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CLIVE BRIDGES:

"Country in the Country" live every Friday night 7.00 - 8.30. Traditional country music at it`s very best. Presented for the last 14 years by Clive Bridges who integrates competitions, requests and dedications into 90 minutes of solid stone country. If fiddles and steels are your thing this is where you will hear them. Not only are the golden oldies such as Messrs Williams, Cash, Frizzel and Misses Wells, Lynn, West, Wynette featured on a regular basis but also the modern day artists such as Heather Myles, Joni Harms, Lonnie Spiker who are keeping real country music alive. You`ll not find "Country Pop" churned out of Nashville on this show, just good old fashioned Honky-Tonk, Western Swing, Bakersfield, Bluegrass and the occasional blast of footstomping Cajun. If you miss it on a Friday it is repeated same time on a Monday.

ALAN BROWN:

Firstly the show, a mix of every kind of music I love, if I don’t like it, it doesn’t get on the show, this could be anything Manilow to Mozart, Country to Cliff Adams or Josef Locke to Jennifer Rush, I have a very wide range, and I think of my Sundays as, a little bit of me in your home or car, I hope I keep you happy and you don’t through me out !!!!
The odd guest drops by on the show, we’ve had Sir Cliff, Julie Goodyear, The Stranglers and Dead Ringers John Culshaw, to name a few, and we set you the task of finding the year from the clues and the music, it’s a show to help your Sunday mornings along at your pace.

Now me… Started radio broadcasting on Hospital radio, The Devonshire Royal actually, in Buxton. The a local radio station did a few trial broadcasts and asked me help out, four years later they went to air full time, by which time I’d moved on to presenting a Saturday Morning show on BBC Radio Sheffield, were I still present, only now I broadcast at 12pm till 4pm, just after my stint on Heartland FM ?
I am a professional comedian, and have been for over thirty years, the job has taken me around the globe, and I’ve worked with some great stars.
I love radio presenting. And I hope my enthusiasm comes through as a good radio show.

RODDY FULLARTON:

Roddy Fullarton The Other Side of Country has been going since 1993 after jumping around the schedule it is now settled on a Friday night 8.30 - 10.00 and repeated on Mondays at the same time. Gram Parsons, Emmylou Harris, Steve Earle, Rodney Crowell featured large in the early days and not a lot has changed since -if it`s not broke don`t fix it. There is however a lot more good music around now and if it`s good Roddy plays it and it then goes down as country in his book. That`s why Lou Reed, Oasis, Eric Clapton, The Clash, Al Green and many others qualify for honorary country membership for the show. He also includes traditionalists such as Hank and Dolly, outsiders like Steve Young and Tom Russell, pays homage to the Burritos and the Stones plus the best of current musicians like Wilco and Leon Kings and the British Endrick Brothers.Roddy has also interviewed Townes van Zant, Allison Moorer, Buddy Miller, Kevin Montgomery and had sessions from John Platania and Southpaw to name a few.
He has his playlists on www.myspace.com/othersideofcountry

LOUISE MORAN:

Louise has lived in Highland Perthshire since 1984. She has worked in many different jobs in the voluntary sector- archaeologist, potter, cook, adult guidance, counsellor, learning advisor, volunteer manager, playgroup fieldworker, trainer, etc. Currently she is a self-employed community worker working on various projects and consultations, including being project officer for Highland Perthshire Communities Partnership. It is intended that part of this work will involve a speech-based programme focussing on the work and issues of the various communities within Highland Perthshire. Louise became involved with Heartland FM in 1995 after winning a poetry competition and stayed to become the Arts editor She produced and presented the Arts magazine programme, Atholl Brose, for many years- reviewing plays and interviewing many people. She joined the Saturday Breakfast Show team in the late nineties and has since led the changing team, taking on new broadcasters and helping them to find their feet. Training is a strong interest for Louise and she has run radio journalist workshops at Perth and Kinross childrens' Arts festivals as well as working with groups of older people to record their memories and create reminiscence programmes. She is about to start some radio skills training with local young people through the Highland Perthshire Youth Initiative. Music has always been an important part of her life and she sings in various local choirs as well as with other musicians in a more jazzy, bluesy, traditional style. Watch this space for a possible album launch...

