Chris Stanton

Moonlight Drive - Thursdays 9pm till 10pm

Hello, and thanks for checking me out.

I suppose I should say a little something about myself. I’ll try not to blow my own trumpet too much but at some point instinct will kick in and I won’t be able to help myself.

I come from Liverpool but as a young lad my family moved a few miles away ‘to the outskirts’ and I grew up there. I mention this to explain my accent (which some people struggle to place) and to admit publicly that I am what is known as a ‘plastic scouser’. I have learnt to live with this over the years and I don’t believe it has done me any harm!

I have been fortunate enough to have had opportunities to travel in my life and have had some amazing experiences. I have had a good old mooch about our outrageous planet and had my eyes opened to some bizarre goings on which again, I do not believe have done me any harm !!!!!!!

However, this couldn’t continue and I would have to get a proper job and settle down before I became ‘the last chicken in sainsburys’ as a good friend once politely pointed out. I would have to become responsible and I would have to do it soon. So I did.

I arrived in Pitlochry as the new Millennium occurred to take on a local posting for which I still do today.

‘Unambitious’ I hear you cry...

‘Not a word of it’ I quickly respond...

I simply feel that I have found a spiritual home that has helped make me an extremely happy and content individual. My children thrive in this environment and we are lucky to find ourselves in such a beautiful and inspiring part of the world.

I first stumbled upon Heartland in 2003 and was immediately impressed. I did a ‘personal choice’ show and got the bug straight away. I almost wet my knickers with excitement as I waited for that recording to be broadcast and still get a similar feeling as I go to broadcast live each week.

I was thrilled to be given the opportunity to get involved and by presenting my own show, sitting on the board of governors and helping out with fundraising I feel very much a part of what Heartland FM stands for.

I’m a huge fan of Heartland... There’s a group of weird and wonderful people who give up their own time to help it tick along and make things happen.

I consider myself very lucky to be able to turn up each week and broadcast my own music and opinions and be trusted with the reputation of Heartland FM for an hour. Playlists... I don’t think so !!!!!! I value this privilege to go live on air, respect it dearly and benefit from it hugely.

If you haven’t already tuned in over the years to my dulcet tones then can I plead with you now. Great music, fantastic guests and a chance to get involved and have your say…..what more could the listener possibly want !!!!!

All the best

Chris ‘moonlight drive’ Stanton

Below are a few ‘likes’ of mine to challenge me on at some point if I meet you in the pub. These could change on a monthly basis BTW !

Best Bands The Beatles Echo & the Bunnymen The B52s Hawkwind John Grant	Best Films Wickerman Old Boy Quadraphinia Angels with Dirty faces Life is Beautiful	Funny Stuff Curb your Enthusiasm Laurel & Hardy Shooting Stars Tommy Cooper Ross Noble
Reading Matter Anything by Haruki Murakami Uncut magazine Autobiographies Knut Arnesan Observer	Five people I’d have over for Dinner Keith Richards Larry David Lauren Laverne Derren Brown Bruce Parry	Sport Football Darts Tennis Skiing Air Hockey at the Arcade

Email me direct at mailbox@heartlandfm.co.uk