And Here Is The News

In this newsletter…

• Stray Cat befriends Arrow staff.
• Dogged perseverance pays off in South.
• Connected with the click of a Mouse.
• Goose lays golden egg.
• Arrow team Hoarse after Waitangi Day broadcast.
• Marama Fox rocks the Park.
• Arrow refuses to take recession Lion down.

We welcome Cat Straman to the Arrow menagerie, and hope she isn't too freaked by the other critters. Cat has taken charge of the Southern Exposure broadcasts, and has already run some lively sessions in Carterton & Featherston.

The southern broadcasts have been very successful and look like bedding in for the long term. Although we have conducted these as pre-recorded sessions, we have finally completed exhaustive tests with The Lynchbox and are poised to go live from the central and southern communities later this month.

"The Lynchbox?" you ask. Yes, our friendly cybergeek John Lynch has perfected an internet-based remote broadcasting gadget that allows us to transmit live from just about anywhere at the click of the aforementioned mouse. This is the greatest development in inter-spacial, multi-temporal communication since the Tardis.

We are grateful to Eastern & Central Community Trust for granting us the funds to train our central and southern broadcasters to handle this fabbo technology and to develop their programmes to the highest level.

Arrow FM maintained its customary presence at the Origins Festival & Waitangi Day Celebrations in QE2 Park on (surprise!) Waitangi Day. Michael, Veronika & Cat provided a stream of blather relieved by the occasional passing broadcaster (Jennifer, Pete, etc.) and vox pops from organisers and celebrators (celebrants?). The day provided us with a comprehensive soak-test of the Lynchbox, which performed admirably, as did the Karaoke performers at the festival and the belly dancers (very effective on radio). Ex-Arrow broadcaster Marama Fox pulled off a virtuoso act as MC and frequent Karaoke Queen.

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