September Sunday Round-up, 12 Sept 2010

WELCOME to another RFTFT post. First, npower League 1, Saturday 11 September 2010:

Bournemouth 3 - Dagenham & Redbridge 0

Brighton 2 - MK Dons 0

Bristol Rovers 0 - Brentford 0

Charlton 1 - Notts County 0

Colchester 1 - Plymouth 1

Hartlepool 2 - Exeter 3

Leyton Orient 1 - Huddersfield 2

Peterborough 5 - Oldham 2

Rochdale 3 - Walsall 2

Sheffield Wednesday 0 - Carlisle United 1 (Curran)

Swindon 1 - Southampton 0

Yeovil 3 - Tranmere 1

Radio Round-up, August - September 2010

In a previous post (September 1st), I logged the Short Wave stations I heard Monday 30 August. I failed to include links to the websites on that post, so I shall post them here now :

China Radio International (English)

All India Radio (English index)

Radio Pakistan (Front door to English & Urdu services)

Medium Wave logs, Tuesday 7 September 2010, times in UTC, frequencies in kiloHertz :

• 1828 UTC, 1413 kHz : BBC Radio Gloucestershire via Bourton-on-the-water / Berkeley Heath transmitter. BBC Gloucestershire homepage
• 1857 UTC, 1413 kHz : Premier Christian Radio via East London / West London transmitter. Premier Christian Radio page
• 1921 UTC, 1422 kHz : Deutschlandfunk (DLF) via Heusweiler transmitter, Germany. DLF website
• 1957 UTC, 1440 kHz : RTL Radio Luxembourg via Marnach transmitter, Luxembourg, relaying China Radio International German - French services. RTL homepage
• 2022 UTC, 1458 kHz : Sunrise Radio via Brookman's Park transmitter, London. Sunrise Radio website
• 2022 UTC, 1458 kHz : Gold [Capital Gold Manchester] via Ashton Moss transmitter, Manchester. Gold website

Weblog of the week : Abby's Blog

Abby on board Wild Eyes :

Earlier this year, Abby Sunderland attempted to sail around the world. Unfortunately, Abby was unsuccessful in her attempt, but she did use wireless and satellite technology to link to the internet during her sailing, when she kept a blog, which she has continued to update now she is home. Visit Soloround, Abby's blog on Blogspot (Blogger), by clicking here.

That's it for the time being, have a good week!

Football results, Wallpaper of the week and a couple of notes

npower League One, matches played Saturday and Sunday, 4 and 5 September 2010 :

Brentford 1 - Sheffield Wednesday 0

Carlisle 0 - Swindon 0

Dagenham & Redbridge 2 - Leyton Orient 0

Exeter 1 - Charlton 0

Huddersfield 2 - Bournemouth 2

MK Dons 1 - Hartlepool 0

Notts County 4 - Yeovil 0

Oldham 1 - Bristol Rovers 1

Southampton 0 - Rochdale 2

Tranmere 1 - Peterborough 0

Walsall 0 - Colchester 1.

Plymouth v Brighton postponed.

Wallpaper of the week : Silloth, May 2010.

This is the Church on Criffel Street, Silloth, Cumbria, May 2010.

Finally, may I thank the hundreds of you who visited RFTFT at the latter end of the week - The hit counter almost went into meltdown and the referrers / recent hits list could not keep up; seems all the Turkish waiters love Kirstie Day!

I plan to browse the Medium Wave band one evening this week, so I hope to bring you the results here on RFTFT later in the week or at the weekend.

Have a good week!

Morecambe, May 2010

Kirstie Day @ Miss England 2010 - The Result

REPORTING FROM THE FOX TOWER brought you the result of the Miss Cumbria 2010 contest, which was won by Kirstie Day, pictured left. Kirstie, age 18, of Hayton, Carlisle, went on to represent Cumbria at the final of the Miss England 2010 contest, which was held this week in Birmingham.

Although Kirstie lost out on the title of Miss England - That went to 21-year-old Miss Nottingham, Jessica Linley - Kirstie was awarded the Miss Variety Club title, as she raised the most money for the Variety Club, the contest's chosen charity. Kirstie now holds the record for the highest total raised for the charity through the Miss England competition. Well done Kirstie!

