RUNaway Blog

Morning all!

2007-11-22T23:07:00.000-08:00

The Bounty period started a bit earlier today - thought we'd give you longer before you had to go to work! :-)

Today could be an interesting day for The FM107.9 WKD RUNaway

Lets just say i could have a couple of suprises up my sleeve.....

RC

Its been a while!

2007-11-20T04:08:00.000-08:00

Hi all!

Been a while since i've posted so thought i'd say hi!

How've you been doing this week? Think the clues are too easy?!!!

There may be a slight twist in the bounty periods later in the week so stay alert!

Take is easy

RC

Will there be a bounty period tonight??

2007-11-19T11:14:00.000-08:00

... or are you all just hoping Runaway Control will take pity?
It is MINGING out there!
I'm very glad to be in a nice toasty studio.

Brucey x

We caught the FM107.9 WKD Runaway!!!!

2007-11-16T05:35:00.000-08:00

Well done!

We did it!!! The FM107.9 WKD Runaway was caught with £300!!!!

Now I'll have a good weekend.

The FM107.9 WKD Runaway will be unleashed again soon...

Keep listening because if you don't ask you can't win.....'are you the FM107.9 WKD Runaway?'

Whoop, whoop!

xxx

Go, go, go!!!!!

2007-11-16T04:47:00.000-08:00

The FM107.9 WKD Runaway is strutting round Oxford right now, with a bounty of £300.

You need to find them. You need to ask: 'are you the FM107.9 WKD Runaway?'

Then, you need to decide how you're going to spend the cash!

Where are they??? Let's get on the trail!

xxx

£600 nice and early!

2007-11-15T23:32:00.000-08:00

I've managed to drag myself out of bed this morning to set the RUNaway free - felt like a lie in for the last couple of mornings - this RUNaway control business is hard work! :-)

Check out the RUNaway forum to get your clue!

RC

£700!

2007-11-15T07:05:00.001-08:00

How generous am i feeling?!!!!

£700 is on the RUNaway's head this afternoon so just go for it!!

2 hours to get the cash!

RC

Any moment....

2007-11-15T04:32:00.000-08:00

Stay alert, the FM107.9 WKD Runaway could be terrorising your hood any time soon.

As soon as the bounty period's announced, it's GAME ON!!!!!

So, sneakers, eighties style sweat bands and jogging pants at the ready.

We will catch the FM107.9 WKD Runaway next time.

And that means you'll be a whole lot richer. Ker-ching!

Now, tie your laces up.

That's better.

xxx

Life as a RUNaway: Day Three

2007-11-14T16:11:00.000-08:00

So I got caught again today. How awful.
Sorry there wasn't a bounty period this morning people, but the runaway was tired from all the running and needed a lie in and a soak in the bath this morning.
The rest of the day was spent having fun.
Despite no bounty period, I still decided to have a bit of fun in Summertown this lunchtime...Did you see someone walking along with an orange pumpkin bucket saying trick or treat and thought they were a bit weird - not to mention a couple of weeks late??!!
Ahh... well that was me.
And were you in Oddbins when I went in and spoke to Madeline when I was asking her about the most amazing wine I've ever tasted called Moon Juice - its Water from the Moon I'll have you know... and is divine. Indeed.
Next stop was a bit of a prank at my new found friend's at the car dealership Humphries in Rose Hill...Lovely Shane was fun to talk to, but didn't really understand what was going on when I began saying I had £10,000 to spend on a car, that had to be black, small, sporty and funky, yet still be useful for my friend's new business - he's starting a funeral directors, so the car must be able, one way or another to fit coffins in... I asked him to put the seats down and lay inside for me... but he was in hysterics... and convinced one of his best mates was winding him up... in fact it was the friends at his local radio station who he knows pretty well... us devils at FM 107.9. Gutted. I could have given you £500!!!
Then I popped into the co-op for a bit and said hello like I knew the bloke behind the counter, he again, like everyone else, thought I was a weirdo.
Wandered up the road a bit, past the pizza place, saw the ladies as they were shutting up the hairdressers and smiled, and looked in the window of the funeral directors and thought how wrong my last prank could have been in the minds of some people. My apologies if it offended you.
Walked to get chips and thought how it wouldnt help if I needed to go for a run, and then began noticing the people showing, so I did just that. Went for a bit of a run... bounty period was almost up and people were asking left right and centre, and I only just made it away.
One thing I must say is, I did witness a few people chasing each other in cars and nearly causing accidents so everyone, please be careful!!
Next bounty period started at 8pm and I was in The Bullingdon, in Cowley Road... and as Brucey (Sophie) described - yes I was sat with my feet up with a bottle of WKD... what else would I be drinking!? Lots of people missed catching me by seconds, as the first girl to ask me, of course won. So well done.
Bounty Hunters, I will indeed be back out on the run tomorrow at some point... whether I have a lie in or not, I'll decide in the morning.
We'll have to see how my legs are feeling. But after not running too much at the end of tonight, I think tomorrow, I'll be fine...
Catch me if you can!
The FM 107.9 WKD RUNawayx

