Watching C7 Olympics coverage after listening to SEN all day. It's like there are two Andy Mahers.
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Watching C7 Olympics coverage after listening to SEN all day. It's like there are two Andy Mahers.
GW covering the olympics well
far canal...afl kiss em on the u know what every chance they get.....par theticAnd they wonder why everybody hates them.
At the Carlton Collingwood game last year they played the 1970 grand final on the scoreboard before the match...
agree,Leonard has a below average radio voiceThe Garden Gnome is back , turned off to AW and him and Tony Lenard sound the same
RSN = Really Screwed NowHutchy wants to screw up RSN as well
RSN at a crossroads as SEN makes white knight offer
Craig Hutchison’s Sports Entertainment Network (SEN) has launched another bid to takeover battling radio station RSN, with the horse racing station’s board weighing up multiple options for the future of the station.www.theage.com.au
Hope soThey can move harf and whitey to sen?!
Can't open itHutchy wants to screw up RSN as well
RSN at a crossroads as SEN makes white knight offer
Craig Hutchison’s Sports Entertainment Network (SEN) has launched another bid to takeover battling radio station RSN, with the horse racing station’s board weighing up multiple options for the future of the station.www.theage.com.au
Hutchy wants to screw up RSN as well
RSN at a crossroads as SEN makes white knight offer
Craig Hutchison’s Sports Entertainment Network (SEN) has launched another bid to takeover battling radio station RSN, with the horse racing station’s board weighing up multiple options for the future of the station.www.theage.com.au
Can't open it
Craig Hutchison’s Sports Entertainment Network (SEN) has launched another bid to take over battling radio station RSN, with the horse racing station’s board weighing up multiple options for the future of the station.
Shareholders of the Melbourne-dedicated RSN, which include the three metropolitan racing clubs, Harness Racing Victoria, Greyhound Racing Victoria, and Country Racing Victoria, have met with the board and have tasked it with investigating opportunities to sell or overhaul the station, which has been the subject of countless reviews and rejuvenations over the past decade.
SEN boss Craig Hutchison has launched another bid to take over RSN.
The Melbourne Racing Club, which owns 20.73 per cent of the station, and the Victoria Racing Club (14.23 per cent) both valued RSN at about $7.55 million in their most recent annual reports.
Network Ten’s former head of sport Dave Barham spent three months from March to June as the station’s interim chief executive, commissioned to review the station’s performance and make recommendations on how the station can improve.
Sources familiar with the review, who were unauthorised to speak on the record, said Barham recommended that shareholders invest more into marketing and promoting the station to increase the customer base. He found the all-sports breakfast show, hosted by Daniel Harford, played an important role in attracting an audience outside of racing and would be more appealing to advertisers than a dedicated racing show.
But some shareholders are reluctant to continue to tip money into the loss-making business when its primary role is to drive wagering revenue via its wall-to-wall race calls and increase engagement in the three codes, and not all shareholders agree an all-sports show is in the best interests of the racing industry. Racing Victoria, in 2019-20, injected $1.136 million into RSN and received just $3000 back according to its most recent financial report.
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RSN rejoined the GfK Radio Survey Ratings this year, and in the most recent ratings released on July 6, the breakfast show had a 0.2% share of the market compared to SEN’s Garry & Tim at 3.0%. RSN has not yet been rated during racing’s peak spring carnival.
A white knight offer by SEN - formerly Crocmedia - is perceived as a way for shareholders to sell off their interest and therefore reduce their expenditure, while allowing the station to continue its primary function in broadcasting the races.
Hutchison has been scaling up his SEN business at a rapid rate, most recently launching SENZ in New Zealand in a deal with TAB New Zealand, and is already running his own racing station in Australia - SEN Track - alongside main station SEN. Gerard Whateley and Andrew Bensley are among the media talents under the SEN umbrella.
Craig Hutchison.CREDIT:KRISTOFFER PAULSEN
However, Racing Victoria is also in the process of launching its own integrated media business (IMB) - which emcompasses free-to-air television station and digital platform Racing.com - which offers the chance for RSN to align with the IMB.
RV this month announced that former head of Fox Sports Australia, Peter Campbell, had been appointed inaugural chief executive of the IMB. While RSN does not sit under the IMB as it is co-owned by the harness and greyhound codes, there is a perceived opportunity for the businesses to improve efficiencies by sharing media talent, cross-promote each other, and ultimately share costs.
