SENZ
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I don't watch that much women's rugby, but I don't think it has to fund itself. NZ rugby is a top down model, the ABs/Super Rugby basically subsidise the rest of the game, it's been this way for years. I don't mind if the women's game benefits from that like the mens does.
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Starts Monday on these frequencies - and on the SENZ app.
Auckland 1476 AM
Christchurch 1260 AM
Wellington 711 AM
Hamilton 954 AM
Dunedin 1206 AM
Whangarei 92.4 FM
Palmerston Nth 828 AM
Rotorua 1548 AM
Gisborne 1485 AM
Hastings (Hawke’s Bay) 549 AM
Timaru 1242 AM
Whakatane 96.1 FM
Richmond (Nelson) 990 AM
Egmont (Taranaki) 97.2 FM
Invercargill 1224 AM
Ashburton 1071 AM
Masterton 91.1 FM
Queenstown 93.6 FM
Tauranga 873 AM
Whakaroa (Taupo) 91.2 FM
Blaketown (Greymouth) 93.9 FM
Oamaru 89.6 FM
Hokitika 89.1 FM
Wanaka 106.8 FM
Alexandra 104.7 FM
Westport 93.3 FM
Kapiti 93.5 FM
Russell 94.4 FM -
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Will have a listen today , I had the regular Sen ( melb sports radio ) app on my phone anyway and it’s on there
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I had to pop out of the office so gave it a go six minutes of ad's followed by Smithy introducing a piece on how "the ladies" got on in the netball.
I like netball; but the ladies - really?
No way will I listen to something with that level of advertising.
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Ian Smith is 64.
I listened to a bit of Dagg/McCullum and a bit of Ian Smith. The ads were one thing but the repeated station IDs were another.
I can see myself giving Smithy and Stafford a casual listen, but the rest seem very meh. Unfair to judge after one day.
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I tuned in on 3 or 4 separate occasions and heard interviews with Kane williamson , Sam Cane , Fozzie and brandy Alexander doing an NRL wrap ,
I was a bit impressed with that to be fair , ill give it more of a listen before writing it off
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I tuned in a second time this morning. Baz and Izzy aren't bad. The worst thing about Dagg is the same immature post-match interview over-exuberance that puts me off him on tv also comes through on radio at times. The best thing is the 'Quizzy Dagg' play on words. Their inside knowledge of their respective sports and current players due to their recently retired status is good too. They probably read too many texts out. So a real mixed bag. I'm yet to hear anything else on SENZ
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I gave it another go this morning during commute. I would really like this to succeed but second airing again a fuck ton of ads and an illustration on why sports stars don't necessarily transition well to a media role. Sort of embarrassing really.
Listened to some of their (breakfast) podcasts from yesterday. Not writing them off yet but found it a bit blokey. I want to know about sport, not your social golf. As @dogmeat suggests there is perhaps room for a trained and qualified radio presenter to guide and carry the delivery?
Will try again some stage ... but the fact I haven't raced back to it is reflective of my initial impression.
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I gave it another go this morning during commute. I would really like this to succeed but second airing again a fuck ton of ads and an illustration on why sports stars don't necessarily transition well to a media role. Sort of embarrassing really.
Listened to some of their (breakfast) podcasts from yesterday. Not writing them off yet but found it a bit blokey. I want to know about sport, not your social golf. As @dogmeat suggests there is perhaps room for a trained and qualified radio presenter to guide and carry the delivery?
Will try again some stage ... but the fact I haven't raced back to it is reflective of my initial impression.
Here in Melbourne their big brother station SEN , is mostly ( but not all ) made up of ex afl players
, for those that know AFL
6-9 Garry Lyon and Tim Watson , 2 ex players who now work as commentators ,they also attempt a lot of humor
9-12 Gerrard whately , specialist sports media guy , commentates afl and cricket , probably the most serious of all the shows
12 -2 ex player Dwayne Russell
2-4 bob Murphy and Andy Maher , one ex player and a footy media guy , also a bit more light hearted than the previous two shows
When you look at it, it looks like they have attempted a very similar formula with smithy being the Gerrard whately
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I tuned in this afternoon and caught Beaver saying that Sivivatu was the best player he ever played with. He said Sivi never got enough credit for how intelligent he was as a player.
He also said Larkham was the best player he ever played against.
First five or player full stop ?
Donald strikes me as one of, if not THE most “love to have a beer with that guy” ABs of recent memory.
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@kiwiinmelb said in SENZ:
When you look at it, it looks like they have attempted a very similar formula with smithy being the Gerrard whately
I don't know much about AFL but Garry Lyon has seemingly hosted every AFL show I've ever seen including the Footy Show and was always on the radio any time I've been to Melbourne in the past 15 years and Tim Watson used to read the sports news, no?
It seems like a lot of the ex-players on SEN in Melbourne have a decade plus of media experience beyond being a commentator or are having their hand held by a pro co-host. The only real NZ equivalent would be Mark Richardson or possibly Ian Smith although I don't remember his sports news presenting or previous stint on Trackside being that memorable.
They should have copied the 2GB model had an ex-AB coach like Laurie Mains lobbing right wing grenades for breakfast and a sports commentator like Nisbo to continue on mornings.
