SEN 1116

Infobox Radio station
name = SEN 1116


city = Melbourne, Australia
area = Melbourne
branding = SEN 1116
slogan = "Melbourne's Home of Sport" and "Melbourne's New Home of Footy"
airdate = 2004
frequency = 1116 kHz AM
format = Talk/Sport
power =
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class = Commercial
callsign_meaning = SEN - Sports Entertainment Network
former_callsigns = 3AK
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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.

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.

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).

Purchase from administrators

On 2005-06-06, Pacific Star announced the purchase of the Melbourne business of SEN from its administrators. [Pacific Star Network Limited (2005-06-06). [http://www.asx.com.au/asxpdf/20050606/pdf/3r3wb7gxg0183.pdf Pacific Star Network Limited purchases Sports Entertainment Network] . Announcement to Australian Stock Exchange, accessed 2006-09-27.] . SEN is now owned and operated by Pacific Star, alongside its easy-listening sister station 3MP.

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.

Live Sport Coverage

The live sporting events covered on SEN include:
*TRUenergy Victorian Football League (2005-2006):Commentated by Mark Doran, Liam Pickering, David Schwarz, Mark Stone
*National Basketball League (Australia) season (South Dragons and Melbourne Tigers) (2004-07):Commentated by Andrew Gaze, Nigel Purchase, Mark Doran, Matt Thompson , Shane Potter , Daniel Eade
*A-League season (Melbourne Victory) (2005-):Commentated by Paul Trimboli, Michael Zappone and Francis Leach
*National Rugby League (networked from 2GB Sydney, see Continuous Call Team) (2005-):Commentated by Ray Hadley, Bob Fulton, Steve Roach, Tony Megahey, Andrew Moore, Darryl Brohman
*2006 International Soccer Friendly Australia versus Greece:Commentated by Anthony Hudson, Michael Zappone and Paul Trimboli
*Australian Football League (2007-)
*2007 Twenty20 Australia versus New Zealand:Commentated by Anthony Hudson, Rodney Hogg , Billy Brownless and Mark Readings
*2010 World Cup Qualifier Australia vs Qatar on February 6, 2008 :Commentated by Paul Trimboli, Michael Zappone and Francis Leach

hows

Weekdays
*12am-6am All Night Sport:Hosted by Brett Phillips or Andrew Lowther
*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

List of presenters

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

Current

*Mark Allen
*Kevin Bartlett
*Dermott Brereton
*Billy Brownless
*Peter Brukner
*Mark Doran
*Mark Erwin
*Mark Fine
*Mark Franklin
*Matt Granland
*Daniel Harford
*Craig Harper
*Anthony Hudson
*Matt Keenan
*Glenn Knight
*Howard Leigh
*Andrew Maher
*Luke Mather
*Peter Marcato
*Steven Milne
*Stefan Paoli
*Stephen J. Peak
*Brett Phillips
*Liam Pickering
*Jason Richardson
*Giaan Rooney
*Steve Salisbury
*David Schwarz
*Tony Schibeci
*Matt Thompson
*Paul Trimboli
*Tim Watson
*James Willoughby
*Phil Wrochna
*Ed Wyatt
*Troy Zantuck
*Michael Zappone

AFL Football Commentary Team

The following have been confirmed as part of the SEN commentary team:
*Anthony Hudson
*Eddie McGuire
*Matt Granland
*Kevin Bartlett
*Bruce Eva
*Mark Readings
*Mark Doran
*Francis Leach
*Billy Brownless
*Tim Watson
*David Schwarz
*Grant Thomas
*Dermott Brereton
*Daniel Harford
*Nathan Buckley
*Liam Pickering
*Tiffany Cherry
*Scott Watters
*Andrew Jarman

References

External links

* [http://www.sen.com.au SEN Website]
* [http://senforums.com/forums/index.php/ SENForums]
* [http://www.craigharper.com.au Motivational Speaker] Craig Harper is the host of the 'High Performance Show' on Saturday's and 'Lazy Sunday Afternoon' on Sunday.
* [http://www.conexim.com.au Conexim] is the hosting provider of the SEN live internet streaming.