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SEN 1116am is Melbourne’s home of Saturday footy
SENZ • July 22nd, 2025 12:10 pm
SEN1116am is officially Melbourne’s home of footy on Saturdays, winning the coveted Saturday timeslot in the latest GFK Radio 360 Survey 4 results, released today.
On Saturdays, where SEN’s AFL Nation call is heard across the day, SEN was the number one-rated broadcast from 1pm–11pm with a 7.9% share (All People 10+).
In its target demographic of listeners aged 25-54, SEN’s share on Saturdays is12%, ahead of Triple M (9%), 3AW (4%) and ABC (2.1%).
The pleasing results in this demographic are also reflected on Thursday night (10.2%) and Friday night (12.2%).
Overall, SEN 1116am increased to 4.2% (All People 10+, up 0.5%) total audience share, plus an increase in cumulative audience to 399,000 (up 28,000).
Across the key demographic of listeners aged 25 to 54, SEN 1116am also experienced a significant cumulative audience increase of 203,000 (up 25,000).
Growth continued across all regular SEN 1116am programming:
SEN Breakfast: Fireball with Kane and Kingy (Kane Cornes and David King) on Mondays and Fridays, and Breakfast with Garry and Tim (Garry Lyon and Tim Watson) from Tuesday to Thursday – 4.4% total audience share
- Whateley (with Gerard Whateley, Monday to Thursday) – 3.9% share
- Captain’s Run (with Sam Edmund, Fridays) – 4.0% share
- Dwayne’s World (with Dwayne Russell) – 4.3% share (up from 3.1% last reporting period)
- The Run Home with Andy and Gazey (with Andy Maher and Andrew Gaze) – 3.5% share
- Sportsday (with Gerard Healy and Kane Cornes) – 4.8% share
The Odds Couple (with Gareth Hall, David Taggert and Josh Jenkins on Saturday mornings) - 4.6% share (from 3.7%)
Off The Bench (with Craig Hutchison and Liam Pickering on Saturday mornings) – 5.2% share (up from 4.8% last reporting period)
SEN’s Group Radio Director, Sam Thompson, said the results across the network’s AFL programming in particular were really pleasing.
“SEN 1116am continues to cement its position as Melbourne’s home of footy, with strong audience growth across our AFL-focused programming. From Friday night through to Saturday in particular, fans are tuning in in greater numbers, reflecting our commitment to delivering premium live sport and expert commentary. These results are a testament to the passion of our audience and the strength of our on-air talent right throughout the week.”