After a clue?

2007-11-14T11:58:00.000-08:00

You're gonna have to check out the RUNaway Forum for the clue this time!

Keepin ya on your toes!

RC

Myztic reporting on the Runaways

2007-11-14T09:55:00.000-08:00

Hey guys its Me Myztic De

YO YO YO BRAP BRAP CHEESE AND CRACKERS!

Ok so they sent me out too report on the Runaway's "pranks"

I was @ Humpries in Rose Hill ...and she pulled a prank on the poor Sean who was GUTTED when I told him if he'd asked.. "ARE YOU THE FM107.9 WKD RUNAWAY"! He'd have won £500... 500 big ones.. 500 smackers..the MOOOLA.

Unfortunately also for Sean he didn't sell a car! Cos the Runaway wanted a SMALL BLACK CAR - asked him to put the bacl seats down..and then lye down in it! WHAT A SHAME IF HE'D DONE IT..HE'D HAVE BEEN IN THE MONEY!

He was p*ss*d. Well sorry mate keep trying.

That cheeky runaway left her calling card under his keyboard.

More clues have errupted now guys KEEP ON BLOOOMIN SEARCHING PEEPS

Love ya'll

xxxxxxxxxxxxxx

(sorry not enuff x's)

xxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Day 3 Clue 1

2007-11-14T08:03:00.001-08:00

Sweetest flower in the whole of Oxford

The RUNaway Forum!

2007-11-14T03:57:00.000-08:00

Alright Bounty Hunters!

Hows the hunting been going?

You guys can chat about the clues with each other now - the RUNaway forum is up and running now on the RUNaway homepage

You can see what each other think - i might even hide the odd clue in it - just keeping looking!

Register your details - only takes a couple of minutes so give it a go!

Happy hunting!

RC

Day 2 Clue 3

2007-11-13T08:48:00.000-08:00

Singing from the roof tops

The FM107.9 WKD RUNaway is on facebook...

2007-11-13T06:46:00.000-08:00

Add 'Runa Way' as a friend, geddit...

You can find me on the Oxford FM107.9 Group, and a lot of Oxford Groups!

I got away at lunch time...

2007-11-13T06:42:00.000-08:00

My talents of playing the game of Hide & Seek in Oxford are getting better it seems!

This lunchtime, I was in Cornmarket Street in the City Centre... from 12pm to 1.30pm.

This is how I spent my time:
*On arrival got approached by two guys who work for Phones 4U asking me if I needed a new one, to which I happily responded, I've gotta run...
*Went into HMV, wandered around the music section, humming runaway by the Corrs... went upstairs to the DVDs and decided I could play a fun little prank, on the girl behind the till, Faye. So... wandered around, picked up the following:
Catch me if you can
Runaway Bride
Runaway Vacation
The Running Man...
And went up to unsuspecting Faye, placed them down and said to complete my collection I'm looking for the Bounty Hunter, its urgent I find the bounty hunter... can you point me in the right direction? She said I'll have to take a look and see if we have it... and they didn't... so I left the dvds with her saying, I can't take these then... and ran off down the stairs leaving behind some calling cards (those things that say the FM 107.9 WKD RUNaway was here)!

