Featured Band

Bar Room Crawl

Their success in bringing Apolyptic Funk to the masses meant we HAD to choose these guys as our band of the month. Describing their sound as "...a fusion of funky slap bass, thorough guitar, malevolent keyboards, driving beats and sliding trombone, with a sinister, hammer-horror-esq under-tone" - Bar Room Crawl are new, different and came second in this year's Battle of the Bands. Well done Boys!

 

Find out more information on Bar Room Crawl here

 

 

Heartland goes to Hospital

Music and banter from Heartland FM is bringing a smile to people in hospitals across the Dundee area. Programmes from the community run radio station are being broadcast daily on Bridge FM.

 

It means that patients and staff at Ninewells, The Royal Victoria Dundee and Ashludie Hospital in Monifieth can tune into the latest from Heartland. The service is also available on the bedside radios within Ninewells Hospital.

 

Bridge FM goes out on 87.7fm and carries shows from Heartland FM's output, weekday mornings, 8am to 12pm and in the afternoon, between 2pm and 4pm. On Saturdays there's two hours of music between 5 and 7pm. Bridge FM covers Heartland's Sunday output from 8am to 11am and again, from 1pm to 3pm.

 

Heartland's station manager, Bruce Patterson is delighted. "It's another example of how we're continuing to grow and take every opportunity to reach a wider audience."

 

The Heartland programmes carried by Bridge FM offer a good cross-section of the most popular live shows, including Bruce in the Morning, Frankie Drivetime and Stevie Alive in the Afternoon.

 

Broadband Test

Highland Perthshire Communities Partnership is currently gathering information on the true picture of broadband provision in Perthshire. This information will be critical to formulating a strong case for UK and Scottish government funding to improve the existing service. To take part in this survey we need your broadband speeds.To do this go to www.mybroadbandspeed.co.uk and click begin. This will give you two figures, an upload and a download speed. Send these, along with your postcode and the time of day you did the test to brucehpcp@hotmail.co.uk, marking it  "Broadband Survey". We need as many people as possible to take part so please pass this message on to all your neighbours or send it as an email to everyone you know in Highland Perthshire.

 

New Saints Spot on Heartland FM

Heartland FM has created a new slot for St Johnstone fans across Perthshire. The new football feature, called All things Saints, is dedicated to following the trials and tribulations of the Perth -based team.

 

Heartland's Bruce Patterson chats to Jamie Beatson, a lifelong Saints fan and freelance journalist. Bruce and Jamie recap all the action from the weekend before and look forward to the game on Saturday. The starting point for their banter is honest comment, posted by the fans themselves.

 

Jamie, (25) has made his mark managing the online fanzine, www.weareperth.co.uk. The internet forum hosts discussion the latest St. Johnstone action and has thousands of members wishing to have their say on their team.

 

Heartland FM Station Manager and Saints supporter, Bruce Patterson is enthusiastic about the significance of Heartland's new football focus. “It's good to bring this kind of feature to air, too many sports reports focus on the West Coast, but during this slot we only discuss our local team, St Johnstone.

 

Bruce says Heartland FM is keen to bring more sport to the airwaves. "I would like to expand our local sports features and would love to hear from anyone willing to bring us a regular report from other sources, amateur football, golf, swimming whatever the interest is Heartland would love to hear from you.”

 

All Things Saints goes out every Friday at 10.30am. It's repeated on a Saturday morning at 9.30 during Ross' Rewind.