Hard as it may seem to believe, but the youthful Ian Moyes celebrates his 55 th birthday this year. Perth born Ian moved to Pitlochry with his family in 1982 from Auld Reekie (Edinburgh). A Chartered Electrical Engineer by profession specialising in heavy power engineering (with a passion for tank tops and crazy ties), he has worked all his life for the North of Scotland Hydro-Electric Board (which subsequently became Scottish Hydro-Electric plc and then Scottish & Southern Energy plc). For the last six years of his working life he managed the company's Grid Control Centre which continuously instructs generation to match the demand for electricity and controls the electricity flowing on the pylons north of a line from the Clyde to the Tay. In 2002 he accepted early retirement.

He has been presenting programmes on Heartland FM, without a break, since a few weeks after the station went on the air and blames Brendan Murphy entirely for this! Before Heartland FM went on the air, Brendan turned up as guest speaker to a meeting of Pitlochry's Round Table. So inspired was Ian that a week after the station began broadcasting he turned up one Saturday morning to see what he could do. Within an hour of crossing the threshold he was recording an interview for Atholl Brose. After a couple of weeks recording the odd interview Ian ended up anchoring Atholl Brose, along with Gordon Murch, for the next 2½ years. (For what it is worth, neither Ian nor Gordon reckoned that they could keep Atholl Brose going beyond that first September!). As well as presenting Atholl Brose, Ian was a contributor to the ground breaking “Powder Keg” programme established by Garry Stagg. This led to the occasional fill-in job on Leigh's “Sunny Afternoon” and Scoobie's “Sunday Mix” which ultimately led to presenting the Sunday afternoon programme full time for 2½ years. In the midst of all this, ½ hour “shorts” like “Beyond The Blues” and “The Wednesday Rock Show” were taking Ian into specialist programming which was kindling a new interest in traditional rhythm and blues. This interest resulted in a new programme dedicated to the blues called “Bourbon, Scotch & Beer”, the strange title being borrowed from a John Lee Hooker track “One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer”.

After 1½ years ”Bourbon, Scotch & Beer” was put to rest and Ian teamed up with David Grieve to jointly present “Moods & Rockers”. The on-air partnership between “Doctor” Grieve and “Professor” Moyes was to last barely a year before Ian was called to the vinyl (which made a change from the bar). The Vinyl Years gave Ian the opportunity to dig deep into his collection of vinyl for the lucky dip feature and a chance to play selected tracks from some of his old 33rpm albums. After 1½ years spinning vinyl, the call of rock and the blues proved too much and “Fine Stuff” was born. The title was a catch phrase from the Grieve/Moyes partnership that was used to describe any track that, in their view, was exceptionally good. The programme is described as an eclectic mix of rock, pop and blues. In other words, it provided an excuse for Ian to play almost anything that was previously featured on the “Wednesday Rock Show”, “Bourbon, Scotch & Beer” and the “Vinyl Years”! So there you have it - proof that “cauld kale reheated” really works! Finally, along came a two hour extravaganza called “The Vinyl Frontier” which has now been running for nearly four years

PETE RAMSDEN:

Pete was born in Edinburgh at the start of the 60's, really doesn't remember them, and so must have been there, he maintains he has not changed one jot since, mentally at least. Educated initially in 'Auld Reekie' before being sent to languish just below the Highland Fault Line at Glenalmond. This mixed education resulted in his oddly English accent, Morningside meets Montreal, but he is fiercely proud of his Celtic roots. It also resulted in his ability to fall through the right door to find relatively gainful employment. While still at school he worked with a lighting & sound company and, on leaving, joined the crew of the Edinburgh Tattoo. He was poached from there by a Rock lighting company and proceeded to tour with such stellar acts as The Cure, The Specials, Joe Jackson, and Siouxie & The Banshees, while turning down minor acts like The Police and Abba. Highlights of this time were the Ingliston Rock Festival, which bankrupted the promoter, being resident spark at Tiffanies Night Club, which later burnt down, and giving Simple Minds there first light show. Tiring of the Rock 'n Roll lifestyle and all those Groupies, he decided to move to theatre, a bit like running away from the circus to join the circus. After a stint teaching Stage Management in Glasgow he moved to Pitlochry in '84 and joined the Festival Theatre, first as assistant, but blagged promotion to Technical Stage Manager by '85. He was later seduced by, and subsequently married his Deputy, Polly; it was not a shotgun wedding. They still have no kids, but 2 cats, which require cleaned up after and cost a fortune to feed, so not much difference. On leaving the Theatre in '96 he became a freelance wood butcher and was persuaded to join Heartland 'just to help out' with Saul Hopwood's show. After dabbling in the advertising, and joining the programming group, he is now Programme Co-ordinator & Broadcaster and occasionally finds time to knock up a bit of furniture and, out-with meetings for HFM, ABAG, HPCP, K&FCC, spend an evening with his wife. His siblings, on the whole, are far more interesting than he is. His sister is a bit of a socialite, while his brother manages a fine restaurant in Edinburgh. Pete is currently looking forward to retirement, but has the horrible feeling he won't be able to afford it.

