As this was the first game of footy SEN 1116 has covered they did really well.
Just prior to this weekend game of footy the latest ratting came in and SEN were up all day. They were the biggest improver out of all the stations that were calling footy this year. SEN were up 0.5, 3AW up 0.4, Triple M up 0.2 and 774 even. This must of been a real confidence builder before the weekend.
To the footy, SEN had recruited former St.Kilda coach Grant Thomas for special comments and Tiffany Cheery as boundry rider. In the calling seat was Anthony Hudson and Matt Grandlin and Dermot Burton as the other special comment role.
Hudo is a very very good footy commentator. He is accurate, confident, knows his stuff, exciting and never makes a mistake. He was on the ball on Friday night with his famous one liners.
Matt Grandlin has just recently joined SEN’s team. I am not too sure where he has come from but like Hudo is great to listen to.
The spacial comments team in Dermie and Grant Thomas was great. I was a little concerned that Grant was going to be bias towards St.Kilda but to my surprise he wasn’t. He said a couple of things that just made you think why did St.Kilda sack him?
Dermie was his usual self, captain obvious. It is a difficult job, special comments but some can do it and some carn’t. I am not sure were Dermie sits. He didn’t say anything that helped the commentary team. That was disappointing but we have got to remember that he did play in 5 day and 5 night premierships. So he has been to the top an awful lot.
Tiffany Cherry is the best boundry rider in the media. That’s not because of her very good looks its just that she is entertaining and precise as she was on Friday.
The calling, was exciting and fun to listen to.
At half time SEN introduced the ‘half time soap box.’ This were callers talk about the game and get everything off their chest. This is a great innovation for the call.
In the finish it was a credit to the station and a job well done. After 4 years as Melbourne’s sport/AFL station they finally called footy!
