Possibly a minor change to the radio rights. 3AW were streaming on their own stream through the game tonight in addition to the AFL website stream, and promoting the 3AW app and reading messages from people listening via the 3AW app.
Until now they’ve had to blackout their own stream during matches. Occasionally they haven’t by mistake but given the promotion of their own stream tonight it seems like they’re officially allowed to run their own stream now.
Long overdue if a permanent change.
SEN and Triple M have been streaming on their own platforms all year (in Triple M’s case last year as well) so hopefully it’s not too long now until all radio rights holders can stream their coverage.
Sunday Herald Sun reports that it’s unlikely 3AW will regularly broadcast Thursday night games, as Denis Walter’s Nights program has rated better than football this season.
I think 3AW will pick and choose which Thursday night match it will cover, should it renew the radio rights deal with the AFL. It will definitely include the season opener.
AFL Nation coverage for Round 22
Triple M coverage for Round 22 - Sunday’s Richmond v Hawthorn match at the MCG will be broadcast into South Australia.
AFL Nation coverage for Round 23
Triple M coverage for Round 23
With the AFL mens bye weekend, 3AW broadcasted tonight’s (Saturday 27th August) AFLW game between Essendon and Hawthorn, with Matt Granland and Jacqui Reed calling and Carlton AFLW player Breann Moody was in special comments.
How did Jaq Reed go calling?
ABC Radio will broadcast at least one AFLW match per week in season 7 of the competition, at 4pm AEST/AEDT on Sundays. It covered six matches live in Round 1:
Thursday - Carlton v Collingwood
Friday - Adelaide v Melbourne
Saturday - West Coast v Port Adelaide, Sydney v St Kilda, Essendon v Hawthorn
Sunday - Geelong v Richmond (on News Radio analogue)
Also, Melbourne community station 3WBC will broadcast AFLW season 7 games, involving Hawthorn.
Men’s matches will dictate what extra matches they can call. I’d expect double headers to get a call.
Also wonder how many games on the pre-GF Public Holiday in Melbourne that they’ll call if any, even if it’s on the digital spectrum?
The AFLnation graphic appears to have some errors. Thursday has been advertised to start at 7pm and ads have mentioned Leon Cameron as the expert comments, Friday won’t start at 1pm but at 6pm.
During the weekly segment with AFL Record senior writer Ashley Browne on Sportsday last night, Matt Granland confirmed that 3AW would not send a team to Perth and would instead call the Dockers-Dogs clash in the Melbourne studio. Browne said all Melbourne stations would have commentators at The Gabba for Lions v Tigers tonight.
Quentin Hull and Matt Clinch are play-by-play callers for ABC Radio’s coverage of Brisbane v Richmond, with Matthew Primus and Jason Akermanis providing expert comments.
No 6PR coverage to carry instead?
I think 3AW prefers doing its own commentary if a Victorian team plays a final interstate.
I assume he’ll stand down from radio gigs too?
According to The Australian:
“Triple M Footy commentator Wayne Carey and Triple M have agreed for Wayne to be relieved of his on-air duties pending an internal investigation … following an incident at Crown Burswood in Perth,” a radio station spokesperson told The Australian.
AFL Nation coverage for AFL finals week two and AFLW match between Carlton and Port Adelaide
Triple M coverage for AFL finals week two - Triple M Brisbane will broadcast Melbourne and Brisbane on Friday instead of NRL qualifying final.
No help for Damian Watson?
Don’t understand why SEN needs three commentary teams, seems like a massive waste of resources. A second one for parochial WA I can understand, not sure what the point of the third is though.
Even stranger is that none of the teams include WA callers e.g. Tim Gossage, Paul Hazelby etc.