For example, Michael Felgate, who hosts RSN’s 8.30am racing affairs show, could also work on Racing.com’s coverage, while RSN could tap into Racing.com’s form analysts. Racing.com is also operating at a net loss, but it too is seen as a driver of wagering.
The RSN board has not been given a timeline on when it must present shareholders with its options for the future of the station, but the station is likely to look a lot different in 2022.
Barham also found a deal tying RSN to Tabcorp under the racing industry’s joint venture until 2024 was preventing the station from accessing advertising dollars from the corporate bookmakers. That deal could potentially be renegotiated under new ownership.
RSN is still without a general manager, while the chairman of the RSN board Daryl Henry resigned last month, leaving John Stewart to take over the chairmanship. Racing Victoria’s chief financial officer Aaron Morrison, VRC chairman Neil Wilson and MRC’s executive director of racing and operations Jake Norton are also on RSN board.
Hutchison was contacted for comment byThe Age, but he did not respond.
Have really enjoyed it . You don't seem to be able to watch what you want when you want on 7 , so i listen to SEN and when i hear something i go and watch it . It's also good listening at workWhat exactly are SEN simulcasting? All the swimming races? The athletics when it begins. Anything else? It mustn't translate too well to radio, being ripped straight off the TV. I haven't listened to a minute of SEN's coverage.
Do they have any experts adding value to offset the dribble coming from Bob and Andy?
Hutchy pumping up SEN's coverage on Twitter. He's such a spruiker.
What exactly are SEN simulcasting? All the swimming races? The athletics when it begins. Anything else? It mustn't translate too well to radio, being ripped straight off the TV. I haven't listened to a minute of SEN's coverage.
Do they have any experts adding value to offset the dribble coming from Bob and Andy?
Hutchy pumping up SEN's coverage on Twitter. He's such a spruiker.
The fox gold medal.. half commentary half Andy crapping on with nonsense with 0 clue.. they have the rights don’t they? Shirley they can just play the commentary?
Bob so far out of his element it’s not funny..
Kill this show please fat man
What exactly are SEN simulcasting? All the swimming races? The athletics when it begins. Anything else? It mustn't translate too well to radio, being ripped straight off the TV. I haven't listened to a minute of SEN's coverage.
Do they have any experts adding value to offset the dribble coming from Bob and Andy?
Hutchy pumping up SEN's coverage on Twitter. He's such a spruiker.
Have really enjoyed it . You don't seem to be able to watch what you want when you want on 7 , so i listen to SEN and when i hear something i go and watch it . It's also good listening at work
I work outdoors , so it's always on and also in car. We can't all enjoy the same things , but i'm enjoying it until 6pm when the imba come on and stumbles through it. Also there is no Deewayneive enjoyed whateley providing/hosting. Hes polished and exudes knowledge. Also its meant no derwayne i believe in teh times ive listened after 12.
Thankfully unable to listen to bob and andy.
Lucky! How are you able to listen to the radio while working!!?
https://7plus.com.au/
sign up (free) and then watch anything live to your hearts content. Plus replays. May not get aussie commentators but it doesnt matter.
I work outdoors , so it's always on and also in car. We can't all enjoy the same things , but i'm enjoying it until 6pm when the imba come on and stumbles through it. Also there is no Deewayne
ive enjoyed whateley providing/hosting. Hes polished and exudes knowledge. Also its meant no derwayne i believe in teh times ive listened after 12.
Thankfully unable to listen to bob and andy.
Geraldo from when I have heard is fantastic, I’m one of the few it seems who actually likes him, he is the only person on that station who can work on all sports it seems
Lucky! How are you able to listen to the radio while working!!?
https://7plus.com.au/
sign up (free) and then watch anything live to your hearts content. Plus replays. May not get aussie commentators but it doesnt matter.
Yep, Bob and Andy are awful together. Still no chemistry after what, about 2 years now?The fox gold medal.. half commentary half Andy crapping on with nonsense with 0 clue.. they have the rights don’t they? Shirley they can just play the commentary?
Bob so far out of his element it’s not funny..
Kill this show please fat man
It’s all Bob, Andy is actually good.. works as the straight man really well, Bob just isn’t funny and doesn’t know anything apart from afl, and even then he’s not insightful.Yep, Bob and Andy are awful together. Still no chemistry after what, about 2 years now?