CRFM

27/07/2025

It’s The Mental Health Matters Cup at Harraby 3G today. Good luck to all the teams taking part ⚽️

27/07/2025

It’s Cake of the Week time 😋 and just look at these lovely Rocky Road Brownies. 🤩 Absolutely gorgeous! As always, the recipe is here for you to have a go yourself. Why not give it a try - and remember to tune in every Sunday morning with Paul Johnston for the Sunday Cake Club. 😀👍🏻🍰

Rocky Road Brownies

Makes 16
Ingredients
* 100 g/3½ oz plain flour, plus extra for dusting
* 140 g/5 oz caster sugar
* 3 tbsp cocoa powder
* ½ tsp baking powder
* 225 g/8 oz butter, melted, plus extra for greasing
* 2 eggs, beaten
* 1 tsp vanilla extract
* 70 g/2½ oz glacé cherries, quartered
* 70 g/2½ oz blanched almonds, chopped
* 100 g/3½ oz marshmallows, chopped

fudge frosting
* 200 g/7 oz icing sugar
* 2 tbsp cocoa powder
* 3 tbsp evaporated milk
* ½ tsp vanilla extract

1. Preheat the oven to 160°C/325°F/ Gas Mark 3. Grease a 23-cm/9-inch square shallow baking tin and dust lightly with flour.
2. Sift together the four, sugar, cocoa and baking powder and make a well in the centre. Stir in the melted butter, eggs and vanilla extract and beat well to mix thoroughly.
3. Stir in the cherries and almonds. Pour into the prepared tin and bake for 35-40 minutes in the preheated oven, until just firm on top. Leave to cool in the tin.
4. Meanwhile, make the frosting. Place all the ingredients in a large bowl and beat well to mix to a smooth, just spreadable consistency.
5. Spread the cooled brownies with the frosting, swirting lighty, and sprinkle with marshmallows. Leave until the frosting sets, then cut into squares.

24/07/2025

🎉 FRIDAY on Bekfast with Bekah Fowler! ☕

Kick-start your weekend with fun, music, prizes & surprises 🎧

🕵️‍♀️ A mystery guest joins Bekah live from 7–9am — any guesses?

🎡 We’re spinning the Solfest Wheel – your chance to WIN tickets to Solfest 2025!

🛍️ Plus… we will be giving away the Bekfast Goody Bag on The Last Word – can you finish it right?

📍 Only on Carlisle’s Better Music Mix – CRFM

📻 102.7 FM | 🌐 yourcrfm.co.uk | 📱 “Alexa, play CRFM”

👇 Tag a mate who’d love Solfest — and don’t be late for !

24/07/2025

🫶Ian Alcock from the Training and Development team at Every Life Matters joins Warren Thompson in the studio for Mental Health Matters tonight from 7pm.

Ian talks about his role with Every Life Matters and about su***de prevention.

Plus:
✅Acts Of Kindness
✅The Think About It Question
✅Shout Outs
✅Mental Health Facts

Only on Carlisle's Better Music Mix and YOUR community radio station CRFM!

24/07/2025

Tonight on CRFM. A tribute to Ozzy Osbourne❤️. Music from his time with Black Sabbath as well as some classic solo tracks. Some History, Background, Local Connections & stories from some of the people who met him on his visits to Cumbria. Join Paul Johnston from 8pm for ROCK ANTHEMS🤘🏽.

23/07/2025

Wednesday night means only one thing, Craig is getting ready to play you 3 hours of the best in Motown, Soul and Northern Soul on CRFM.

22/07/2025

It's that time of the week when country music fills the airwaves. Join Paul Braithwaite in his Country Club tonight from 7pm and enjoy some of the best songs from some Stella artists all the way until 9pm. It's right here for you on your CRFM!

22/07/2025

📻Tune into The Cumbriana Show this Tuesday at 9PM on CRFM where Russ will be playing the brand new track Magnificent from Wild on the Wall headliners Mylittlebrother!

Russ was sent in the new EP from Ghostfield and will be playing The lead single 'Convergence'- featuring Lauren Davey's vocals (Bossyking, Zopa, Silly Peach) along with samples of a prophetic 1965 talk by Isaac Asimov on the future of robots and AI.

There is also new music from The Bogards and Gary Lee too! You definitely don't want to miss this week with so much great new music sent in ready to be played. 🎶🎵

Russ will also be talking about some superb musicians events coming up too.

Listen in online with the App Your CRFM or through your smartspeaker.

21/07/2025

Last week he was chilled with his tunes this week PD has a selection of some cracking Reggae tunes from the movies Here’s Tonight’s playlist:
BOB MARLEY-STIR IT UP
THE PARAGONS-THE TIDE IS HIGH
THE MELODIANS-RIVERS OF BABYLON
T***S & THE MAYTALS-PRESSURE DROP
THE SLICKERS-JOHNNY TOO BAD
JUDGE DREAD-BIG SEVEN
JOHNNY NASH-I CAN SEE CLEARLY
JUNIOR MURVIN-POLICE & THIEVES]
THE REVOLUTIONARIES-KUNTA KINTA DUB
PETER TOSH-STEPPING RAZOR
10CC-DREADLOCK HOLIDAY
TREVOR WALTERS-LOVE ME TONIGHT
MUSICAL YOUTH-PASS THE DUTCHIE
EDDIE GRANT-ELECTRIC AVENUE
UB40-SING OUR OWN SONG
UB40-WEAR YOU TO THE BALL
UB40- SUPERSTITION
INNER CIRCLE-BAD BOYS
ASWAD-DONT TURN AROUND
DESMOND DEKKER/JIMMY CLIFF FEATURING KLM STEVEN SEAGAL’S ONENESS BAND-JOHN CROW
CHAKA DEMUS AND PLIERS-MURDER SHE WROTE
DIANA KING-SHY GUY
SHAGGY-BOOMBASTIC
BEENIE MAN FEAT CHEVVELLE FRANKLYN-DANCE HALL QUEEN
DAMIAN MARLEY-WELCOME TO JAMROCK
And tonight’s trailers are:
I AM LEGEND, MURIALS WEDDING, THE HARDER THEY COME, COOL RUNNINGS, SN**CH AND THE WEDDING SINGER, PINEAPPLE EXPRESS, MEN AT WORK, VAMPIRE IN BROOKLYN, BAD BOYS, MARKED FOR DEATH, SAVE THE LAST DANCE]
EDDIE GRANT-ELECTRIC AVENUE
So join PD From 10pm Tonight and make him the Soundtrack to your night.

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19/07/2025

Last week he was chilled with his tunes this week PD has a selection of some cracking Reggae tunes from the movies, he’ll be dropping tunes From The Slickers, Jimmy Cliff, UB40, Peter Tosh, Eddie Grant and many many more so join PD this Monday Night from 10pm for the Best Reggae tunes from the movies, and make him the Soundtrack to your night.

18/07/2025

Yippee

It will link Dalston Road to the new Southern Link Road.

18/07/2025

Some more pics from our live outside broadcast from The Howard Arms this morning as part of Tour of the Towns.

Pictured presenter Thomas Chandley with Steve Summerston from Cumbrian Antiques and Mike from Mitchellsons Newsagents.

Thanks to the CRFM team in front and behind the scenes, thanks to the Howard Arms for having us, and thank you to all our lovely guests. We felt very welcome. ❤️