SEN 1116

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SEN 1116
City of license Melbourne, Australia
Broadcast area Melbourne
Branding SEN 1116
Slogan "Melbourne's Home of Sport" and "Melbourne's New Home of Footy"
Frequency 1116 kHz AM
First air date 2004
Format Talk/Sport
Class Commercial
Callsign meaning SEN - Sports Entertainment Network
Former callsigns 3AK
Owner Pacific Star Network Limited
Webcast http://sen1116.conexim.com.au/sen1116_16.asx
Website http://www.sen.com.au

SEN 1116 (callsign 3AK), the acronym standing for Sports Entertainment Network, is a commercial AM radio station based in Melbourne, Australia, operating on 1116 kHz. It is currently owned and operated by Pacific Star Network Limited.

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[edit] History

SEN began in late January 2004, leasing the 3AK frequency from Pacific Star. While initially, ratings were steadily rising, the station's financial position took a turn for the worst in early 2005, with several employees, including Dermott Brereton, Mark Doran, and Robert Shaw not being paid. This eventually led to Brereton walking out on the station.

[edit] Expansion into Adelaide

These financial problems also affected their expansion attempts into Adelaide, having leased the 1323 kHz frequency from the Australian Radio Network (ARN). ARN closed their classic hits station 5DN in December 2004 to make way for SEN 1323, which started the following month.

SEN's financial difficulties eventually saw control of the Adelaide lease revert to ARN in mid-2005 (who would eventually start Cruise 1323 on the 5DN callsign and frequency).

[edit] Purchase from administrators

On 2005-06-06, Pacific Star announced the purchase of the Melbourne business of SEN from its administrators. [1]. SEN is now owned and operated by Pacific Star, alongside its easy-listening sister station 3MP.

[edit] 2006 onwards - AFL rights

After covering the Victorian Football League in 2005 and 2006, SEN is broadcasting 5 matches of live AFL football every round of the 2007 AFL Premiership Season. 1116 SEN's AFL Football Commentary team is Matt Granland, Anthony Hudson, David Schwarz, Dermott Brereton, Tim Watson and Billy Brownless.

[edit] Live Sport Coverage

The live sporting events covered on SEN include:

Commentated by Mark Doran, Liam Pickering, David Schwarz, Mark Stone
Commentated by Andrew Gaze, Nigel Purchase, Mark Doran, Matt Thompson , Shane Potter , Daniel Eade
Commentated by Paul Trimboli, Michael Zappone and Francis Leach
Commentated by Ray Hadley, Bob Fulton, Steve Roach, Tony Megahey, Andrew Moore, Darryl Brohman
Commentated by Anthony Hudson, Michael Zappone and Paul Trimboli
Commentated by Anthony Hudson, Rodney Hogg , Billy Brownless and Mark Readings
Commentated by Paul Trimboli, Michael Zappone and Francis Leach

[edit] Shows

Weekdays

  • 12am-6am All Night Sport
Hosted by Brett Phillips or Peter Marcato
  • 6am-9am Morning Glory
Hosted by Andrew Maher , Tim Watson and Billy Brownless
  • 9am-12pm Hungry for Sport
Hosted by Kevin Bartlett
  • 12pm-4pm The Good Oil
Hosted by Mark Doran
  • 4pm-7pm The Run Home
Hosted by Francis Leach and David Schwarz
  • 7pm-11pm Evenings with Mark Fine
Hosted by Mark Fine
  • 11pm-12am The Four Diegos (Monday to Thursday)
Hosted by Carlos Alberto Diego, Jose ‘Blue Vein’ Gorgonzola, Rodrigo Rodriguez, Vinnie Venezuela, Donnie Dominguez, Pablo Cruise, ‘Cactus’ Chris Couch and Warren Diego

[edit] List of presenters

See SEN presenters for a category listing of presenters on SEN.

[edit] Current

[edit] AFL Football Commentary Team

The following have been confirmed as part of the SEN commentary team:

[edit] References

  1. ^ Pacific Star Network Limited (2005-06-06). Pacific Star Network Limited purchases Sports Entertainment Network. Announcement to Australian Stock Exchange, accessed 2006-09-27.

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