The Marngrook Footy Show
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The Marngrook Footy Show is a sport panel show broadcast in Australia
. It is broadcast as delay on NITV (2007 - present) and is now broadcast on ABC2
(2011 - present). It was simulcast on Channel 31 (2007 - 2010). The program is shown live on Thursdays at 7:30pm on ABC2 delayed at 10:00pm on NITV and replayed late Thursday nights on ABC2.
It is hosted by Grant Hansen
, Gilbert McAdam
, Alan Thorpe, Ronnie Burns
, Chris Johnson, Glenn James
, Leila Gurruwiwi and Shelley Ware with mascot Grooka.
The show is the brainchild of Grant Hansen who was tired of the lack of indigenous football commentators and hosts on the radio and TV. It first aired in 1997 as a radio show in Melbourne
and with popularity increasing it was soon beamed across the country via satellite the following year. The first radio show was hosted by Grant Hansen and Alan Thorpe with correspondents around the country including Derek Kickett
, Michael McLean (footballer)
, Gilbert McAdam
, Chris Johnson (Australian footballer, born 1976) and Robert Ahmat
. After 10 years on the radio it was then developed as a television show and was shown in 2007 on C31 Melbourne and NITV. It features interviews, weekly tips, AFL Gripes and live music performances, as well as including local stories from around the country featuring indigenous footballers talking about their backgrounds, origin clubs and towns, heritage and current affairs.
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...
. It is broadcast as delay on NITV (2007 - present) and is now broadcast on ABC2
ABC2
ABC2 is a national public television channel in Australia. Launched on 7 March 2005, it is the responsibility of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation's television division, and is available nationally to digital television viewers in Australia...
(2011 - present). It was simulcast on Channel 31 (2007 - 2010). The program is shown live on Thursdays at 7:30pm on ABC2 delayed at 10:00pm on NITV and replayed late Thursday nights on ABC2.
It is hosted by Grant Hansen
Grant Hansen
Grant Hansen is an Australian Indigenous musician and broadcaster.Hansen works as a host of the Marngrook footy show, broadcast on National Indigenous TV and Channel 31, and as a presenter on Melbourne's Indigenous radio station 3KND. Hansen won a Deadly in 2000 for Aboriginal Broadcaster of the...
, Gilbert McAdam
Gilbert McAdam
Gilbert McAdam was an Indigenous Australian Australian rules football player and one of three McAdam brothers to play in the Australian Football League.-Early career:...
, Alan Thorpe, Ronnie Burns
Ronnie Burns (footballer)
Ronnie Paul Burns is a former indigenous Australian rules footballer for the Geelong Football Club and Adelaide Crows in the Australian Football League ....
, Chris Johnson, Glenn James
Glenn James
Glenn Robert James OAM is a former Australian rules football umpire in the Victorian Football League. James umpired the 1982 and 1984 VFL Grand Finals and is recognised as the only Indigenous Australian to umpire VFL or AFL football.-Early life:...
, Leila Gurruwiwi and Shelley Ware with mascot Grooka.
The show is the brainchild of Grant Hansen who was tired of the lack of indigenous football commentators and hosts on the radio and TV. It first aired in 1997 as a radio show 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...
and with popularity increasing it was soon beamed across the country via satellite the following year. The first radio show was hosted by Grant Hansen and Alan Thorpe with correspondents around the country including Derek Kickett
Derek Kickett
Derek Thomas Kickett is a former Australian rules footballer. A journeyman, Kickett played with seven different VFL/AFL, WAFL and SANFL clubs through his career....
, Michael McLean (footballer)
Michael McLean (footballer)
Michael "Magic" McLean is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played with both Footscray and Brisbane in the VFL/AFL.- Early life :...
, Gilbert McAdam
Gilbert McAdam
Gilbert McAdam was an Indigenous Australian Australian rules football player and one of three McAdam brothers to play in the Australian Football League.-Early career:...
, Chris Johnson (Australian footballer, born 1976) and Robert Ahmat
Robert AhMat
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. After 10 years on the radio it was then developed as a television show and was shown in 2007 on C31 Melbourne and NITV. It features interviews, weekly tips, AFL Gripes and live music performances, as well as including local stories from around the country featuring indigenous footballers talking about their backgrounds, origin clubs and towns, heritage and current affairs.