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SEN 1116
City of license	Melbourne, Australia
Broadcast area	Melbourne
Branding	SEN 1116
Slogan	Sport - Talk - Football
First air date	2004
Frequency	1116 kHz AM
Format	Talk/Sport
Class	Commercial
Callsign meaning	SEN - Sports Entertainment Network
Former callsigns	3AK
Owner	Pacific Star Network Limited
Webcast	http://sen1116.conexim.com.au/sen1116_16.asx
Website	http://www.sen.com.au

SEN 1116 (callsign 3AK), the acronym standing for Sports Entertainment Network, is a commercial AM radio station based in Melbourne, Australia, operating on 1116 kHz. It is currently owned and operated by Pacific Star Network Limited.

Contents 1 History 1.1 Expansion into Adelaide 1.2 Purchase from administrators 1.3 2006 onwards - AFL rights 2 Live Sport Coverage 3 Shows 4 List of presenters 4.1 Current 4.2 AFL FOOTBALL COMMENTARY TEAM 5 References 6 External links

SEN began in late January 2004, leasing the 3AK frequency from Pacific Star. While initially, ratings were steadily rising, the station's financial position took a turn for the worst in early 2005, with several employees, including Dermott Brereton, Mark Doran, and Robert Shaw not being paid. This eventually led to Brereton walking out on the station.

These financial problems also affected their expansion attempts into Adelaide, having leased the 1323 kHz frequency from the Australian Radio Network (ARN). ARN closed their classic hits station 5DN in December 2004 to make way for SEN 1323, which started the following month.

SEN's financial difficulties eventually saw control of the Adelaide lease revert to ARN in mid-2005 (who would eventually start Cruise 1323 on the 5DN callsign and frequency).

On 2005-06-06, Pacific Star announced the purchase of the Melbourne business of SEN from its administrators. ^[1]. SEN is now owned and operated by Pacific Star, alongside its easy-listening sister station 3MP.

After covering the Victorian Football League in 2005 and 2006, SEN is reportedly likely to broadcast some matches from the Australian Football League from the 2007 season onwards.^[2]

Updating this item, it has since been confirmed that SEN will broadcast 5 matches of live AFL football every round of the 2007 AFL Premiership Season. 1116 SEN's AFL Football Commentary team will be... Matthew Granland, Anthony Hudson, David Schwarz, Dermott Brereton, Tim Watson and Billy Brownless.

The live sporting events covered on SEN include:

• TRUenergy Victorian Football League (2005-2006)

Commentated by Mark Doran, Liam Pickering, David Schwarz, Mark Stone

• National Basketball League season (South Dragons and Melbourne Tigers) (2004/05-2005/06-2006/07)

Commentated by Andrew Gaze, Nigel Purchase, Mark Doran, Matt Thompson , Shane Potter , Daniel Eade

• A-League season (Melbourne Victory) (2005/06-2006/07)

Commentated by Paul Trimboli, Michael Zapone

• National Rugby League (networked from 2GB Sydney, see Continuous Call Team) (2005-)

Commentated by Ray Hadley, Bob Fulton, Steve Roach, Tony Megahey, Andrew Moore, Darryl Brohman

• 2006 International Soccer Friendly Australia versus Greece

Commentated by Anthony Hudson, Michael Zappone and Paul Trimboli

• Australian Football League (2007-)

Main article: List of shows on SEN

See SEN presenters for a category listing of presenters on SEN.

Mark Allen Kevin Bartlett Dermott Brereton Billy Brownless Peter Brukner Mark Doran Mark Erwin Bruce Eva Mark Fine Matt Granland Daniel Harford Craig Harper Anthony Hudson Matt Keenan Glenn Knight Howard Leigh Andrew Maher

Steven Milne Stephen J. Peak Brett Phillips Liam Pickering Jason Richardson Giaan Rooney Steve Salisbury David Schwarz Tony Schibeci Matt Thompson Paul Trimboli Tim Watson Phil Wrochna Ed Wyatt Troy Zantuck Michael Zappone

The following have been confirmed as part of the SEN commentary team:

• Anthony Hudson
• Kevin Bartlett
• Billy Brownless
• Tim Watson
• David Schwarz
• Matt Granland
• Dermott Brereton
• Andrew Maher
• Bruce Eva
• Mark Readings
• Daniel Harford
• Mark Doran
• Francis Leach
• Nathan Buckley
• Liam Pickering
• Tiffany Cherry
• Scott Watters
• Andrew Jarman

1. ^ Pacific Star Network Limited (2005-06-06). Pacific Star Network Limited purchases Sports Entertainment Network. Announcement to Australian Stock Exchange, accessed 2006-09-27.
2. ^ Wilson, C. (2006-09-27). Radio to deliver every AFL game live. The Age Online, accessed 2006-09-27.

• SEN Website
• Motivational Speaker Craig Harper is the host of the 'High Performance Show' on Saturday's and 'Lazy Sunday Afternoon' on Sunday.