This brings the Miss Cumbria - Miss England story full circle and to a close.

PICTURED RIGHT is Beyonce Knowles, once of the group Destiny's Child, now a popular solo artist and wife of Jay - Z. Beyonce celebrates her 29th Birthday on Saturday - Happy Birthday!

August Bank Holiday DX and a midweek wallpaper

MONDAY 30 AUGUST 2010 was a Bank Holiday (public holiday) in the UK, so I used the morning to listen to some of the highest frequencies on the Short Wave band and here are the results:

• 0925 UTC, 17490 kHz : China Radio International. English to Europe, Africa, Asia, Australasia via Kashi, China. 'Beijing Hour'.
• 1019 UTC, 17510 kHz : All India Radio - General Overseas Service to Asia and Australasia. Music of the SubContinent.
• 1030 UTC, 17540 kHz : China Radio International. Chinese language service.
• 1049 UTC, 17720 kHz : Radio Pakistan. Urdu / Tamil service up to 1100 UTC, followed by news in English for four minutes.

And that is what I heard on the Short Wave band.

Wallpaper of the Midweek

I have decided to publish the view of Morecambe sea front unhindered by football results. Enjoy.

Wallpapered football results of the week, August 2010

AS OPPOSED to the usual 'nice picture followed by football results' format favoured here on RFTFT, this week I (Martin Cowin, author) have decided to combine the two, which I hope you like. Firstly, the scene is Morecambe Sea Front, photograph taken May 2010, secondly, the football results are from npower League 1, matches played 27 - 28 August 2010.

Make Miss Cumbria Miss England 2010!

HELP MISS CUMBRIA Kirstie Day (pictured right) to raise money for Variety Club - The Children's Charity - and to win the title of Miss England! To vote for Kirstie - Winner of Miss Cumbria 2010, Finalist in Miss England 2010 - Text 55MissCumbria to 81118 or call 0901 293 7900 and press 55 when prompted. Votes cost £1 and 15p goes to The Variety Club Children's Charity. Voting lines close September 1 at 6pm. Kirstie is sponsored by The Edinburgh Woollen Mill. To view Kirstie's official profile on the Miss England website, click here. Good Luck Kirstie!

• DAB Digital Radio Channels List, August 2010

IN the ever-changing world of UK Digital Radio, here is the latest list of stations broadcasting on DAB :

• Absolute Radio Extra

Absolute Radio Extra provides live football commentary every Saturday and live music from concerts and festivals.

• Absolute 80s

Visit the Absolute 80s website, listen on DAB, Sky channel 0200, Virgin Media 951, Freesat 726.

• Absolute Radio

Visit the Absolute Radio website.

• Amazing Radio

Visit the amazingtunes website.

• BBC Asian Network

'Retro Selection' with Kanwal Qazi. Email retroselection@bbc.co.uk or visit the website.

• BBC Radio 6 Music

Visit the BBC 6 Music website.

• BBC Radio 1Xtra

'On DAB, TV and online' 'The Summer Sunday Rewind' with Ronnie Herel.

• BBC Radio 1
• BBC Radio 2

'Johnnie Walker's Sounds of the 70s'. Email walker@bbc.co.uk or visit the website.

• BBC Radio 3

'BBC Radio 3 Requests. Coming next - Choral Evensong'.

• BBC Radio 4
• BBC Radio 5 Live

Visit the 5 Live website.

• BBC Radio 5 Live Sports Extra
• BBC Radio 7
• BBC World Service

'To comment on our programmes, call 0144 960 9000 or email overtoyou@bbc.co.uk'

• BFBS Radio

British Forces Broadcasting Service. Website, Text 07740 377377 (start message with UK and a space), Telephone 01494 848001. Also available on Sky 0211, Freesat 786.

• Classic FM

Visit the Classic FM website.

• Planet Rock

Visit the Planet Rock website.

• Premier Christian

Visit the Premier website.

• Smooth Radio UK

'Smooth Radio : Love Life, Love Music. Enjoy our London station while we get the national channel ready for its autumn launch.'

