SEN Track
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| Type | Sports radio |
|---|---|
| Country | Australia |
| Headquarters | South Melbourne, Victoria |
Broadcast area | Australia |
| Owner | Pacific Star Network |
Launch date | 28 March 2020 |
SEN Track NSW |
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SEN Track Vic | |
SEN Track Qld | |
SEN Track WA | AM: 657 kHz Perth |
| Language | English |
| Replaced | |
SEN Track is an Australian radio network operated by Crocmedia, a division of Pacific Star Network. The network launched on 28 March 2020 and broadcasts live coverage of horse, thoroughbred and greyhound racing across six markets. It is a sister network to the Melbourne-based 1116 SEN.
History
SEN Track was born out of SEN+, which commenced broadcasting in Melbourne on 13 August 2018.[1][2] The station was a simulcast of the 1116 SEN service, opting out for coverage of sports including the NFL, VFL, NBL and Super Rugby. The station also broadcast coverage of the 2019 Spring Racing Carnival.[3]
On 3 July 2019, Pacific Star Network announced its subsidiary Crocmedia had acquired 23 broadcasting licences from Gumnut Nominees, the licencee of Italian language radio network Rete Italia, at the value of A$6.25 million.[4]
On 27 March 2020, Crocmedia announced it would launch SEN Track, a radio station covering horse, thoroughbred and greyhound racing.[5] At the time, racing codes were the only Australian sports operating during the COVID-19 pandemic. SEN Track launched the following day in Melbourne, replacing SEN+, and on the former Rete Italia frequencies in Perth and Wollongong. In April, the network expanded to Gosford, Ingham and Atherton,[6] with Crocmedia announcing it would replace Vision Christian Radio in Brisbane and Rete Italia on the Gold Coast from September.[7]
In June 2020, Crocmedia announced it would sell the licence of its Melbourne station to ACE Radio,[8] and seek to acquire a further three narrowcast licences from Gumnut Nominees, covering Melbourne, Sydney and Darwin.
Programming
Network opt-outs
- In Victoria and Western Australia, SEN Track stations simulcast Garry & Tim 8–9am AEST Monday–Friday.
- In New South Wales and Queensland, SEN Track stations air Sportsday 6–7pm AEST Monday–Friday.
Transmitters
| Frequency | Broadcast area | ERP W |
Transmitter coordinates | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 801 kHz AM | Gosford | 5,000 | 33°19′41″S 151°28′00″E / 33.327927°S 151.466578°E | |
| 1575 kHz AM | Wollongong | 5,000 | 34°30′49″S 150°52′45″E / 34.513668°S 150.879177°E |
| Frequency | Broadcast area | ERP W |
Transmitter coordinates | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1377 kHz AM | Melbourne | 5,000 | 37°56′01″S 145°13′02″E / 37.93351°S 145.217241°E | Simulcast on DAB+ digital radio |
| Frequency | Broadcast area | ERP W |
Transmitter coordinates | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 96.9 MHz FM | Ingham | 492 | 18°41′23″S 146°12′53″E / 18.689645°S 146.214773°E | |
| 99.1 MHz FM | Atherton | 3,280 | 17°13′23″S 145°26′50″E / 17.222963°S 145.447263°E |
| Frequency | Broadcast area | ERP W |
Transmitter coordinates | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 657 kHz AM | Perth | 2,000 | 31°47′45″S 115°53′21″E / 31.795756°S 115.889255°E |
References
- ^ Wilson, Zanda (7 August 2018). "PSN rebrands 1377 AM to SEN+". Radio Today.
- ^ Samios, Zoe (8 August 2018). "Pacific Star Network rebrands Classic Rock Radio as SEN+". Mumbrella.
- ^ "Spring racing is back on SEN". Radioinfo.com.au. 29 August 2019. Retrieved 6 June 2020.
- ^ "FY19 GUIDANCE CONFIRMED AND ACQUISITION OF 23 RADIO LICENCES" (PDF). Pacific Star Network. 3 July 2019. Retrieved 6 June 2020.
- ^ "Crocmedia to support racing industries with 'pop-up' stations". Radioinfo.com.au. 27 March 2020. Retrieved 6 June 2020.
- ^ "Gosford gets a new racing and sports station". Radioinfo.com.au. 27 April 2020. Retrieved 6 June 2020.
- ^ "SEN announces new radio stations in Queensland and local breakfast show". Radioinfo.com.au. 29 April 2020. Retrieved 6 June 2020.
- ^ Challenor, Jake (5 June 2020). "ACE Radio to purchase 1377AM Melbourne from Pacific Star". Radio Today (Australia). Retrieved 6 June 2020.