EDDIE ROSE:

Eddie has been presenting Eddies` Archives since 1997. Having moved to Pitlochry 42 years ago from Speyside, Eddie is a well known figure around town and so is known to many of his listeners, exactly what local radio is all about. His fame doesn`t stop in Highland Perthshire, he has been appearing on the Scottish entertainment circuit since a very early age. He first appeared on stage at the tender age of 14 and very quickly he was being invited to entertain the guests in Grantown hotels, he often dropped the odd joke in between songs and gradually humour became a large part of his act and eventually comedy took over his repertoire. He has performed as far afield as Canada and the U.S.A and still regularly tours throughout Scotland and during the summer months can be seen live at Pitlochry town hall evey week, keeping the tradition of Scottish music hall alive. You can hear him playing the best of Scottish and Irish music along with some great comedy on Heartland every Sunday morning and repeated again on a Tuesday night.
You can visit Eddies web site at
www.eddierose.co.uk.

Moonlight Drive is broadcasted live each Thursday Evening between 9 and 10.
The music I play is quite difficult to categorise as I play tunes from the various genres and decades. If I like it I play it and if I don’t I won’t, however, this is probably a good opportunity to elaborate.
Favourite bands ; The Beatles, Echo & the Bunnymen, Happy Mondays, Stone Roses, Love, Sex Pistols, Pink Floyd, Tiny Dancers, The B 52s, Cap’n’ Beefheart , Hawkwind and many, many more.
Worst Bands ; The Police, Eurythmics, Huey Lewis and the News, Bruce Hornsby and the Range, All Boy Bands, All Girl Bands, Quiz Team Aguillera….. Infact I’d better stop there as I could go on forever but I think you get the picture.
Every other week or so I bring on a local guest who assists me in talking nonsense for an hour which often means criticising the music we don’t like and applauding in great detail the music we do like.
I encourage interaction and get plenty of texts during a show and thankfully none of them tell me to go home and concentrate on my day job.
Turn on, tune in and chill out !!!!

I have been happily retired for 17 years after a successful career in Customs and Excise and live In Edinburgh which I claim as home, although I was born in Lunan Bay in Angus before I moved South at the age of four. My enthusiasm for radio was fired when, aged 10, I spent a day in the BBC Studios in Queen Street, Edinburgh and have many memories of early BBC programmes which I saw being transmitted, both in Queen Street and in Glasgow, including Children's Hour with Kathleen (Auntie) Garscadden and Howard M Lockhart, both of whom I got to know in later years. I was an avid listener to Music Hall, Bandwagon (Arthur Askey), Much Binding in the Marsh, (Kenneth Home), ltma (Tommy Handley) and many more. That interest never waned and continued while I was in the Royal Air Force. During my four and a half years (apart from flying!), I presented programmes as well as producing and acting in radio plays, both in the UK and overseas, working alongside members of the Australian Army Education Service on Radio WLKS, Japan, entertaining members of the British Commonwealth Occupation Force. Back home, I worked with Hospital Radio from 1964 until 1989, both in Scotland and England, followed by my association with Heartland which commenced in 1995, presenting programmes of classical music and opera, as well as co-presenting magazine and feature programmes with my very good friend Kerr McKinlay.
It has been a great pleasure and privilege to be associated with Heartland, my only regret being unable to appear regularly in person as age creeps up with relentless haste. My own personal studio at home, however, keeps me in touch, whilst Newsletters and Email are a blessing.