• talkSPORT

Visit the talkSPORT website. Call 08717 223344. Also available on Sky 0108, Freeview 723, Virgin 927 and HomeChoice 625.

• UCB UK Christian

Telephone 08456 300 400 or visit the website.

And that is the complete list as of 22 August 2010. The line - up will change again at some point, I have no doubt...

And Finally! A new feature - RFTFT Loves . . .

Zahia Dehar.

Teenage blonde French prostitute, anyone?

Wallpaper of the week, 21 August 2010

Daffodils at Helbeck, May 2010. Enjoy!

• npower League One results, 21 August 2010

Here are the results of the football matches played in npower League One today (Saturday) :

Carlisle 4 (Zoko, Berrett, Madine, Taiwo) - MK Dons 1

Charlton 1 - Oldham 1

Exeter 2 - Bristol Rovers 2

Notts County 1 - Dagenham & Redbridge 0

Peterborough 4 - Huddersfield 2

Rochdale 1 - Colchester 2

Sheffield Wednesday 1 - Brighton 0

Southampton 1 - Leyton Orient 1

Swindon 1 - Brentford 1

Tranmere 0 - Bournemouth 3

Walsall 2 - Plymouth 1

Yeovil 0 - Hartlepool 2.

Enjoy your weekend!

npower League One results, 14 August 2010

Bournemouth 5 - Peterborough 1

Brentford 1 - Walsall 2

Brighton 2 - Rochdale 2

Bristol Rovers 2 - Yeovil 1

Colchester 1 - Sheffield Wednesday 1

Hartlepool 2 - Swindon 2

Huddersfield 0 - Tranmere 0

Leyton Orient 1 - Charlton 3

Oldham 3 - Notts County 0

Plymouth 1 - Carlisle United 1 (Harte 68)

Dagenham & Redbridge v Exeter City and MK Dons v Southampton were both postponed.

The next fixtures for npower League One are to be played Saturday, 21 August, 2010.

Perseid Meteors, August 2010

I LIKED this image of the Perseid Meteors over Stonehenge, which featured on the homepage of MSN, Friday, 13 August, so I decided I would re-post it here for your enjoyment.

Carlisle United Football Club squad 2010/2011

THE CARLISLE UNITED squad is as follows :

1. Adam COLLIN
2. Frank SIMEK
3. Sean McDAID
4. Marc BRIDGE-WILKINSON
5. Danny LIVESEY
6. Peter MURPHY
7. Kevan HURST
8. Graham KAVANAGH
9. Jason PRICE
10. Matt ROBSON
11. Paul THIRLWELL
12. Tom TAIWO
13. Francois ZOKO
14. Ian HARTE
15. Craig CURRAN
16. Tony KANE
17. Richard OFFIONG
18. Andy COOK
19. Gary MADINE
20. Mark GILLESPIE
21. James BERRETT
22. Ryan BOWMAN
23. Tony CAIG
24. James CHESTER

Squad list as per Issue 2 of 'United Review', Official Matchday Review of Carlisle United Football Club. I hope to keep Reporting From The Fox Tower updated with results from Brunton Park and away during the npower League One season, so please keep checking back to RFTFT. C'mon Ye Blues!

The npower Football League 2010/2011 kick off!

THE FIRST WEEKEND of the npower Football League fixtures have been completed and here are the results:

• The npower Championship

Bristol City 0 - Millwall 3

Burnley 1 - Nottingham Forest 0

Cardiff City 1 - Sheffield United 1

Coventry City 2 - Portsmouth 0

Crystal Palace 3 - Leicester City 2

Hull City 2 - Swansea City 0

Leeds United 1 - Derby County 2

Middlesbrough 1 - Ipswich Town 3

Norwich City 2 - Watford 3

Preston North End 0 - Doncaster Rovers 2

Queen's Park Rangers 4 - Barnsley 0

Reading 1 - Scunthorpe United 2

• npower League One

Carlisle United 2 - Brentford 0 (Madine 22, Harte [pen] 45)

