SEN Track

{{Infobox broadcasting network

| name = SEN Track

| logo = SEN Track logo.png

| logo_size = 200px

| logo_alt =

| logo caption =

| type = Sports radio

| country = Australia

| available = New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria and Western Australia

| headquarters = South Melbourne, Victoria

| broadcast_area = Australia

| owner = Pacific Star Network

| launch_date = {{Start date and age|2020|03|28|df=y}}

| webcast =

| website = {{URL|https://www.sen.com.au/track/}}

| language = English

| replaced = {{ubl|SEN+|Rete Italia}}

}}

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.

History

SEN Track was born out of SEN+, which commenced broadcasting in Melbourne on 13 August 2018.{{cite news |last1=Wilson |first1=Zanda |title=PSN rebrands 1377 AM to SEN+ |url=http://radiotoday.com.au/psn-rebrands-1377-am-to-sen/ |work=Radio Today |date=7 August 2018}}{{cite news |last1=Samios |first1=Zoe |title=Pacific Star Network rebrands Classic Rock Radio as SEN+ |url=https://mumbrella.com.au/pacific-star-network-rebrands-classic-rock-radio-as-sen-534103 |work=Mumbrella |date=8 August 2018}} 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.{{cite news |title=Spring racing is back on SEN |url=https://radioinfo.com.au/news/spring-racing-back-sen |access-date=6 June 2020 |work=Radioinfo.com.au |date=29 August 2019}}

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|link=yes}}.{{cite news |title=FY19 GUIDANCE CONFIRMED AND ACQUISITION OF 23 RADIO LICENCES |url=https://www.asx.com.au/asxpdf/20190703/pdf/446bph029y73nq.pdf |access-date=6 June 2020 |work=Pacific Star Network |date=3 July 2019}}

On 27 March 2020, Crocmedia announced it would launch SEN Track, a radio station covering horse, thoroughbred and greyhound racing.{{cite news |title=Crocmedia to support racing industries with ‘pop-up’ stations |url=https://radioinfo.com.au/news/crocmedia-support-racing-industries-%E2%80%98pop-%E2%80%99-stations |access-date=6 June 2020 |work=Radioinfo.com.au |date=27 March 2020}} 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,{{cite news |title=Gosford gets a new racing and sports station |url=https://radioinfo.com.au/news/gosford-gets-new-racing-and-sports-station |access-date=6 June 2020 |work=Radioinfo.com.au |date=27 April 2020}} with Crocmedia announcing it would replace Vision Christian Radio in Brisbane and Rete Italia on the Gold Coast from September.{{cite news |title=SEN announces new radio stations in Queensland and local breakfast show |url=https://radioinfo.com.au/news/sen-announces-new-radio-stations-queensland-and-local-breakfast-show |access-date=6 June 2020 |work=Radioinfo.com.au |date=29 April 2020}}

In June 2020, Crocmedia announced it would sell the licence of its Melbourne station to ACE Radio,{{cite news |last1=Challenor |first1=Jake |title=ACE Radio to purchase 1377AM Melbourne from Pacific Star |url=https://www.radiotoday.com.au/ace-radio1377am-melbourne/ |access-date=6 June 2020 |work=Radio Today (Australia) |date=5 June 2020}} and seek to acquire a further three narrowcast licences from Gumnut Nominees, covering Melbourne, Sydney and Darwin.{{cite news |title=SIGNING OF ACQUISITION AGREEMENTS FORRADIO LICENCES (Sydney, Melbourne, Darwin) and SALE AGREEMENT OF 1377AM RADIO LICENCE (Melbourne) |url=https://www.asx.com.au/asxpdf/20200624/pdf/44jxf5dmdk77y5.pdf |access-date=29 June 2020 |work=Pacific Star Network |date=24 June 2020}}

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,{{cite web |title=NRL Nation markets |url=https://www.sen.com.au/NRLNationMarkets.pdf |website=SEN |publisher=Crocmedia}} while coverage of Central Coast Mariners A-League matches are broadcast in Gosford.{{cite web |title=Broadcast Guide |url=https://myfootballnation.com/broadcast-guide/ |website=Football Nation |publisher=Crocmedia}}

=Notable presenters=

Gary Belcher (Sportsday Central)
Joel Caine (Breakfast in New South Wales)
Garry Lyon (Garry & Tim)
Scott Sattler (Sportsday Central)

Jimmy Smith (Breakfast in New South Wales)
Tim Watson (Garry & Tim)
Gerard Whateley (Whateley)

Transmitters

class="wikitable" \|+ New South Wales ! Frequency ! Broadcast area ! Power W ! Transmitter coordinates ! Notes
{{Frequency\|801\|kHz}} AM	Gosford	5,000	{{Coord
33.327927\|151.466578\|type:landmark_scale:2000_region:AU}}
{{Frequency\|1539\|kHz}} AM	Sydney	1,000	{{Coord
33.847825\|151.081389\|type:landmark_scale:2000_region:AU}}	Simulcast on DAB+ digital radio
{{Frequency\|1575\|kHz}} AM	Wollongong	5,000	{{Coord
34.513668\|150.879177\|type:landmark_scale:2000_region:AU}}

Frequency ! Broadcast area ! ERP W ! Transmitter coordinates ! Notes
class="wikitable" \|+ Victoria ! Frequency ! Broadcast area ! Power W ! Transmitter coordinates ! Notes
{{Frequency\|1593\|kHz}} AM	Melbourne	5,000	{{Coord
37.638547\|145.01861\|type:landmark_scale:2000_region:AU}}	Simulcast on DAB+ digital radio
{{Frequency\|89.1\|MHz}} FM	Mildura	98.4	{{Coord
34.199037\|142.17253\|type:landmark_scale:2000_region:AU}}
91.9 MHZ FM \|Latrobe Valley \|1640 \|[https://www.google.com/maps/place/38%C2%B014'27.1%22S+146%C2%B017'09.6%22E/ 38.240848°S,146.285988°E] \|

Frequency ! Broadcast area ! ERP W ! Transmitter coordinates ! Notes
class="wikitable" \|+ Queensland ! Frequency ! Broadcast area ! Power W ! Transmitter coordinates ! Notes
{{Frequency\|1053\|kHz}} AM	Brisbane	500	{{Coord
27.463772\|153.123747\|type:landmark_scale:2000_region:AU}}
{{Frequency\|1620\|kHz}} AM	Gold Coast	400	{{Coord
28.067509\|153.43404\|type:landmark_scale:2000_region:AU}}
{{Frequency\|96.9\|MHz}} FM	Ingham	492	{{Coord
18.689645\|146.214773\|type:landmark_scale:2000_region:AU}}
{{Frequency\|99.1\|MHz}} FM	Atherton	3,280	{{Coord
17.222963\|145.447263\|type:landmark_scale:2000_region:AU}}

class="wikitable" \|+ Western Australia
Frequency ! Broadcast area ! Power W ! Transmitter coordinates ! Notes
{{Frequency\|657\|kHz}} AM	Perth	2,000	{{Coord
31.795756\|115.889255\|type:landmark_scale:2000_region:AU}}

class="wikitable"

|+ Western Australia

Frequency

! Broadcast area

! Power
W

! Transmitter coordinates

! Notes

{{Frequency|657|kHz}} AM

Perth

2,000

{{Coord

31.795756|115.889255|type:landmark_scale:2000_region:AU}}