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Blackcaps great Brendon McCullum to front Australian sport radio’s expansion into New Zealand
Australian broadcaster Sports Entertainment Network (SEN) is expanding into New Zealand and has acquired the services of former Blackcaps captain Brendon McCullum as key talent.SENZ, as it will be known, will hit Kiwi airwaves as "New Zealand's new home of sport and racing", aiming to blend live sport with local programming.
SEN will acquire 29 TAB frequencies across both AM and FM bands, filling the void vacated by Radio Sport's closure during COVID-19.
"New Zealand is one of the most passionate places in the world for international and local Sport," SEN chief executive Craig Hutchinson says.
"We are delighted to have reached agreement to unleash SENZ onto an unrivalled
radio footprint across the whole country."
McCullum's signature is a key acquisition for SEN, with the former NZ cricket captain also boasting a wealth of expertise in racing, as both a commentator and an owner. McCullum will front SENZ’s breakfast radio show.
"I'm obviously hugely excited to be taking the lead on such an inventive move forward for
sports radio in New Zealand," McCullum says.
"I still live for sport and this is another opportunity to remain immersed in it in my own
country, putting my stamp on SENZ's coverage and hopefully having a lot of fun along the way."
SEN currently holds broadcast rights for the NRL, A-League, international and domestic cricket in Australia, and the AFL, and will soon announce what New Zealand rights it has acquired.
The New Zealand expansion will establish radio studios in both Auckland and Wellington, producing content from both locations.
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@daffy-jaffy this sank without a trace, but I'm excited!
in Aus, the have live Big Bash, AFL, NRL and Football. Would be great here to get into live sports as well - Radio Sport used it prioritise it, but then seemed to move away (probably ratings driven). I get that commercially, but the whole point of a sports radio station is to have live sport I reckon.
RS really deteriorated too. The early days were excellent; by the end it sounded like a low brow gossip station at times. Hoping it goes well.
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@nzzp said in Sports Radio returning -:
@daffy-jaffy this sank without a trace, but I'm excited!
in Aus, the have live Big Bash, AFL, NRL and Football. Would be great here to get into live sports as well - Radio Sport used it prioritise it, but then seemed to move away (probably ratings driven). I get that commercially, but the whole point of a sports radio station is to have live sport I reckon.
RS really deteriorated too. The early days were excellent; by the end it sounded like a low brow gossip station at times. Hoping it goes well.
RS went down hill fast when it resorted to that rugby show with Bart and Redbeard.
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@crucial TROLL
invoking the ghosts of Redbeard past won't help you here...
What turned me off were uninformed talkback hosts who weren't interested in learning or considering any other viewpoints. Shallow and superficial analysis ... if I want that, I'll watch The Breakdown
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I had actually missed that Radio Sport had closed
tried a couple of times to get commentary for cricket over the summer and wondered why it wasn't working -
SENZ today pledged to deliver New Zealand’s most devoted and dedicated 24/7 sports coverage ever of national teams as it unveiled Monday July 19 as its much-awaited start date for SENZ.
CONFIRMED SENZ WEEKDAY LINEUP
6am-9am: Brendon McCullum and Israel Dagg ‘Bazz and Izzy for Breakfast’
9am-noon: Ian Smith ‘Mornings with Ian Smith’
Noon – 4pm: Mark Stafford ‘Afternoons with Staffy’
4pm-7pm: Kirstie Stanway and Stephen Donald (Monday – Wednesday, Friday), Rikki Swannell and Stephen Donald (Thursday) ‘SENZ drive with Kirstie, Beav and Rikki’
Weeknights: Jason Pine
The July 19 launch, on almost 30 radio stations across New Zealand and the SENZ app, will set the tone days out from the re scheduled 2020 Tokyo Olympics.The stations will begin with live audio rights for the NZ Warriors, Wellington Phoenix, New Zealand’s cricket tour of Australia, and a raft of global sports.
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@daffy-jaffy said in Sports Radio returning:
SENZ today pledged to deliver New Zealand’s most devoted and dedicated 24/7 sports coverage ever of national teams as it unveiled Monday July 19 as its much-awaited start date for SENZ.
Hallelujah. Looking forward to he return of a dedicated sports radio and especially the night sports session with Jason Pine. Having the cricket back again recently brought back wonderful memories of being able to go to sleep to sport with the bedside radio going and waking a couple of times during the night to have it still playing and soothing you back to sleep again after checking up on the latest news.
