home.

Monday 26th : Crewe Alexandra - 3pm - Away.

Saturday 31st : Notts County - 3pm - Away.

JANUARY 2017

Monday 2nd : Grimsby Town - 3pm - Home.

Saturday 7th : Colchester United - 3pm - Away.

Saturday 14th : Morecambe - 3pm - Home.

Saturday 21st : Accrington Stanley - 3pm - Away.

Saturday 28th : Barnet - 3pm - Home.

FEBRUARY 2017

Saturday 4th : Leyton Orient - 3pm - Away.

Saturday 11th : Blackpool - 3pm - Home.

Tuesday 14th : Doncaster Rovers - 7:45pm - Home.

Saturday 18th : Wycombe Wanderers - 3pm - Away.

Saturday 25th : Portsmouth - 3pm - Home.

Tuesday 28th : Cheltenham Town - 7:45pm - Away.

MARCH 2017

Saturday 4th : Plymouth Argyle - 3pm - Away.

Saturday 11th : Cambridge United - 3pm - Home.

Tuesday 14th : Luton Town - 7:45pm - Home.

Saturday 18th : Mansfield Town - 3pm - Away.

Saturday 25th : Crewe Alexandra - 3pm - Home.

APRIL 2017

Saturday 1st : Yeovil Town - 3pm - Away.

Saturday 8th : Notts County - 3pm - Home.

Saturday 15th : Hartlepool United - 3pm - Away.

Monday 17th : Stevenage - 3pm - Home.

Saturday 22nd : Crawley Town - 3pm - Away.

Saturday 29th : Newport County - 3pm - Home.

MAY 2017

Saturday 6th : Exeter City - 3pm - Away.

Data provided by Press Association.  All fixtures subject to change.

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.
★Manx Radio website★

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.

★

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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