SEN 1116

SEN 1116

City of license	Melbourne, Australia
Broadcast area	Melbourne
Branding	SEN 1116
Slogan	"Melbourne's Home of Sport" and "Melbourne's Home of Football"
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
Sister stations	MTR 1377, MyMP, Aussie
Webcast	http://sen1116.conexim.com.au/sen1116_16.asx
Website	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 in a deal engineering by self styled radio programmer and "user" Ron Hall, leasing the 3AK frequency from Pacific Star Network Limited.

Announcers

6am-9am - Morning Glory with Andy Maher and Tim Watson.
9am-12pm - Hungry for Sport with Kevin Bartlett
12pm-4pm - Harf Time with Daniel Harford
2pm-3pm - The SEN News Hour with Tony Schibeci, Jon Hoevenaars, and Brett Thomas
4pm-7pm - The Run Home with Francis Leach and David Schwarz
7pm-12am - Evenings with Mark Fine
12am-6am - All Night Appetite with Darren Parkin and Scott Cooney

News

Newsreaders and reporters on 1116 SEN include Matt Granland, Jon Hoevenaars, Anthony Laughton, Tony Schibeci, Brett Thomas and Allison Wallace.

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, Anthony Hudson, Matt Granland, Andrew Maher and Brett Phillips.

With special comments from Dermott Brereton, Robert Walls, Scott Lucas, Cameron Mooney, David King, and Terry Wallace.

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
• Matthew Hardy
• Mark Aiston
• Billy Brownless
• Mark Doran
• Russell Gilbert
• Mark Bickley
• Bruce Eva
• Matthew Lloyd
• Christian Argenti

External links

• SEN Website
• Sportsentral Website