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October 6th, 2008

… so why shouldn’t I? I’m obviously taking about wishing Happy Birthday to Kingdom FM. I wasn’t sure what to get as a present so I gave them myself and you can share the present every Saturday morning from 6am. For those of you who haven’t met me or have forgotten who I am, I’m the geeky one who likes Fife Flyers, Stock Cars and winding up Raith Rovers fans. We’ll get a more in depth profile up soon but that gives you a quick idea.

Sunday was the actual anniversary of the first broadcast and to celebrate Easy Sunday was presented by one of the original voices, Kevin Brady. He indulged in what I can only call an anorak-fest with a celebration of the various jingle packages including the Kingdom song. This song, written by the late Kenny Page, was the “we live in Fife, we’re all about the Kingdom” promotion which featured lots of Fife place names and the now legendary Drumkilty. When I first started listening to Kingdom back in 1999 (it took a while for news of the station to reach Stirling) the song would be played at midnight every night  and hearing it again yesterday brought back some very happy memories.

Incidently there was cake yesterday but it was chocolate cake. Seems Craig’s message didn’t get through in time.

October 5th, 2008

So Kingdom FM is 10 years old today.  Perhaps when I go into the studios today someone will have bought a nice cake, after all we have a big presenters meeting, and the last time we had one of them we got free pizza

If anyone buying the cake is reading this, can we make it not chocolate please?  A nice sponge will suffice….

For me I’ve been part of the team for 4 years now and enjoyed every minute of it even the overnights in the beginning, here’s to another 10 years!

October 1st, 2008

Following on from Darren, I think I must be one of the most excited people in KingdomFM about our birthday, because I’ve been on both sides of the doors at Kingdom Towers.

  

I grew up as mini-Pelosi listening to Get Up With Gilmour and wondering if I could do the same thing. Five years later, I am, and I’m celebrating our 10th birthday on air. Later in the day at our big meeting (Without cake I have to add!!!) I’ll be part of the team welcoming Ian back to the station. It’s a funny old world. He starts alongside Diane on Monday morning from 6am as part of the new Kingdom Breakfast.

  

Happy birthday to everyone that works with and listens to Fife’s KingdomFM. I still think we deserve cake.

  

  

September 29th, 2008

….and jelly, and ice cream and presents!?



It’s our 10th Birthday very soon and we’ve got a few special surprises lined up for you to say ‘Thank You’ for your support over the last decade. The world of radio has changed a lot since we started broadcasting on the 5th of October 1998 but thanks to you, Kingdom FM has been Fife’s first choice since day one.


I’m excited about the new games and competitions we have lined up for you over the next few weeks and months. How do you fancy a trip to Hong Kong? Well, that’s just one of the many birthday treats coming your way!Keep an eye on your letterbox too. I’m not allowed to say too much just now, but soon the words “Switch On” will make sense to you…and I’m sure you’ll like it! I’ve already said too much!!



I know that being allowed to play music and chat with you everyday is a real privilege, and if you’ll have me, I’ll be here to see Kingdom FM’s twentieth birthday!

 

September 13th, 2008

This week I’ve been on holiday from the day job, so with Mrs Arthur being too pregnant to fly we decided a few weeks ago to take advantage of a cheap deal at Haggerston Castle in Northumberland.Everything was going well until they phoned us on Sunday, the day before we were due to go.  Aparently the lake was at risk of breaking it’s banks due to the heavy rain in the north of England over the weekend.  The good news is that the lake didn’t burst it’s banks, although the car almost got stuck in the mud… it was worse than Glastonbury!We also decided to go the the Holy Island for a day trip. Now, for those of you not in the know, you get there via a causeway that floods at high tide.  We got there whilst it was ‘flooded’ except that it was bone dry.  Being the cuious sort I thought I would go back the next day to see it flooded, high tide duly came and went and I’d be surprised if there was more than 4 inches of water on it.The picture of the jeep in 5 foot of water must be on a bad day!

September 11th, 2008

OK … I couldn’t resist !

I had to see what I would look like from this site that Darren has found.

I like the fact it has given me more hair !

September 9th, 2008

The definition of which, as far as computers are concerned at least is :  a graphical image that represents a person, as on the Internet.


If you use MSN Messenger and the like you may have come across Avatar creation websites in the past. I remember a particular hysteria in the Kingdom FM office when the Simpsons Movie was being released and the official movie website allowed you to create yourself in the style of a Simpson’s character.  It kept us all off our work for literally minutes!This past weekend one of my online contacts on one of these ’social networking’ sites posted a link to the latest Avatar creation site. If you want to kill 15 minutes just head here >  www.faceyourmanga.com  


This is how I think I look in a manga-esque cartoon style…. what do you think?

 

September 9th, 2008

As you may know – they are letting me out of the studio this weekend, as the show is coming live from the new Crystal Gait housing development, in Glenrothes.  I love having a poke round new houses, so I’m looking forward to that bit.

There’s plenty going on too, including, the Remax Hot air Balloon.  I’ve heard whispers of them trying to get me in there … but I am not so sure!  I think I would like it – but I don’t want to run the risk of sounding scared out of my wits, in the middle of the show !

Put it this way … if I didn’t like it, you won’t need the radio on to hear me !!

September 4th, 2008

Naturally I’m talking in a meteorological sense!



On the show this week I was talking about my latest purchase…. a ‘Big Boys Toy’ for want of a better description.I am now the proud owner of a Peter Lynn Pepper II!



Those of you in-the-know will realise that a Peter Lynn Pepper II is nothing to do with condiments, but rather a kite! Yep, the kids favourite has been reinvented and reworked and now has a new ‘x-treme’ sports name. No longer is it just a kite…these days it’s a power kite!! 



Designed to pull the kite flier along in a buggy or landboard - or if you’re not careful, up into the sky! -  these kites are far from toys. I had been looking for a kite online for a while and, true to the stereotype, I waited till I found a bargain priced kite in an online sale before I parted with my hard earned cash.



Again living up to the masculine stereotype and working on the ‘bigger is better’ theory, I opted to go for the 6 metre version. Being a child of the 70’s, and a stranger to the metric system, I may have misjudged just how big this is! Laying the kite out I now know that 6 metres is massive!



If the weather gives us a light breeze this weekend I will hopefully get the chance to get some flying in. If it’s more than a light breeze…. it’s been lovely knowing you! 

 

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