Onetangi Beach Races 2009

Feb 082009

Waiheke turned on a stunner of a day for the Onetangi Beach Races with huge numbers turning out to the beach. Splash FM provided the technicals to allow Waiheke Radio to broadcast live from the event.

On Air

The Waiheke RadioStation Playlist program and logs were copied from the studio to a laptop, mixed with live mics and a PA feed from the MC with a Fostex 4 channel mixer to bring all the action live from the beach. Linking was achieved with a second laptop running Winamp and SHOUTcast Source to a Shoutcast server in the studio. A local LPFM transmitter on 107.0 was employed for monitoring. Splash FM then took the stream from Waiheke Radio.

Mr Fox

Technically it was a trial for Waiheke Radio and we look forward to many more collaborative events. Being able to get out and about with a Radio Mic to interview people all over the beach provided some marvellous moments which I am sure will be the subject of podcasts to come.

For me the highlight of the day was the Sealegs race. Although not an official entry in the Beach Races tote, seeing 9 of these ingenious craft racing on and off the water was a thrill. There was the usual mix of horese races, tractor races and Tug of War.