SEN Track

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SEN Track
Type Sports radio
Country
Australia
Availability New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria and Western Australia
Headquarters South Melbourne, Victoria
Broadcast area
Australia
Owner Pacific Star Network
Launch date
28 March 2020;3 years ago (2020-03-28)
Official website
 www.sen.com.au/track/
LanguageEnglish
Replaced

SEN Track is an Australian radio network operated by Sports Entertainment Network, a division of Pacific Star Network. The network launched on 28 March 2020 and broadcasts live coverage of horse, thoroughbred and greyhound racing to nine cities and towns in New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria and Western Australia. It is a sister network to the Melbourne-based 1116 SEN.

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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 licensee 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. [9]

Programming

Networked programming is produced mostly from Crocmedia's studios in South Melbourne. In Melbourne and Perth, the station simulcasts the final hour of Garry & Tim and the first two hours of Whateley from 1116 SEN.

In New South Wales and Queensland, two local programs — Breakfast with Joel and Jimmy and Sportsday Central — are produced from studios in North Sydney. Play-by-play coverage of Friday night National Rugby League matches also air in these markets under the NRL Nation brand, [10] while coverage of Central Coast Mariners A-League matches are broadcast in Gosford. [11]

Notable presenters

Transmitters

New South Wales
Frequency Broadcast area Power
W 		Transmitter coordinatesNotes
801kHz AM Gosford 5,000 33°19′41″S151°28′00″E / 33.327927°S 151.466578°E / -33.327927; 151.466578
1539kHz AM Sydney 1,000 33°50′52″S151°04′53″E / 33.847825°S 151.081389°E / -33.847825; 151.081389 Simulcast on DAB+ digital radio
1575kHz AM Wollongong 5,000 34°30′49″S150°52′45″E / 34.513668°S 150.879177°E / -34.513668; 150.879177
Victoria
Frequency Broadcast area Power
W 		Transmitter coordinatesNotes
1593kHz AM Melbourne 5,000 37°38′19″S145°01′07″E / 37.638547°S 145.01861°E / -37.638547; 145.01861 Simulcast on DAB+ digital radio
Frequency Broadcast area ERP
W 		Transmitter coordinatesNotes
89.1MHz FM Mildura 98.4 34°11′57″S142°10′21″E / 34.199037°S 142.17253°E / -34.199037; 142.17253
91.9 MHZ FM Latrobe Valley 1640 38.240848°S,146.285988°E
Queensland
Frequency Broadcast area Power
W 		Transmitter coordinatesNotes
1053kHz AM Brisbane 500 27°27′50″S153°07′25″E / 27.463772°S 153.123747°E / -27.463772; 153.123747
1620kHz AM Gold Coast 400 28°04′03″S153°26′03″E / 28.067509°S 153.43404°E / -28.067509; 153.43404
Frequency Broadcast area ERP
W 		Transmitter coordinatesNotes
96.9MHz FM Ingham 492 18°41′23″S146°12′53″E / 18.689645°S 146.214773°E / -18.689645; 146.214773
99.1MHz FM Atherton 3,280 17°13′23″S145°26′50″E / 17.222963°S 145.447263°E / -17.222963; 145.447263
Western Australia
Frequency Broadcast area Power
W 		Transmitter coordinatesNotes
657kHz AM Perth 2,000 31°47′45″S115°53′21″E / 31.795756°S 115.889255°E / -31.795756; 115.889255


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References

  1. ↑ Wilson, Zanda (7 August 2018). "PSN rebrands 1377 AM to SEN+". Radio Today.
  2. ↑ Samios, Zoe (8 August 2018). "Pacific Star Network rebrands Classic Rock Radio as SEN+". Mumbrella.
  3. ↑ "Spring racing is back on SEN". Radioinfo.com.au. 29 August 2019. Retrieved 6 June 2020.
  4. ↑ "FY19 GUIDANCE CONFIRMED AND ACQUISITION OF 23 RADIO LICENCES" (PDF). Pacific Star Network. 3 July 2019. Retrieved 6 June 2020.
  5. ↑ "Crocmedia to support racing industries with 'pop-up' stations". Radioinfo.com.au. 27 March 2020. Retrieved 6 June 2020.
  6. ↑ "Gosford gets a new racing and sports station". Radioinfo.com.au. 27 April 2020. Retrieved 6 June 2020.
  7. ↑ "SEN announces new radio stations in Queensland and local breakfast show". Radioinfo.com.au. 29 April 2020. Retrieved 6 June 2020.
  8. ↑ Challenor, Jake (5 June 2020). "ACE Radio to purchase 1377AM Melbourne from Pacific Star". Radio Today (Australia). Retrieved 6 June 2020.
  9. ↑ "SIGNING OF ACQUISITION AGREEMENTS FORRADIO LICENCES (Sydney, Melbourne, Darwin) and SALE AGREEMENT OF 1377AM RADIO LICENCE (Melbourne)" (PDF). Pacific Star Network. 24 June 2020. Retrieved 29 June 2020.
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  11. ↑ "Broadcast Guide". Football Nation. Crocmedia.
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