it's official: SEN to do AFL footy

[Ian4]

can't see a thread where this has been mentioned

they are doing 5 games per week. they are doing the "B" games (which is good when we play interstate). plus friday nights and the new sunday twighlight game. they are also broadcasting the NAB cup and all the finals.

pardon the pun, but this is SENsational news for lovers of sport. this ensures SEN is here for good and not a novelty station. great news :clap

 

[SfB_AkA._DeLiCiOuS]

Wonder who the commentator's are gonna be?

 

[skybeau]

This is good news...I guess. I haven't heard the standard of SEN's broadcasting, so I won't comment.

I am highly annoyed, though, about the shafting ABC Radio got. I can't stand listening to the commercialised *smile* that Triple M and the other one spew out...and the commentators (Rexy, Sam Newman etc) just get on my nerves. I always hated it when I went to the games, only to find ABC not broadcasting the Richmond game and then me having to endure the from these rubbishy stations...tuning into ABC during the breaks so I didn't have to listen to the ads. Generally the listening gets so unbearable, I turn it off...and I hate not being able to listen and watch the game...but I hate those stupid stations more...

I guess, happily, if the ABC is broadcasting the lesser games (like SEN), maybe they'll be doing more Richmond games...but given the Tigers are on the rise, it looks like they'll become more preferred for games...which is great for me as a Richmond supporter...but sucks for me as a game attender.

Grrrrrr

SEN's got ads too, eh? Wonder how they'll handle them...

 

[craig]

Great result for footy fans as it means all games will be broadcast by Victorian stations so we wont have to put up with idiotic, feral, biased commentary from WA and SA anymore.

Also secures the long term future of the station which is a boon for footy fans, sadly i would now be lost without this station god some of the programs are addictive, even allowing for the StKilda bias with the majority of hosts being Saints fans.

 

[TIGEREXTRA]

even allowing for the StKilda bias with the majority of hosts being Saints fans.

......and pies fans also.


Besides that though, this is great news for the station. I enjoy listening.

 

[jb03]

Good work for SEN, the AFL and the public. SHould now avoid the ludicrous situation that occured sometimes when two games were on, all radio stations covered the one game and often the free to air TV station as well.

Good result all round.

 

[FightingFury]

This is good news...I guess.  I haven't heard the standard of SEN's broadcasting, so I won't comment.

I am highly annoyed, though, about the shafting ABC Radio got.  I can't stand listening to the commercialised sh!te that Triple M and the other one spew out...and the commentators (Rexy, Sam Newman etc) just get on my nerves.  I always hated it when I went to the games, only to find ABC not broadcasting the Richmond game and then me having to endure the  from these rubbishy stations...tuning into ABC during the breaks so I didn't have to listen to the ads.  Generally the listening gets so unbearable, I turn it off...and I hate not being able to listen and watch the game...but I hate those stupid stations more...

I guess, happily, if the ABC is broadcasting the lesser games (like SEN), maybe they'll be doing more Richmond games...but given the Tigers are on the rise, it looks like they'll become more preferred for games...which is great for me as a Richmond supporter...but sucks for me as a game attender.

Grrrrrr 

SEN's got ads too, eh? Wonder how they'll handle them...

I've always been bemused by people that go to the games and sit there with the headphones on.

Can I ask..........why?? :headscratch

 

[chopperjack]

I've always been bemused by people that go to the games and sit there with the headphones on.

Can I ask..........why?? :headscratch

I usually have one ear phone in so I can hear the crowd in the other. I think the radio just ads a bit to the game while i'm there, sometimes I can't see whats going on from my seat or I dont know who has been injured etc etc. The radio helps.

Its also great when you end up surrounded by some of fans like I had in my seat at TD this year. Had a crazy bloke next to me who wouldn't shut up about some bloke we should be playing who was delisted years back and who kept standing up and gesturing to the coaches box or the women who sat behind me and sighed at everything done by any of our players, including the good things.
I was able to pop my headphones in and ignore them completely, it was bliss.

 

[mexican_radio]

If I heard correctly, SEN don't start broadcasting AFL until 2007.

Best news of all is having another alternative to 3AW (even though I think Rex and co. are very entertaining) I can't handle Tony Shaw.

 

[jb03]

If I heard correctly, SEN don't start broadcasting AFL until 2007.

Best news of all is having another alternative to 3AW (even though I think Rex and co. are very entertaining) I can't handle Tony Shaw.

When did you want them to start?

 

[skybeau]

I've always been bemused by people that go to the games and sit there with the headphones on.

Can I ask..........why?? :headscratch

It helps me keep track of things...whats going on, who's got the ball etc. It's never loud enough that it drowns out the crowd...it's just quietly playing in my ears as I'm intent on the game in front of me. Generally, if I'm at the footy with someone (say, father) I'll keep it right down, or not listen to it at all. But mostly I'm there on my own, so it keeps me company.

And besides, I don't have intimate knowledge of the AFL rules or stuff like that...I can tell who the Richmond players are, but thats about it...so the radio keeps me up to date, as well as identifying the opposition player who got that soft free-kick and the umpire that gave it...so I can abuse them both...

 

[feisty tige]

Well I hope they improve their broadcasting, I cannot listen to it in my factory in SCORESBY !!

The internet hardly works !!

And when you go under a bridge or supermarket it disappears....

 

[chopperjack]

And when you go under a bridge or supermarket it disappears....

Sadly that wont change because its part of how AM works. They can increase signal but if you're under the concrete or metal roof the signal cant get through! :-\

 

[mexican_radio]

When did you want them to start?

I thought about this today and realised I had a complete brain fade when I made the posting :

 

[Lidsand]

If I heard correctly, SEN don't start broadcasting AFL until 2007.

Best news of all is having another alternative to 3AW (even though I think Rex and co. are very entertaining) I can't handle Tony Shaw.

When did you want them to start?

vintage jb ;D

 

[Ian4]

Great result for footy fans as it means all games will be broadcast by Victorian stations so we wont have to put up with idiotic, feral, biased commentary from WA and SA anymore.

Also secures the long term future of the station which is a boon for footy fans, sadly i would now be lost without this station god some of the programs are addictive, even allowing for the StKilda bias with the majority of hosts being Saints fans.

agree on both points craig

Well I hope they improve their broadcasting, I cannot listen to it in my factory in SCORESBY  !!

The internet hardly works !!

And when you go under a bridge or supermarket it disappears.... 

yeah i know a lot of people who can't get the SEN frequency very well. isn't digital radio on its way in soon?

 

[Tygrys]

can't see a thread where this has been mentioned

they are doing 5 games per week. they are doing the "B" games (which is good when we play interstate). plus friday nights and the new sunday twighlight game. they are also broadcasting the NAB cup and all the finals.

pardon the pun, but this is SENsational news for lovers of sport. this ensures SEN is here for good and not a novelty station. great news :clap

It is great news, easily the most entertaining station on the air (although I have to admit since it's launch I have been 'dumbed down' considerably - until then apart from cricket and football, all I listened to was current affairs on the ABC and News Radio). I hope also that one day they might network again to South Australia. Felt bad for them when that was discontinued and I know a lot of people there miss it (plus it was fun listening to the SA locals talk about local sporting legends and incidences that I wasn't familiar with, plus it was always good to get another perspective on Football, cricket etc).

 

[Ian4]

I hope also that one day they might network again to South Australia.

i hope that never happens again. it totally ruined the station and they went broke. terribe move. it's taken them 18 months to recover...