 Name:
Andrew Ross (always known as Andy)
D of B. 20/7/32 Born at Dallas, Moray.
Employment: Worked most of my working life with a large landed
Company as Farms Administrator and latterly (10 years) as a Dairies
Manager. The Company was Moray Estates Development Company with estates
in Morayshire, Inverness-shire, Perthshire and Fife.
Served 3 years in the Royal Air Force, after my initial training at
Hednesford (Staffordshire) I spent the rest of my service at R.A.F.
Bicester (Oxfordshire).
Have acted as compere at many events around my home - Eden Court Theatre,
Inverness Town Hall, Elgin and have been involved with the Shetland
Accordion & Fiddle Festival since its inception 15 years ago. Locally was
a founder member of the Forres Accordion & Fiddle Club and have acted as
compere there for most of the past 25 years.
As far as broadcasting is concerned I have presented Scottish Music
programmes on Moray Firth Radio, Inverness for over 20 years, also for the
past 6 years have presented a weekly chat show with local celebrities -
Moray Firth People (Tuesdays on 1107 m.w. 7-8 p.m.) The other programmes
comprise a request programme The Sunday Show (Sundays 12 noon - 2 p.m.)
and The Thursday Ceilidh (Thursdays 7-8.30 p.m. with another 2
co-presenters). All programmes can be heard on the internet
www.mfr.co.uk also the
Sunday and Thursday programmes can be found on my web
page through the mfr web site.
In 1988 I won a TRICS award from the Scottish Television & Radio industry
for the best Scottish documentary broadcast during the previous year.
You can email
Andy here!
Listen to The Thursday Ceildh and The Sunday Show here! |
