Are you a footy fan who listens to games on radio? If so, do you agree this is great news for footy fans in Australia?
AFL radio coverage best ever in 2007
October 19, 2006
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Every AFL match will be broadcast on radio in the home cities of the competing teams for the first time next year.
The league today announced it had negotiated deals with radio broadcasters for the next three years.
AFL chief operating officer Ben Buckley said the most significant outcome was that supporters of Victorian clubs would be able to listen to all of their teams' matches.
Previously, that had only been guaranteed for non-Victorian clubs, with 16 occasions in 2006 in which matches involving Victorian teams were not broadcast back to Melbourne from interstate.
"This was the highest priority for the AFL in our negotiations with our partners and represents a major step forward for fans," Buckley said.
"We will continue to have the same level of home and away coverage for all teams based outside of Victoria, as we have in our previous radio rights agreements."
Melbourne sports radio station SEN will broadcast AFL for the first time, in the only change to the line-up of broadcasters.