Normally we would herald the New Year in January, but we decided to give you a temporary break from negotiating my convoluted narrative style and go for a February start. And why not? The seasons are all up the spout anyway. So...
2026 – What does it hold?
Well, according to some brainy philosophers there is a possibility that Time is not necessarily linear, so maybe it’s happened already. How was it for you? For those of us not operating at the Quantum level, though, here are a couple of predictions for the coming year...
• Our prerecord studio (Taringa) will soon be fully operational in its upgraded form. This means that all prerecords will enjoy the same level of automation and video capacity as our broadcast studio. Just need to tweak colour balances and load all your programmes onto the button pad.
• We are within centimetres of getting funding to install a grunty generator to kick in during power outages so that we need never be off air. This will be important during civil defence emergencies. Also, avoiding power cuts means that we don’t have to recalibrate equipment and software programs that spit the dummy when they get closed down. This in turn helps with our anxiety levels and saves a fortune on therapy.
• Lots of new programmes starting. Too many to mention here. Go to https://www.arrowfm.co.nz/programmes/ to marvel at the full list.
• We’ve been producing a series of videos to help our programme makers with studio operations, programme development etc. Basically how not to break things and still have a good time.
The Universe continues to expand. I’m waiting for it to start to contract so I can fit into my trousers again.
Michael