*Next, I decided to do the same kind of thing in Zavvi.co.uk (formerly Virgin)... so wandered around and picked up a few more apt titles: Prison Break, Running Scared, Runaway Jury, Catch me if you can & Runaway Vaction...
So headed downstairs and spoke to a lovely girl called Alice about the Bounty Hunter... she was saying if I needed it so desperately, as its now been discontinued my best bet is the internet. Awwh... poor Alice...

So thats 4 people so far I've given massive hints to.

*Next stop, Boots. Decide to go in and have a look at everything, take my time, smile at all the staff and think about who's best to approach. Something a RUNaway needs is things to disguise themself, so... what can a RUNaway find in boots which fits the bill - hair dye and face masks... oh and lots of make-up but I could have been there forever considering that! Have a chat to Micah (haircare asst) and Katie (skincare consultant) about face masks, leaving them on for a long period of time and would there be any lasting damage. They notice the many boxes of hair dye and the multi-coloured crazy coloured sprays I have in my basket and think they make a concious effort not to laugh! Thanks girls. Leave the basket by Katies stand, and sprinkle some calling cards in there, and run out the shop... I sware I'm surprised I didn't have security after me, I do look a bit shifty in those scenarios.

*Decide to have a bit of a wander up and down ... so do some walking, talking to random people, the red cross guys and girls telling them how generous I am with my money and how I randomly gave £500 yesterday and this morning, and they didn't cotton on. Silly.

*Then head to Nokia, and ask the manager Angela if they sell Voice Distorters as I need to disguise my voice when talking to people on the phone. She told me to go to a toy shop... hmm. So left a calling card under the Nokia N95 8Gb Black Demo phone they had on the stand.

*Still unhappy that no one has picked up on who I am, I decide to run up and down Cornmarket a couple of times, mainly to keep myself warm! (oh, and because I am the RUNaway afterall!!).

*Then I engage in further conversation with the Phones 4U boys, and poor Ben doesn't pick up on it when I say I'm in Oxford, I'm on the run and playing a game of Hide & Seek, and I reward people when they find me. I think he thought I was a very odd person and it was some kind of weird dodgy line. Interesting.

*Oh, and I sat on the bench outside next and waved at people as they walked past. Talk about being obvious.

Next time, maybe one of you will ask the right person that key thing...Are you the FM107.9 WKD RUNaway?!

Its the one thing that holds the key to you winning lotsa money!!

Good Luck Bounty Hunters!!

The clue's explained!

2007-11-13T05:41:00.000-08:00

Well you didn't catch the FM107.9 WKD RUNaway this time :-)

The RUNaway was in cornmarket street the whole time and escaped with £250...come on you can do better than that!
Here are the clues explained:

1. In the presence of width and royalty
Broad street and Queen street are nearby

2. Near the ‘now golden’ coaching inn
The Golden cross shopping arcade is off cornmarket and it used to be an old coaching inn

3. Once voted the 2nd worst in Britain!
It was once voted the 2nd worst shopping street in Britain!

See they aren't that hard - just think a bit harder...ha ha ha!

Remember, If You Don't Ask You Can't Win!

Grrrr

2007-11-13T05:37:00.000-08:00

The FM107.9 WKD Runaway has slipped through our fingers and evaded our grasp....

We can't let this happen again.

So, remember, have this question at the tip of your tongue at all times; 'Are you the FM107.9 WKD Runaway.'

Because if you don't ask, you can't win.

And you need to grap your slice of ten thousand pounds to make sure you have a spingly, spangly Christmas.

Keep listening for the next bounty period.

Happy hunting,

xx

Not long to go....

2007-11-13T04:51:00.000-08:00

You've got until half past one: speed up the pace.

Some people think the location's Broad Street, near the King's Arms....

Some are saying The Covered Market....

What do you think?

Remember, if you don't ask, you can't win.

£250 is at stake.... so get asking 'Are you the FM107.9 WKD Runaway?'

xx

GO! Get the FM107.9 WKD Runaway

2007-11-13T04:07:00.000-08:00

Bounty Period Open!!!!!

Right, £250 quid could be yours this lunchtime just for asking a simple question:

'Are you the FM107.9 WKD Runaway?'

You need to track down the FM107.9 Runaway... you have until 1.30pm.

Your first clue:

'In the presence of width and royalty.'

Let's figure this out together... where could that be??

We're not going to let the FM107.9 Runaway slip through our fingers, are we???

GO!

