Probably the same as they are now - most of those announced are already either on 1170 in Sydney (Cam + Denan, Belcher + Sattler on Sportsday, Katie Brown on Fridays) and/or (in Pat + Heals’ case) on the Gold Coast and SEN Track Brisbane stations.
I wouldn’t be surprised if they put in a QLD-local drive and possibly a local Saturday morning show as they’ve done regionally - but likewise that I suspect the line-up outside drives will basically be Sydney’s. Although maybe this is where someone like Ben Davis (currently Seven Brisbane sport but also ex-4BC drive so has the radio experience) could fill a slot much like they did with Matt White, though if he’s staying at Seven you’d have to think it’d be no later than the mid-morning slot.
They know they have to play up the QLD factor regardless though (hence the different brand and only focusing on their QLD stars); even if some are on 1170 already they can’t look like they’re driving half of it from Sydney.
SEN don’t put up a weekly schedule anymore and they haven’t put anything in their media releases section of their site, so I guess it could be a case of waiting until Thursday for this page to tick over.
If he’s doing that, great - I’m not a local so I wasn’t sure what he role was (apparently he’s only a fill-in at Seven beyond his reporting) - although serving several masters doesn’t seem entirely odd these days in the sport journalism industry so I wouldn’t be surprised if he kept doing that while doing his SEN role, especially when the latter is likely to be only Mon-Thurs (as they do different shows on Friday).
Although it officially starts in Canberra tomorrow, they had it listed in the station listing for the NRL Nation Blues Radio call of Origin last night. I didn’t notice in time to check last night.
However, I’ve just checked and can confirm 1323 here in Canberra is already running SEN Track content. Currently the same program as running on SEN Track Sydney’s webstream.
I’m sure they could probably pay Capital Radio for some DAB space as well.
Nice timing on SEN Track Canberra given the renewed push to end government funding of ACT racing. Then again, I’m not sure how extensive SEN Track’s rights are for racing in the first place? Every time I’ve flipped past it they seem to be talking about the racing, rather than taking a live call?
I suppose to some extent that makes sense - have the TV on showing the race on Sky/Racing-com but then listen to chatter about form guides and the like?
Yeh. It’s a hard concept to grasp. But I like to have a casual bet and watch the races. Have tried it with these guys and turned sound down on sky 1 and it’s actually a pretty fun experience. Have a bet. Have a laugh. They often have good tips but it depends on the day. It’s very niche tho.
In preparation for Friday’s switch on of SENQ 693AM in Brisbane, the Breakfast show with Pat Welsh and Ian Healey has now extended to 3 hours from 6am to 9am. It looks like the schedule will generally resemble that of SEN Gold Coast, with the likely addition of some new Queensland based programs.