Charlton Athletic 1 - AFC Bournemouth 0

Exeter City 2 - Colchester United 2

Notts County 0 - Huddersfield Town 3

Peterborough United 3 - Bristol Rovers 0

Rochdale 0 - Hartlepool United 0

Sheffield Wednesday 2 - Dagenham & Redbridge 0

Southampton 0 - Plymouth Argyle 1

Swindon Town 1 - Brighton & Hove Albion 2

Tranmere Rovers 1 - Oldham Athletic 2

Walsall 1 - Milton Keynes Dons 2

Yeovil Town 2 - Leyton Orient 1

• npower League Two

Accrington Stanley 0 - Aldershot Town 0

Burton Albion 0 - Oxford United 0

Bury 0 - Port Vale 1

Chesterfield 2 - Barnet 1

Crewe Alexandra 0 - Hereford United 1

Gillingham 1 - Cheltenham 1

Rotherham United 2 - Lincoln City 1

Shrewsbury Town 3 - Bradford City 1

Southend United 1 - Stockport County 1

Stevenage 2 - Macclesfield Town 2

Torquay United 3 - Northampton Town 0

Wycombe Wanderers 2 - Morecambe 0.

That completes the results for the first weekend of the npower Football League. Don't ever expect results from the Premiershit, as no one is interested in that. Get down to your local club, support them and enjoy real football!

Taylor Swift, new track!

THE NEW SINGLE from Taylor Swift, "MINE", coming to radio and iTunes August 16 at 12:01am!

More details on Taylor Swift's Facebook page, which you can click through to here.

"Mine" is the first record to be released from Taylor Swift's forthcoming new album "Speak Now".

Looking forward to the new music!

Reflections of the Nashville floods, May 2010

I WAS NOT AWARE, until I read the Twitter feed of Taylor Swift, pictured above, of the flooding which took place in Nashville, TN, USA, in the early days of May 2010.

Pictures and articles were posted on the website of The Huffington Post, which demonstrate the scale of the flooding.

A small photo gallery is available on the website of international radio broadcaster WWCR, who went off air during the flooding due to damage caused to their aerials by the water.

Here's hoping Nashville is on the road to recovery. Thoughts are with you.

Summer 2010 Medium Wave DX Results

SUNDAY 25 JULY 2010 was spent with the Roberts R881, tuned to the Medium Wave band. Here are the results of what I heard throughout the day:

• 0956 UTC, 882 kHz : BBC Radio Wales, for South Wales via Washford, Somerset. Music : No Doubt 'Don't Speak'.
• 1018 UTC, 909 kHz : BBC Radio Five, for Northern England via Moorside Edge, West Yorkshire. Traffic & travel report. The top ten most talked about news stories of the week (The Vuvuzela, Alex 'Hurricane' Higgins, Lindsay Lohan).
• 1042 UTC, 936 kHz : Fresh Radio via Hawes, North Yorkshire. Music from A~ha, Dido, Ellie Goulding, Gwen Stefani.
• 1133 UTC, 1053 kHz : TalkSport via Droitwich, Worcester.
• 1148 UTC, 1071 kHz : TalkSport via Wrekenton, Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
• 1335 UTC, 1170 kHz : Magic 1170 via Stockton-on-Tees, Teesside. Music from The Beach Boys, Simon & Garfunkel, ad break.
• 1359 UTC, 1215 kHz : Absolute Radio, for Northern England via Moorside Edge, West Yorkshire. Music : Lenny Kravitz 'Fly Away', ad break, The Cardigans 'My Favourite Game', Florence & The Machine, Genesis 'That's All'.
• 1444 UTC, 1242 kHz : Absolute Radio via Stockton-on-Tees, Teesside. Music : The Clash 'London Calling', Sheryl Crow.
• 1515 UTC, 1341 kHz : BBC Radio Ulster via Lisnagarvey, Co Down, Northern Ireland.
• 1535 UTC, 1368 kHz : Manx Radio via Douglas, Isle of Man.
• 1557 UTC, 1413 kHz : Fresh Radio via Skipton or Richmond, North Yorkshire. Music : The Eagles 'Hotel California', Cher 'Believe'.

Not a bad list for daytime! Have a good week.

Taylor Swift 'Fearless' Wallpaper

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 ... !