Anna
xxx

Day 2 Clue 2

2007-11-13T03:57:00.000-08:00

Near the 'now golden' coaching inn

Remember....If You Don't Ask, You Can't Win!

Myztic does Janet Jackson

2007-11-13T00:37:00.000-08:00

Runaway with me my love
Yeah yeah yeah yeah
The one thing missing was you
Runaway with me my love
Yeah yeah yeah yeah
And I just want to have a good time
Yeah
Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh
And I just know we'll have a good time
Yeah!

;-) Keep hunting Bounty hunters...

Day 2 Clue 1

2007-11-12T23:17:00.000-08:00

HOME TO THE BIG GREEN GIANTS

£500 on the RUNaway's head this morning!

Text WKD to 80006 to get the 3rd clue by text

Bounty period open until 9:30am

Remember, if you don't ask you can't win!

Woohoo I got a bounty period on my show!!!

2007-11-12T11:01:00.000-08:00

Right folks, another bounty period is upon us!

You have until 9pm to track down the FM107.9 WKD Runaway and I'll help as much as I can. Runaway Control will post a new clue here on the site asap and the first clue from the studio is...

ALONG THE RIGHT ARM.

What does it mean??? Where is the FM107.9 WKD Runaway hiding? Get your thinking caps on and it could bag you £400 this evening... good luck and keep listening for more info.

Call me on 0870 444 1079 or text OX and your message to 80006 if you have any ideas.

And don't forget there's an extra clue by texting WKD to 80006.

Let's catchy the slippery FM107.9 WKD Runaway for the second time today - i want you to be a winner! :o)

Sophie in the FM107.9 Studio xx

Day 1 Bounty Period 3

2007-11-12T10:51:00.000-08:00

The Cows go straight to the OX

Day 1 Bounty Period 2

2007-11-12T07:56:00.000-08:00

Round and round but in a straight line!

Fingers crossed for some evening bounty hunting...

2007-11-12T07:25:00.000-08:00

Hi guys!

Well I still have no idea when the next FM107.9 WKD Runaway bounty period will be, despite grilling* Runaway Control.

But I'm keeping my fingers crossed for some hunting in the dark tonight, as I'm back on the evening show from 7pm.

I'll be doing all I can to help you crack the clues as and when they arrive - I've even dressed in my Lara Croft outfit to get that bounty hunting vibe going.

Keep checking back to see if the Runaway has been set loose again, so you can win a big wedge of cash to sort your Christmas out :o)

Sophie xx

* Okay, so by grilling we mean we held them down and gave them wedgies - but they haven't cracked yet.

Let the stars guide you to the runaway!

2007-11-12T06:05:00.000-08:00

Its myztic here the FM107.9's own resident Horoscopist!

That sneaky runaway got away this morning...how much of a pain is that? Hey well Matt you shoulda been more smart then shouldn't you!

Stay tuned guys! x

xxxxxx

The RUNaway got away....Ha ha!

2007-11-12T06:04:00.001-08:00

Well the RUNaway got away this morning...did you find the clues hard?!!!

I'm getting the feeling the RUNaway could be on the run again this afternoon but i'm not going to tell you when!

Just keep listening thats all i'm going to say!

I wanna play!

2007-11-12T03:38:00.000-08:00

Right.
The only bad thing about working at FM107.9 HQ is that I can't win The RUNaway!
But I wanna help you guys catch him/her/it!

I'll be on here trying to crack the clues and help you get your hands on the cash.

...anyway, what happened this morning?! The RUNaway got away with 2 grand! You lot better win something soon or the RUNaway will end up with enough cash to retire early!

Keep listening for the next bounty :-)

Producer Joe
x

Hunt The FM107.9 WKD Runaway now!!!!

2007-11-12T00:26:00.000-08:00

1st Clue - Stop you're Surrounded

£2000 woop woop let's find the runaway....

Text WKD to 80006 for your 3rd clue...

Headington roundabout, Castle Complex, let us know 08704441079

Day 1 Clue 1

2007-11-11T23:22:00.000-08:00

A static finish

On the loose from Monday!

2007-11-09T08:23:00.001-08:00

The FM107.9 WKD RUNaway is on the run from Monday....remember If You Don't Ask You Can't Win!