SEN 1116 the acronym standing for Sports Entertainment Network, is a commercial AM radio station based in Melbourne

Melbourne

Melbourne is the capital and most populous city in the state of Victoria, and the second most populous city in Australia. The Melbourne City Centre is the hub of the greater metropolitan area and the Census statistical division—of which "Melbourne" is the common name. As of June 2009, the greater...

, Australia

Australia

Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...

, 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 Network Limited.

Announcers

6am-9am - Morning Glory with Andy Maher and Tim Watson

Tim Watson

Timothy Michael "Tim" Watson is a former Australian rules footballer and coach, sports journalist and media personality.He is notable for his long career at the Essendon Football Club as a player where he participated in several premiership teams...

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9am-12pm - Hungry for Sport with Kevin Bartlett

12pm-4pm - Harf Time with Daniel Harford

Daniel Harford

Daniel Harford is a former Australian rules footballer, and radio presenter and commentator.-AFL career:Originally from Parade College, Harford was a Teal Cup captain of Victoria as a youngster...

2pm-3pm - The SEN News Hour with Tony Schibeci, Jon Hoevenaars, and Brett Thomas

4pm-7pm - The Run Home with Francis Leach

Francis Leach

Francis Leach is an Australian radio announcer.He began his career at 3JJJ in the early 1990s as a self styled "Love Guru" hosting the Three Hours of Power show, the weekly late night heavy metal show. Later on he transferred to Creatures of the Spotlight, the Sunday night arts show...

 and David Schwarz

David Schwarz (footballer)

David Schwarz is a former Australian rules footballer, who retired in 2002, after playing for the Melbourne Football Club in the Australian Football League , for 12 seasons.- Football career :...

7pm-12am - Evenings with Mark Fine

12am-6am - All Night Appetite with Darren Parkin, Scott Cooney and Jack Richter

News

SEN 1116 is an affiliate of Macquarie National News

Macquarie National News

Macquarie National News is the name of the news service provided by Macquarie Radio Network Pty Ltd. It reaches both Sydney and Melbourne, Australia, through the radio stations 2GB, 2CH, MTR 1377 and SEN 1116. However, it also has broader reach through LIVENEWS.com.au, the websites of the...

, broadcasting its local news stories during its bulletins. Newsreaders and reporters on SEN 1116 include Christie Kerr, Melissa Polemini, Emily Angwin, Matt Thompson, Ashleigh Brown, Catherine Sligar, Allison Wallace, Anthony Laughton and Ben Radisich.

AFL Rights

SEN is broadcasting 5 matches of live AFL football every round of the 2011 AFL Premiership Season.

1116 SEN's AFL Football Commentary team includes Kevin Bartlett, David Schwarz

David Schwarz (footballer)

David Schwarz is a former Australian rules footballer, who retired in 2002, after playing for the Melbourne Football Club in the Australian Football League , for 12 seasons.- Football career :...

, Anthony Hudson

Anthony Hudson

For the footballer of the same name see Anthony Hudson Anthony Hudson is an Australian rules football commentator on both television and radio.-Early career:...

, Wayne Schwass

Wayne Schwass

Wayne Schwass was an Australian rules football player in the VFL/AFL who debuted in 1988.He is notable as one of only a few New Zealand-born players of Māori heritage in the history of the VFL/AFL....

, Matt Granland, and Francis Leach

Francis Leach

Francis Leach is an Australian radio announcer.He began his career at 3JJJ in the early 1990s as a self styled "Love Guru" hosting the Three Hours of Power show, the weekly late night heavy metal show. Later on he transferred to Creatures of the Spotlight, the Sunday night arts show...

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With special comments from Dermott Brereton

Dermott Brereton

Dermott Hugh Brereton is a former Australian rules football player in the Australian Football League, regarded as one of the greatest players of his generation. Of Irish descent , he is known for his aggressive style of play. Brereton kicked 464 goals and played in five Premierships for during...

, Robert Walls

Robert Walls

Robert Walls is a former Australian rules footballer and coach who now works primarily as a television commentator and newspaper columnist on the sport. On 22 June 2006 he was inducted into the Australian Football Hall of Fame.- Carlton :...

, Scott Lucas

Scott Lucas (footballer)

Scott Lucas is a former Australian rules footballer for the Essendon Football Club in the Australian Football League, and is noted as the other major forward for the Bombers, along with Matthew Lloyd...

, Jason Akermanis

Jason Akermanis

Jason Dean Akermanis is an Australian rules football player. He is a Brownlow Medallist and triple premiership player who played for the Brisbane Bears, Brisbane Lions and Western Bulldogs...

, Terry Wallace

Terry Wallace

Terry Wallace is a former professional Australian rules football player and coach.As a player, his career spanned three VFL/AFL clubs; most notably Hawthorn where he played in three premierships as well as achieving All-Australian selection, and two Best and Fairests with the Footscray Football Club...

 and Mick Malthouse

Mick Malthouse

Michael "Mick" Malthouse is a former Australian rules footballer and the former coach of the Collingwood Football Club.While his playing career included a premiership for Richmond in the VFL, he is best known for his Australian Football League coaching career.Malthouse is the most successful coach...

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Digital Radio and SEN

2009 sees the commencement of digital radio broadcasting in Melbourne. Digital radio transmissions are to be provided by Service Licenced radio stations within the Broadcast Services Bands (AM: 526.5 kHz - 1606.5 kHz and FM: 88.1 MHz to 108.0 MHz)

SEN is one of the establishment broadcasters in Melbourne's digital radio spectrum, and provides a simulcast of the AM version of SEN

Former Announcers

• Garry Lyon
  Garry Lyon
  Garry Peter Lyon is a former professional Australian rules football player and was captain of the Melbourne Football Club in the Australian Football League. Since his retirement from football, he has been mainly an Australian rules football media personality, featuring on television, radio and in...
  
  
• Matthew Hardy
  Matthew Hardy
  Matthew Hardy is a Melbourne-based comedian and comedy writer who was the first Australian to cement himself full-time on the UK live circuit, spending eight years there in the 1990s, including regular appearances at Jongleurs and The Comedy Store in Leicester Square.A regular at many international...
  
  
• Mark Aiston
  Mark Aiston
  Mark Aiston is an Australian sports journalist and current sports presenter for Ten News in Adelaide.Aiston began his career in 1982 as a race announcer for 5DN before becoming sports host for ABC News in Adelaide. He joined Ten Network in 1996 as chief Australian rules football reporter, before...
  
  
• Billy Brownless
  Billy Brownless
  Anthony William "Billy" Brownless is a former Australian rules footballer with the Geelong Football Club in the Australian Football League and media personality.- Football career :...
  
  
• Mark Doran
• Russell Gilbert
  Russell Gilbert
  Russell Gilbert , is an Australian comedian and actor from Footscray, Victoria.-Television:He has appeared in several Australian TV comedies, first attracting notice as 'Russ the Postie' on The Comedy Company , which led to a nine year stint on Hey Hey It's Saturday...
  
  
• Mark Bickley
• Bruce Eva
• Matthew Lloyd
  Matthew Lloyd
  Matthew James Lloyd is a former Australian rules footballer who played for and was the captain of the Essendon Football Club in the Australian Football League...
  
  
• Christian Argenti
  Christian Argenti
  Christian Argenti is an Australian singer.Argenti was born in Fitzroy in Melbourne, and while based in Brisbane rose to prominence as lead singer of Australian band Invertigo with the chart hits "Desensitized" and "Chances Are" and the band's only album to date Forum .Invertigo signed a much...
  
  

External links

• SEN Website
• Sportsentral Website