SENZ
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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.
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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.
yeah you are right , and the ex afl players are pushing 60 ( maybe more I dont know exactly ) and have been working the media pretty much since they retired from playing . I guess there are a lot more of those types available in Aus , here on a weekend there will be 4 or so different radio stations calling games , plus 2 TV stations . Plus all the different footy shows. As a result lots of players get work in the media when they hang up the boots .
Goldie might have been good ?
I had a bit more of a listen today , its very much a copy of the melbourne station with lots of the little things , the bits of music before the news , calling Smithy the voice of sport like they do whately , etc .
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@donsteppa said in SENZ:
I've caught bits and pieces of SENZ while in the car. My initial impression was "SENZ, it's Kiwi for adverts", but some of the content has grown on me.
Listened live to Smith and Stafford onine yesterday as has to drive to Bundy and back. Was OK. Could suggest some improvements but not horrible.
Liked where Staffy went outside the norm, like taking to the sprint coach.
Not yet going out of my way to listen.
Haven't retried the brekky show yet.
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I tried to listen to drive show yesterday
Turned it on got 5 minutes of ads
Then they said Tuke and Burling had come second in their latest race and commented being up against them must be like playing Tiger on the Sunday of The Masters
Then 2 minutes of a stupid phone in quiz
Then they went to six minutes ( I only stayed listening to time it) of more (the fucking same) adverts
So one result and one brief comment in 13 minutes of radio
What a fucking joke.
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Haven't listened to it yet but don't think I will bother given the comments about ads. Fair enough having ads to pay the bills, but it sounds like they are taking the piss.
