Herald Sun reports that the AFL has pulled its community umpiring development manager Brenton Sanderson off the airwaves. Sanderson (former Crows coach) had been doing a weekly strategy segment on Gerard Whateley’s morning show as well as being part of SEN’s match-day team, but now the league says he needs to focus on his full-time job.
Good. I have personally thought it was a very serious conflict of interest to be talking about contentious umpiring decisions.
Also a lot of mediocre talent at the stations. Have you heard the news bulletins? Many journo grads in regional radio sound better than a supposed metro newsroom.
Correct @Brianc68.
14 ARN staff considered KQ staff and forced to look for work. The agreement doesn’t allow them to take a lesser job for internal redeployment, so it’s likely all will be made redundant.
SEN has not changed the Melbourne 3AK and Sydney 2CH call-signs, so I can’t imagine it will change 4KQ.
I am disappointed no SEN Fanatic on dab in Sydney since no more 2ch. Not sure why SEN Central Coast to replace 2ch. Do we think SEN will broadcast the tests in Sri Lanka? Only 50/50 in my view.
BTW SEN 1170 increased from 32 to 48 k with 2CH ending. SEN Coast (was 2CH went back to 32k 3b). They fixed the channel issue (only audio in the right speaker). Perhaps (I didn’t check) they switched it to Mono.
Every AM music station had better watch their backs.
I wouldn’t be surprised if 6iX is next and if they have another go at Cruise Adelaide.
They also had a crack at 3MP a few years back which was at the time known as SEN Plus.
Hopefully 6iX converts to FM soon and that keeps them out of SEN’s clutches.
The Spirit of sport still being played on SEN 1170, still playing music as well. What a fool believes by The Doobie Brothers was the first track followed by The Tracks Of My Tears by Smokey Robinson. 2CH is back 
.Maybe the first two tracks have a theme.The online stream was in full stereo, the third track was two strong hearts by John Farnham.
Next track Needles and pins by The Searchers very 2CH playlist.
Really great commentary of the World Cup Qualifier on SEN this morning. And hardly any ads or sponsor credits which is unusual.
FIFA requirement I think.
Who did the play by play?
Jordan Kounelis and former Melbourne Victory player Rodrigo Vargas
On another note, SEN has acquired radio rights to both this year’s Men’s World Cup (assuming it’s non-exclusive since I think SBS Radio also has rights under SBS’ World Cup deal) and next year’s Women’s World Cup.
According to the below press release, it seems like SEN will have its own commentators to cover each game of both tournaments.
Given some World Cup matches will overlap with SEN’s cricket and A-League coverage, it will be interesting to see how the coverage will be split among SEN’s stations.
SEN has also acquired the NZ radio rights for both Men’s and Women’s World Cups.
It would be, but traditionally SBS has broadcast the commentary of each team, simulcasting a broadcaster in that country and thus in their language (one on AM, one on FM).
ISTR them not doing that as much in 2018, but if SEN is to cover it in English, I wonder if SBS is then free to go back to what they used to do.
Was flicking through on DAB and noticed SEN Fanatic were running local football, which turns out they are syndicating to Eastern FM as well - how widespread is this thing of SEN running what are ‘local’ football which previously would just be done by community broadcasters?
The “Live Sport Guide” suggests they do a lot of this, including some without an associated community station - like EDFNL matches on SEN Track Latrobe Valley.
A really weird one I think has to be them running QRL on SEN 1170 Sydney later today - surely that can’t be the only programming option they have - it barely makes sense on SENQ/SEN Gold Coast - let alone on analogue into Sydney.
That’s then followed by crashing in to AFL coverage from around the 2nd quarter of the GWS v Bulldogs game.
Anyone who is a league fan will be on 2GB and AFL fans will go to 2SM. It’s little wonder they are rating slithers.
It’s a weird one - it’s nice that local and lower leagues are getting coverage, but a situation like being on SEN Track or a DAB channel is the right level of coverage, not being the main programming on an analogue commercial station in another state.
Wonder who’s going to replace Andrew Bensley on SEN Track. He fills a lot of airtime at the moment.
There’s even a live local Gippsland sports show on SEN Track Latrobe Valley on Saturday morning too I noticed a few weeks ago.