25 Glorious Years!

Did you know that Arrow FM is a quarter of a century old? Only one other Access station (Wellington) has been around for longer. Jan McLaren was our first manager in 1986 and is still on our Board, helping to keep us true to our founding principles. So what are we doing about it?

                                HAVING A PARTY, of course!
And a Garage Sale (we need to pay for the party). And an Open Day. And anything else you can think of. Apart from indulging our need to celebrate, this is a great opportunity to raise our public profile and remind the community what a fabulous service we provide for the many minority and special interest groups of our region. Not to mention the general public.

Our Garage Sale coincides with the Christmas Parade on Saturday the 3rd of December. We'll be spilling out onto the footpath with a huge variety of goods and nick-nackery. Tell everyone that we've got audio & computer gear, CDs, records & cassettes, books, clothes, handbags & football boots, and what can only be described as stuff. We're still accepting offers of stuff and help on the day, so let us know if you can contribute in any way.

As for THE PARTY - well hey, we always have a party at this time of year, I hear you say. True, but this will be different. It'll be BIGGER, because we'll be inviting more people - past broadcasters, ex-managers, celebrities (no All Blacks, though - they get invited to everything). It'll be GRANDER - still at Harlequin, but we'll be using the Theatre as well as The Foyer. It'll be SILLIER, because we'll put on a show and we're not very good at being serious. And it'll be INCLUSIVER, because heaps of you will be in the show - we'll get together to organise that soon. So. You'll get your invitation in the fullness of time. It's on Thursday the 8th of December, and it is NOT TO BE MISSED. The next big one isn't for another 25 years!

And the OPEN DAY? Well we haven't organised it yet, but it'll be in the same week and will give people a chance to wander around the place, have a go on air, catch the bug and sign up to do their own programmes.

OTHER IDEAS? Let us know if you have any. Must not involve Justin Beiber.

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