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Broadcasting is Over
Henley Royal Regatta is over and with it our broadcasting. We hope to be back bigger and better in 2010. In the meantime we'd like to thank our sponsors Invesco Perpetual and The Daily Telegraph, the Stewards of Henley Royal Regatta, our commentators, the staff that have worked with us and many other people too numerous to mention but we'd mostly like to thank our listeners. We hope you've all enjoyed it as much as we have.
There are still some updates to come particularly to the latest audio and the photos pages. We'll leave most of the material up until next year.
Listener Survey
Please take part in our short Listener Survey by clicking here.
Web site
The principal focus of our efforts on the web site this year has been the updates of our audio clips where you can catch up on some of the best of our output and our photos page.
Schools' Ergo Competition
Today saw the final and a triumph for Shiplake Primary School click here for the presentation ceremony.
Fireworks
This year's fireworks have been cancelled.
Photos
We've just completed a major update to our photos page. This includes a new section with some great shots of the Spitfire that flew over the Regatta Site as part of the Remenham Club's centenary celebrations. Click here to view.
...and this leads to our caption competition (click on the photo for an expanded view)
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a bottle of bubbly to the best, answers to info@regattaradio.co.uk or phone +44(0)1491 572267
Collective Nouns
We've had few entries for our "What do you call a collection of Commentators?" competition (see below), However one of our commentators Richard Packer, has suggested we widen the competition, we're now in the hunt for the collective nouns for
- Umpires
- Stewards (be careful!)
- Non-rowing spectators
- Blazer-wearers
- Launch drivers
Do remember we aim to broadcast to a family audience.
Mark Hunter makes an announcement about his 2012 Olympic plans
Mark Hunter MBE, the Olympic Gold winner in the Lightweight double sculls makes an announcement on Regatta Radio about his 2012 Olympic plans. Click here to listen to the interview with Jacqueline Alexander.
Max Cooper wins the "Face for Radio" Competition
Listen to the announcement here.
Listen to Rachel's Racing Reviews
We've a special page dedicated to Rachel Quarrell's review of the day's racing. Click here.
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Regatta Radio mentioned in "The Times" of London
Tuesday's edition of "The Times" (London) carried a mention of Regatta Radio, we still treasure the first known literary reference, in Julie Shorter's "Cox and Shoppers" more though.
Stuart Mangan
For further details of this very worthwhile appeal click here. Further to this Regatta Radio has had a generous offer from Andrew Nixon to listen to this click here.
A Little Gem from Wednesday's Broadcast
I've been rowing past the Remenham Club for nigh-on a quarter of a century and known little about it apart from "7 London Clubs" well Matt Gordon has got the low-down on it. Listen to this little gem. It's their centenary this year and not only have they got royalty visiting them but they've got a Spitfire fly-past on Friday during the tea interval! We'll be trying to record the Remenham Roar (from the Spitfire that is) on Regatta Radio. Some of the mysteries of the Remenham Club are revealed here in Matt's great interview. For more details on the row-pasts click here.
Henley Royal Regatta 2009 is underway & Phew, What a Scorcher!
The world's favourite regatta has started and you can follow it, every stroke of the way, here on Regatta Radio. Click the Listen Live button at the top of the page for live commentary. In a move unprecedented since 1976 the Chairman has allowed gentlemen to remove their jackets in the Stewards' Enclosure.
What do you call a collection of Commentators?
The best we can come up with is a gaggle, a bottle of bubbly for anything better. See more details of our Commentary Team click here.
Streaming Problems - Solved
We're using a different ISP as of now so we hope the streaming problem is a thing of the past. Please let us know if you experience difficulties.
Listen and Look at the Best Bits
We've collected the best audio together on a single page click here. We've got a collection of photos that you can view by clicking here.
Julie Shorter Book Signing
The author of the acclaimed "Cox and Shoppers" will be in our studio on Saturday morning between 11:00 - 12:00 for a book signing. Copies of the book can be bought from either the Bell Street Bookshop in Henley or Waterstone's in Reading. See our review by clicking here.
Follow Regatta Radio on Twitter
Do you Twitter? If so, follow us, RegattaRadio, and you'll get the latest updates of what's going on at the station.
Henley Swim 2009
This event took place at 4:30am Sunday morning! See our report by clicking here.
Regatta Radio is Live and Streaming to the Internet
You can listen to us on 87.7FM locally or you can click on the "Listen Live" button that appears in the top right hand corner of all of our pages.
The Hoff at Henley!
A Regatta Radio exclusive, we've got the photos and you can download The Hoff's interview with Cindy by clicking here. The Hoff aka David Hasselhoff is an icon who came to world-wide prominence in the TV series Knight Rider and Baywatch.
Welcome to our New Web site
If you've visited us before you'll realise it's a big change for us. We know that all the links aren't working but we hope to have put that right shortly. We hope you like it and if you've got any comment please let us know.
If the menu bar doesn't work for you for some reason you can navigate our site via the site map click here.
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Regatta Radio is back on air in 2009
This year we're on air from Wednesday June 24th until Sunday July 5th. Henley Royal Regatta runs from July 1st to 5th 2009. Regatta Radio will be with you every stroke of the way.
We're proud to announce that our principal sponsors will again be Invesco Perpetual and the Daily Telegraph.
When we're live we broadcast 24 hours a day and can be listened to on 87.7FM, if you're within an 8 mile radius of Henley-on-Thames England, or you can listen to us via the internet - there'll be a "Listen Live" button on this page.
We still have advertising opportunities available, if you wish to contact our very select and exclusive audience which encompasses an increasing worldwide dimension then please get in touch - contact details are below.
We'll be publishing more detailed listings of our output here as soon as it becomes available.
There's still time to make a contribution to Regatta Radio this year. We're keen to hear from you if you
- have got an idea for a programme
- would like to be interviewed
- want something explained
- would like to broadcast yourself
- want to advertise
Get in touch with us at info@regattaradio.co.uk we can't guarantee to broadcast everything but you'll at least get a sympathetic hearing. Remember we have a worldwide audience.
Contact us by clicking this link or call us on 01491 572267.