The Beautiful Ballerina

LAST CALL for your votes for Abbie Steele, pictured above, for her campaign to become Miss Cumbria 2010. Voting closes Friday, 2 July 2010, at 11:59pm BST, so please, pick up your mobile phone and text Cumbria 05 Abbie S to 84205. I hope to bring the result of the Miss Cumbria competition to RFTFT, but for now, as always, Good Luck Abbie!

Listening and voting, June 2010

THIS blog is in two parts; the first part is the 'Listening', which is the list of broadcasts I heard on the Short Wave band, Saturday, 19 June 2010. The 'voting' is the second part, which I shall persuade you to take part in after I have posted my Short Wave logs, starting here!

• 0805 UTC, 11645 kHz : Radio Filia, Greece. Continuous music! Radio Filia website.

· 0832 UTC, 11670 kHz : BBC World Service, United Kingdom. English to Middle East via A'Seela, Oman. President Obama. BBC World Service website.

· 0847 UTC, 11785 kHz : China Radio International, China. Chinese speech, sports report. CRI in English online.

· 0922 UTC, 12020 kHz : RDP Internacional, Portugal. Portuguese speech, including telephone callers to the show and music. RDP English website.

· 1024 UTC, 13635 kHz : Voice of Turkey, Turkey. Arabic to Asia and Africa, 500 kW. Play/drama, followed by pop music. TRT World website.

· 1207 UTC, 13665 kHz : Radio Rossii, Russia. Sport bulletin! Website in Russian.

· 1225 UTC, 13700 kHz : Radio Nederland Wereldomroep, Holland (The Netherlands). Dutch to Europe. Live report from the FIFA World Cup, Durban, South Africa: Holland v Japan, half time.RNW Dutch website.

· 1247 UTC, 13720 kHz : Radio Exterior de Espana, Spain. Spanish to Europe. 'Diario de Europe' / 'Hispanorama'. REE website.

· 1307 UTC, 13760 kHz : Voice of Korea, Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea). English to Europe and America. Sixtieth anniversary of the Workers' Party of Korea. (No website)

· 1327 UTC, 13790 kHz : China Radio International, China. English to Europe, Asia, Australasia, America via Urumchi, China. 'China Drive' followed by 'Media Scan'. (Please follow the CRI link above)

· 1405 UTC, 13800 kHz : Voice of the Islamic Republic of Iran, Iran. Arabic speech, male host, telephone callers, music. Worldservice website.

· 1425 UTC, 13845 kHz : WWCR-3, Nashville TN USA. English to Europe and America. University Network programme. WWCR.com

· And finally, 1536 UTC, 15825 kHz : WWCR-1, Nashville TN USA. English to Europe, Middle East and America. 'Showers of Blessings', followed by Brother Eugene Brown with 'Words of Hope'. 'Words of Hope' website.

Don't stop voting!

Part two of this post is, of course, further encouragement for you to vote for ABBIE STEELE, pictured right, in her campaign to become Miss Cumbria 2010. A quick recap of how you can vote for Abbie:

By telephone : Call 09016561528 and then key in 05 when asked;

By text : Cumbria 05 Abbie S (with capitals in the correct places) to 84205.

Voting lines are open till 2nd July for Miss Cumbria. All votes cost 60p plus standard network charge on mobile phones.

The official Miss Cumbria website, featuring Abbie in the photo gallery, voting details and votes cast so far, can be visited by clicking here.

Once again, Good Luck Abbie! x

Vote for Abbie!

ABBIE STEELE, pictured left, of Stainmore, Cumbria, has been chosen by the Miss Cumbria organisation to compete in the Final - Abbie needs your votes!

To make Abbie Miss Cumbria 2010, voting is by telephone and text. Voting lines are open until July 2, 2010.

To vote by telephone, call 09016561528 and then key in 05 when asked. To vote by text, send Cumbria 05 Abbie S [with capitals in the correct places] to 84205.

All votes cost 60p plus standard network charge on mobile phones.

Show your support for Abbie on Abbie's Miss Cumbria Campaign on Facebook:

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Abbies-Miss-Cumbria-Campaign/124362190936005

Become friends with Abbie on Facebook:

http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=699796809

Good Luck Abbie!