Which SEN are you talking about?
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- The og.
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I was listening to 1170 they donāt carry the AFL. 2SM take the AFL.
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Iām actually not surprised. So that would have been the end of their NRL Crunch Time show, switching over to their NRL Nation coverage proper at 2pm (to lead into the first game at 3).
In SEN land, especially, thatās definitely planned as a hard-out point - and with no news, theyād take in 4 minutes of ads before the NRL coverage proper starts on the hour. (On weekdays itās more typical that they fire off the ads a little early as the hard-out happens on the hour for news.)
Wouldnāt be surprised that they (planned or not) had to squeeze in another ad break before it.
Iām tempted to say āunluckyā given you caught the end of a long show but itās enough of a common occurrence on SEN to say otherwise - they seem riddled with hard-out junctions on the weekend, what with so many combinations of programming within SEN itself (or so it seems), let alone others outside their network (like the Super Network stations taking NRL Nation and the ACE stations the southern equivalent).
Itās even worse on SEN Track because of time zones, possibly some sponsored betting updates being pre-empted in some states, as well as some Track stations taking mainline SEN programs (eg. NSW/QLD regional stations taking the metro schedule between 5-7pm) and some live sport - all of which tends to use a hard-out junction, 90% of the time with ads tacked on.
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Magnificent ratings from SEN Sydney 1170 for the latest survey 3 reported today ā¦ 0.4 (down from 0.6 last survey). Oh yeah a really great connection from The Mexican SEN with Sydney listeners. Great use of heritage frequency AM 1170 to boot 2CH into the weeds (who was rating around 5.0 before the SEN takeover). I guess now BrisVegas can look forward to the same high quality SEN experience now that 4KQ has been flattened by the SEN crusher. What a joke SEN is north of the Yarra.
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Oh so you are the One listening to 1170 SEN ā¦ tsk tsk.
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absolutely patheticā¦canāt wait for them to go broke
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We can only hope
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Itād be nice for ACE to then swoop in and purchase the SEN network IF they ever went broke.
Thatād likely mean each market could have a Classic Hits AND Easy Music AM station (although Iām unsure what theyād do in Melbourne).
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The would go Easy with 2CH and Classic Hits with 2UE. I could live with that. Iād miss the international cricket on SEN, perhaps big bash will go back to the ABC.
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I find the comments by some on here about wishing stations to go broke or shows being axed (TV or Radio) quite weird.
You may not like a particular show or station but there are a lot of good people who lose jobs whenever this happens.
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12 MILLION is a crazy amount to pay for a station that is going to be essentially all but wound up prior to it launching as SEN 693. Take your rose colored glasses off when you talk about 2CH, it was struggling. Financially it was pretty dire for 2CH and that lead to EON having to off load it. As much as I understand the emotional attachment, SEN bought the station fair and square. I am sure there is not a bottomless pit with Hutchinson and his investors. ACE will be the winners out of this providing they mirror 4KQ onto 4BH. With 2UE they need to sniff the windā¦it might just get there.
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Rossco I believe Hutchy has a picture of you on his office wall.
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Yeah itās getting tiresome isnāt it. Iām not even a SEN listener but the whole āI hate SEN because they took over my favourite stationā reeks strongly of an adolescent being told to clean up their room.
Iām not a fan of SCA but I donāt wish bankruptcy upon them, I just highlight where I think they are going wrong.
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exactly. I have family who works in TV production and his income relies on these shows. calling for cancellation is calling for job losses.
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You canāt tell people how they should feel. Some people have real and personal attachments to stations like 4KQ. Yes we are in a free market but itās also a regulated market and ultimately the spectrum belongs to the people. Your analogy with an adolescent tantrum is way off the mark.
People can wish for SEN to go broke if they want. Itās a free country and it works both ways. By the way, I hope SEN go broke too.
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If SEN go broke, Iād rather it be on the basis their business model being built off gambling advertising revenue, especially their SEN Track stations. If they could build a station off the back of traditional advertisers, then no problem, but the nationwide network is built off unsustainable losses from problem gamblers.
Thatās the only way you can afford to spend millions on stations with such tiny audiences, and it comes at a big cost to society.
While the Government canāt act to say āweād like some AM music stationsā - reforming gambling advertising on radio and eliminating the narrowcaster loopholes allowing commercial Horse Racing stations would be a good start.
At least most other AM stations are based on funeral home ads.
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Then you are wishing people to lose there jobs. If you donāt like it then donāt listen. Thatās fair. Wishing something to go broke and people to lose work is really sad.
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Oh come on! What about the 4KQ staff out of jobs because of SEN! Thatās what is REALLY sad donāt you think?
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Yeah thatās sad for them. Awful. Hopefully they find something else, all of them. Difference is Iām not hoping for them to lose there jobs, wouldnāt wish that on anyone.
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