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Melbourne’s 1116 SEN reveals call team for AFL season

Melbourne radio station 1116 SEN will launch its 2018 Toyota AFL Premiership Season coverage this weekend.

The announcement:

Melbourne’s home of footy, 1116 SEN, will launch its 2018 Toyota AFL Premiership Season coverage this weekend with an all-new call team – headed by Gerard Whateley.

Gerard will be joined by Peter Donegan, Kevin Bartlett, Tristan Foenander and Anthony Hudson along with expert commentators Nick Dal Santo, Daisy Pearce, Danny Frawley, Adam Cooney, Terry Wallace and Bob Murphy.

The new team will call the top rating Saturday and Sunday afternoon time slots throughout the home and away season and finals including the 2018 Toyota AFL Grand Final.

In addition, 1116 SEN listeners will hear AFL Nation calls broadcast on the station on Friday nights, Saturday twilight, Saturday night and each Sunday twilight game throughout the season.

The award-winning Crunch Time returns in 2018 each Saturday morning, with Gerard Whateley, Anthony Hudson, Dermott Brereton, Bob Murphy and David King between 11am-1pm, with the second hour of the program being heard across regional Victoria, Tasmania, South Australia and Southern New South Wales.

Sam Bingley, Chief Commercial Officer and General Manager 1116 SEN, said listeners could look forward to a dynamic and entertaining season on SEN Football in 2018.

“SEN Football is a key pillar of the station’s new era and we are looking forward to welcoming new on-air talent to the broadcast this season.

“With the introduction of Gerard Whateley leading the team of play-by-play callers, the 2018 broadcast promises to be one of the strongest since the station’s inception,” Bingley said.

“Our commitment to live sport, headlined by our AFL coverage, has never been stronger and proven with SEN’s live coverage of February’s Super Bowl LII, the current test series in South Africa between Australia and the Proteas, Hyundai A-League and NBL action every week and the exciting launch of NRL Nation 2018,” he added. 1116 SEN welcomes its valued partners in particular SEN Football naming rights partners Subway and Toyota.

1116 SEN Football can be heard on 1116 SEN and SEN.com.au.

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