There is no mention of the midnight to dawn host. Hope it is not that god damn awful Yankie outfit that Radio Sport inflicted on us. Their English counterparts were much more to my liking and preference. Live commentary coverage of football (and other sports) beating anything the former served up.
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Due to go to air Monday the 19th and officially launched a couple weeks back, they've just sacked Sam Casey over a column he wrote for Rugby News which has been deemed to be sexist, and Jason Pine has resigned. The stuff article I read hints that Pine may have resigned in protest after the Casey instant dismissal. By Crikey I hope none of the other hosts ever express a minority opinion or any opinion potentially unpopular with the vocal minority.
Which brings me to a particularly uninspiring cast of presenters:
The presenting lineup includes Brendon McCullum, Israel Dagg, Ian Smith, Mark Stafford, Rikki Swannell, Kirstie Stanway and Stephen Donald.
So we have to suffer through more of Dagg, the TAB guy and the ever-present Kirstie Stanway. Can't they find some original talent rather than regurgitate what Sky already serves up. Its Stanway saturation. Swannell I don't mind except in commentary when she screeches everything. I'm sure Baz will be good and I always have time for Smithy. Donald? Great voice for radio so we'll see but promising for sure.
Back to Casey and whilst I don't want to see him on the breadline, perhaps it's time he goes and finds a real job. He's an immature, extreme fan-boy with the heaviest, most stereotypical accent you've ever heard and he grates my ears.
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Oh and my opinion on Casey's opinion? I'm all for women's rugby, but it simply must be self-sustaining at the professional level. IF the product can't draw enough support be it through tickets, sponsorship, merch, TV rights or whatever, to pay for itself then yes, it's a fact that it's being propped up financially by the NZRU and we've probably lost players overseas as a result. I'm pretty sure that's what he was trying to express.
But Casey is still a moron in general.
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The play would seem to be live sports rights with the major rights holders and that line up plus the culling of Casey seems to be right in line with being a safe platform for NZC/NZRU to "partner" with...
The strange thing about that line up is with Pine gone there isn't anyone who is half decent at talkback and there aren't any announcements on live sports rights. So the two things that you would think we would be the bread and butter of a sports station are big question marks.
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Oh and my opinion on Casey's opinion? I'm all for women's rugby, but it simply must be self-sustaining at the professional level. IF the product can't draw enough support be it through tickets, sponsorship, merch, TV rights or whatever, to pay for itself then yes, it's a fact that it's being propped up financially by the NZRU and we've probably lost players overseas as a result. I'm pretty sure that's what he was trying to express.
But Casey is still a moron in general.
Misogynist
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Due to go to air Monday the 19th and officially launched a couple weeks back, they've just sacked Sam Casey over a column he wrote for Rugby News which has been deemed to be sexist, and Jason Pine has resigned. The stuff article I read hints that Pine may have resigned in protest after the Casey instant dismissal. By Crikey I hope none of the other hosts ever express a minority opinion or any opinion potentially unpopular with the vocal minority.
Which brings me to a particularly uninspiring cast of presenters:
The presenting lineup includes Brendon McCullum, Israel Dagg, Ian Smith, Mark Stafford, Rikki Swannell, Kirstie Stanway and Stephen Donald.
So we have to suffer through more of Dagg, the TAB guy and the ever-present Kirstie Stanway. Can't they find some original talent rather than regurgitate what Sky already serves up. Its Stanway saturation. Swannell I don't mind except in commentary when she screeches everything. I'm sure Baz will be good and I always have time for Smithy. Donald? Great voice for radio so we'll see but promising for sure.
Back to Casey and whilst I don't want to see him on the breadline, perhaps it's time he goes and finds a real job. He's an immature, extreme fan-boy with the heaviest, most stereotypical accent you've ever heard and he grates my ears.
At least you can’t see his hair on the radio.
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As I have previously mentioned I often listen to the ZB sports show on Saturday and Sunday arvos., and with Devlin blotting his copybook it's evident that there is a lack of replacement talent, where you've got a guy with with a good sports knowledge and semi comedic and upbeat delivery.
Both Smith and Davis are listenable (Smith at he serious end, Davis more an entertainer, but was annoying me with his half truths ago how NZR screw the islands), just not as good.
Where's @Gibbit when you need him?
What is the go with Gold AM? Apparently on the Radio Sport frequencies. Is it sports leaning, (they had the cricket comms I beleve) or farm stuff?
