What’s New February 19, 2026
Gold Coast techs were left scrambling last night, when ARN’s Hot Tomato was knocked off-air.
Locals also reported their TV signal had been lost.
Hot Tomato posted to social media, urging listeners to listen via the iHeart App whilst techs worked on the problem.
“OH NO! Someone has unplugged the dongle that goes into the what-cha-mah-call-it and has taken us off the air.”
The station has since confirmed it was a power issue at Mount Tambourine, cutting all local radio and TV services for about an hour.
Hot Tomato’s tech Ryan was first on site, and helped make sure the Goldy was switched back on!
Station CD Brendon ‘Whippy’ Dangar said “Hot Tomato was the only local broadcaster to notify the audience via socials to listen on the iHeart app – a reminder of our strength: our local team in content and engineering working 24/7.”