EON Sports Radio axed live on air
Australia’s 24/7 national sports radio station, EON Sports Radio, will no longer be broadcasting local programs.
Local hosts Cameron Luke and Richie Callander told listeners on air last Friday “We are definitely done, oh… okay, as it stands now we are ending EON Sports Radio now”.
The Last of @camluke and Big @richieplz
Goodbye and good luck ?https://t.co/SHXTE9EBZ2
— EON Sports Radio (@EONSportsRadio) May 26, 2017
Callander said: “When EON first was broadcast the company that acquired EON original is being wound up, then it was a new structure, we hope that we’re back here on Monday.
“I think from what I am hearing that will not be the case,” Luke replied.
“The stopping of EON has nothing to do with what happened on air, nothing at all, so it was behind the scenes structure and how management couldn’t get together and make things work, I hope everyone out there has enjoyed it, I can tell you it’s more disappointing for us than anyone out there, and the position it’s left a lot of us in,” Callander said.
EON Sports Radio will continue to broadcast online and across its digital radio channels, however, it will no longer have any local announcers.
Dan Lonergan, EON Sports morning host joined the show to say goodbye.
“I’m coming in to say goodbye and tell everyone I have enjoyed it… it’s a sad day, I wish it could continue because we’ve all worked very hard… we had a point of difference, we have very talented people here, but it’s sad that we just haven’t been able to make it work.”
Launching in July last year, the radio station was the first national 24/7 sports radio station in Australia.
According to The Australian’s Media Dairy, the hosts were only given approximately 10 minutes notice to close the show.
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I’m sorry to say this but, wasn’t this predictable? Digital only broadcasting to a niche market – it only has one place to end up. You have to have a backer with very very deep pockets who understands that they may not see a profit for at least 5 years, if ever. Unfortunately the love of something doesn’t pay the bills.
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This is bullshit business owners with no idea , l listened to eon sport and talksport its great why close after 1 year the 1st year is the toughest it gets better after that ,
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Well Keith, put some money where your mouth is.
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Very dissappointed to hear of the demise of eon sports digital this was the best sports radio in Australia found myself listening to them more than the am/ fm sports shows available will miss it hope it can be resurrected some time in the future
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Very disappointing, I listened to this digital sports channel every opportunity I had and found I barely listened to normal radio..
I found it entertaining and informative. I really enjoyed all the Australian broadcasters.
Now I found myself turning it on then turning it off again as there little to no Australian sport news..
I really hope you guys can work something for the future and please get the information to your loyal listeners if you do..
Is there a list of podcasts or anything else that we can find to listen to for our sporting information fix.. ?
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I used to listen to live English Premier League on Eon. Any idea where I can go for live EPL now?
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