Hopefully SENZ have a recording/podcast fonction like ZB and Radio Sport so I can check them out.
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As I have previously mentioned I often listen to the ZB sports show on Saturday and Sunday arvos., and with Devlin blotting his copybook it's evident that there is a lack of replacement talent, where you've got a guy with with a good sports knowledge and semi comedic and upbeat delivery.
Both Smith and Davis are listenable (Smith at he serious end, Davis more an entertainer, but was annoying me with his half truths ago how NZR screw the islands), just not as good.
Where's @Gibbit when you need him?
What is the go with Gold AM? Apparently on the Radio Sport frequencies. Is it sports leaning, (they had the cricket comms I beleve) or farm stuff?
Hopefully SENZ have a recording/podcast fonction like ZB and Radio Sport so I can check them out.
That's stretching the term 'semi-comedic' to it's absolute extreme. I'm stoked Devlin is gone; what a piston wristed gibbon. That stupid voice he put on as an attempted piss-take of anyone in marketing, and carrying on about the "dick pic" generation (umm hello Marty, what have YOU been up to yourself, Captain Appropriate??). Such a tosser.
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As I have previously mentioned I often listen to the ZB sports show on Saturday and Sunday arvos., and with Devlin blotting his copybook it's evident that there is a lack of replacement talent, where you've got a guy with with a good sports knowledge and semi comedic and upbeat delivery.
Both Smith and Davis are listenable (Smith at he serious end, Davis more an entertainer, but was annoying me with his half truths ago how NZR screw the islands), just not as good.
Where's @Gibbit when you need him?
What is the go with Gold AM? Apparently on the Radio Sport frequencies. Is it sports leaning, (they had the cricket comms I beleve) or farm stuff?
Hopefully SENZ have a recording/podcast fonction like ZB and Radio Sport so I can check them out.
That's stretching the term 'semi-comedic' to it's absolute extreme. I'm stoked Devlin is gone; what a piston wristed gibbon. That stupid voice he put on as an attempted piss-take of anyone in marketing, and carrying on about the "dick pic" generation (umm hello Marty, what have YOU been up to yourself, Captain Appropriate??). Such a tosser.
When RS first started I really liked Devlin. His breakfast show was actually one of the things I missed the most when I moved to Aussie.
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As I have previously mentioned I often listen to the ZB sports show on Saturday and Sunday arvos., and with Devlin blotting his copybook it's evident that there is a lack of replacement talent, where you've got a guy with with a good sports knowledge and semi comedic and upbeat delivery.
Both Smith and Davis are listenable (Smith at he serious end, Davis more an entertainer, but was annoying me with his half truths ago how NZR screw the islands), just not as good.
Where's @Gibbit when you need him?
What is the go with Gold AM? Apparently on the Radio Sport frequencies. Is it sports leaning, (they had the cricket comms I beleve) or farm stuff?
Hopefully SENZ have a recording/podcast fonction like ZB and Radio Sport so I can check them out.
That's stretching the term 'semi-comedic' to it's absolute extreme. I'm stoked Devlin is gone; what a piston wristed gibbon. That stupid voice he put on as an attempted piss-take of anyone in marketing, and carrying on about the "dick pic" generation (umm hello Marty, what have YOU been up to yourself, Captain Appropriate??). Such a tosser.
It’s odd, I agree with all you say but his manic ramblings did make for some good radio despite all his flaws. He was better than any of the others in my opinion.
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Oh and my opinion on Casey's opinion? I'm all for women's rugby, but it simply must be self-sustaining at the professional level. IF the product can't draw enough support be it through tickets, sponsorship, merch, TV rights or whatever, to pay for itself then yes, it's a fact that it's being propped up financially by the NZRU and we've probably lost players overseas as a result. I'm pretty sure that's what he was trying to express.
But Casey is still a moron in general.
I don't really see any point for professional womens rugby. It needs to pay for itself or be part of the pyramid that produces the part that pays for it all.
I can see the point of a professional womens 7s squad funded by NZRYU (and probably HPSNZ).
Is it (15s) professional? Genuine question.
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Both Smith and Davis are listenable (Smith at he serious end, Davis more an entertainer, but was annoying me with his half truths ago how NZR screw the islands), just not as good.
The is no mention of Miles Davis in the lineup announced above, presumably he is the replacement for Jason Pine.
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