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Geocaching mentioned on Radio 2 today!


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Chris just read out my text :ph34r: - but couldn't pronounce geocaching!!!! :/

 

Delilah'd round my living room whilst planning my weekend's geocaching trip. Hi to my fellow geocachers who're listening

 

Well done on getting selected! Maybe someone needs to phone in and talk to him?

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Put in a request for a song - was not played!!!!

Followed up with an e mail not read out - :ph34r:

Followed up with a brief explanation and a request to try it you might like it, not mentioned.

At least we did our bit for geochching.

Well done for at least one of us getting a mention - even if Mr Evans can not pronounce it properly.

 

FBC

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Well done on getting Geocaching mentioned on Radio 2.

I work for BBC Wales in Cardiff (but not directly on the programme side). I mentioned Geocaching to a news editor earlier this year.

He commissioned the “Country Focus” producer to make half hour programme on geocaching for Radio Wales.

Geocaching will be the sole topic of the half hour long Radio Wales Country Focus programme. http://www.bbc.co.uk/wales/radiowales/sites/countryfocus/

The programme was recorded last week in Aberystwyth and they have created their own caching ID “Country Focus” http://www.geocaching.com/profile/?guid=7f...a5-3ee8b880f2db.

By checking the programme’s first two cache finds, you can see some of what went on.

They also set up a Radio Wales TB and it’s currently in GC10DXW.

The programme is likely to be aired this August and shows Geocaching in a positive light.

It will be available on the BBC Radio Player after transmission. I will post a link here when the time comes.

Dave

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He does probably get LOADS of msgs/emails but we've successfully had a mention last week and a mention this week :ph34r: if we persist and try again next week he may be interested/intrigued enough to find out what caching is and host geocaching as a topic on the show?

 

(sent a follow up msg with a pronunciation guide for him! he must have missed that one! B) )

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Well done on getting Geocaching mentioned on Radio 2.

I work for BBC Wales in Cardiff (but not directly on the programme side). I mentioned Geocaching to a news editor earlier this year.

He commissioned the “Country Focus” producer to make half hour programme on geocaching for Radio Wales.

Geocaching will be the sole topic of the half hour long Radio Wales Country Focus programme. http://www.bbc.co.uk/wales/radiowales/sites/countryfocus/

The programme was recorded last week in Aberystwyth and they have created their own caching ID “Country Focus” http://www.geocaching.com/profile/?guid=7f...a5-3ee8b880f2db.

By checking the programme’s first two cache finds, you can see some of what went on.

They also set up a Radio Wales TB and it’s currently in GC10DXW.

The programme is likely to be aired this August and shows Geocaching in a positive light.

It will be available on the BBC Radio Player after transmission. I will post a link here when the time comes.

Dave

:D We had great fun showing Mel and Pauline the joys (and madness) of caching last week :ph34r:

 

We've been on tenterhooks waiting to find out when the programme wil be aired. Shame we have to wait till August to hear it B)

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I walked into my kitchen just before 9am today and heard the words "GPS treasure hunt" on Radio 5 live. I think people were texting in with what they were planning to do today. Then the news came on ...

We heard it in the car on the way for a days caching at 08:45.

They were getting people to text in with interesting activities to do this summer.

I believe they said the text was from FredCat1.

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Well done on getting Geocaching mentioned on Radio 2.

I work for BBC Wales in Cardiff (but not directly on the programme side). I mentioned Geocaching to a news editor earlier this year.

He commissioned the “Country Focus” producer to make half hour programme on geocaching for Radio Wales.

Geocaching will be the sole topic of the half hour long Radio Wales Country Focus programme. http://www.bbc.co.uk/wales/radiowales/sites/countryfocus/

The programme was recorded last week in Aberystwyth and they have created their own caching ID “Country Focus” http://www.geocaching.com/profile/?guid=7f...a5-3ee8b880f2db.

By checking the programme’s first two cache finds, you can see some of what went on.

They also set up a Radio Wales TB and it’s currently in GC10DXW.

The programme is likely to be aired this August and shows Geocaching in a positive light.

It will be available on the BBC Radio Player after transmission. I will post a link here when the time comes.

Dave

 

STOP PRESS.................

Here we go!

BBC Radio Wales, Country Focus, Sunday 24th August at 0730 a whole 28 minute radio programme about Geocaching.

For seven days after the above date, you will be hear the programme here........

 

The programme is set in Aberystwyth. The presenter, Melanie Doel, is shown how to find two caches by local cachers.

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Well done on getting Geocaching mentioned on Radio 2.

I work for BBC Wales in Cardiff (but not directly on the programme side). I mentioned Geocaching to a news editor earlier this year.

He commissioned the “Country Focus” producer to make half hour programme on geocaching for Radio Wales.

Geocaching will be the sole topic of the half hour long Radio Wales Country Focus programme. http://www.bbc.co.uk/wales/radiowales/sites/countryfocus/

The programme was recorded last week in Aberystwyth and they have created their own caching ID “Country Focus” http://www.geocaching.com/profile/?guid=7f...a5-3ee8b880f2db.

By checking the programme’s first two cache finds, you can see some of what went on.

They also set up a Radio Wales TB and it’s currently in GC10DXW.

The programme is likely to be aired this August and shows Geocaching in a positive light.

It will be available on the BBC Radio Player after transmission. I will post a link here when the time comes.

Dave

 

STOP PRESS.................

Here we go!

BBC Radio Wales, Country Focus, Sunday 24th August at 0730 a whole 28 minute radio programme about Geocaching.

For seven days after the above date, you will be hear the programme here........

 

The programme is set in Aberystwyth. The presenter, Melanie Doel, is shown how to find two caches by local cachers.

 

Well Done Dave!

 

Thanks for the update. It looks like Wales has become the 'Centre of the Geocaching World' for the UK.

 

First there was Deceangi as Mod/Reviewer then came the Moderating duck, mandarin. The new Reviewer, Noggin's friend, Graculus followed on swiftly behind and now a full 28 minutes of geocaching on BBC Radio Wales.

 

What have you lot got over there that the rest of us seem to be sadly lacking?

 

Is it something they put in the water? :mad:

 

P

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