Get Up Early, Do The Work, Break the Record!

SEN  •  July 14th, 2026 2:46 pm
Get Up Early, Do The Work, Break the Record!
SEN 1116am is again celebrating another record-breaking GfK Radio 360 Survey period, with SEN Breakfast leading the charge.
Featuring Fireball with Kane and Kingy (with Kane Cornes and David King) on Mondays and Fridays and Breakfast with Garry and Tim (with Garry Lyon and Tim Watson), during the Survey 4 period SEN Breakfast achieved a 6.4% audience share 10+ (up from 5.9%) to record its highest audience share ever. SEN Breakfast also recorded its highest ever cumulative audience of 246,852 to cap off a record-breaking ratings period for the timeslot*.
On top of these results, SEN Breakfast remains the number one radio breakfast show podcast and number one AFL podcast in Australia~~.
Overall, SEN 1116am’s audience share was 5% (up from 4.8%), and total cumulative audience was SEN 1116am’s highest ever with 451,000 (up from 420,000)**.
Other notable results across SEN 1116am’s programming for the survey period were:
  • Whateley (with Gerard Whateley) 4.7% audience share share***
  • The Captain’s Run (with Sam Edmund) 5.2% audience share^ (up from 4.2%)
  • Dwayne’s World (with Dwayne Russell) 3% audience share^^ (up from 2.9%)
  • The Run Home with Andy & Gazey (with Andy Maher and Andrew Gaze) increased audience share of 4.5%^^^
  • Locked In with Kane Cornes 5.8% audience share All People 10+# (up from 5.5%)
  • Sportsday (with Gerard Healy, Ken Hinkley and Sam Edmund) 5.0% audience share ##
  • The Odds Couple (with Gareth Hall, David Taggart and Josh Jenkins) 5.6% audience share ### (up from 5.1%)
  • Off The Bench (with Craig Hutchison and Liam Pickering) 5.9% audience share + (up from 4.9%)
AFL Nation’s Saturday Crunch Time (with Gerard Whateley, Tom Morris, Ken Hinkley, Adam Simpson, Sam Edmund, Mark Bickley, Kane Cornes and Luke Hodge) also recorded an increase audience share of 5.0%++ (up from 4.3%) in what was another big survey period for SEN’s AFL coverage+++:
  • Number One Thursdays Men 10+
  • Number One Fridays Men 10+
  • Number Two Saturdays Men 10+
  • Number One Sundays Men 25-54
SEN’s channels on DAB+ also had a successful survey period, with the debut of Bunnings Tradio - which recorded a national cumulative audience of 79,250 - with SEN Fanatic (10,000) and SENTrack (36,000, up from 27,000) also recording strong results~, showing that SEN’s audience has a strong appetite for racing even outside of the bumper spring period.
SEN has also welcomed another strong set of digital audience results for SEN 1116am, with fans continuing to engage with the network's content across streaming, podcasts, social media and digital platforms.
The latest figures show SEN’s Victorian digital audience delivered substantial year-on-year growth during the Survey 4 period, highlighted by a 72 per cent increase in total streams across the SEN app and web platforms. SEN recorded 4.1 million total streams and 125.9 million minutes streamed during the survey period, underlining the growing appetite for SEN's premium sports content across multiple platforms.
The strong growth extended across the broader digital ecosystem, with SEN reaching 647,000 web and app users in Victoria, generating 37.7 million social video views, 93.5 million social impressions and 3.6 million podcast downloads. Social audiences also continued to grow, with SEN 1116am’s platforms now reaching 845,000 followers.
SEN Chief Executive, Craig Hutchison, said the latest results reflected the strength of SEN's content offering and its deep connection with sports fans.
"These results are a tremendous endorsement of the strength of our content, our talent and our commitment to serving passionate sports fans across every platform," Hutchison said.
"To deliver record results for SEN Breakfast, grow our overall audience share and cumulative audience, and see strong performances right across the schedule reflects the quality and consistency of the programming our team produces every day.
"We're particularly pleased with the continued growth of our digital audiences. A 72 per cent increase in streaming year-on-year, alongside strong growth across podcasts, social media and video, demonstrates that more fans are choosing to engage with SEN whenever and however they want.
"The momentum we're seeing across the business gives us great confidence heading into one of the biggest periods in SEN's history. Looking ahead we have the first-ever AFL Wildcard Round, what is certain to be another blockbuster AFL Finals Series and the return of the Four’N Twenty Legends Game for Prostate Cancer, plus we’re about to wrap out our exclusive coverage of the 2026 FIFA World Cup, so we're excited about what's ahead for sports fans and our audiences".

SOURCE
Source: GfK Radio 360 Survey 4, 2026
  • *GfK Radio 360 Survey 4 2026, 6am to 9am, Monday to Friday
  • **GfK Radio 360 Survey 4 2026, 5.30am to midnight
  • ***GfK Radio 360 Survey 4 2026, 9am to midday, Monday to Thursday
  • ^ GfK Radio 360 Survey 4 2026, 9am to midday, Friday
  • ^^GfK Radio 360 Survey 4 2026,12pm to 3pm, Monday to Friday
  • ^^^GfK Radio 360 Survey 4 2026, 3pm to 6pm, Monday and Friday, 3pm to 5pm Tuesday to Thursday
  • #GfK Radio 360 Survey 4 2026, 5pm to 6pm, Tuesday to Thursday
  • ##GfK Radio 360 Survey 4 2026, 6pm to 8pm, Monday to Wednesday
  • ###GfK Radio 360 Survey 4 2026, 8am to 9am, Saturday
    • GfK Radio 360 Survey 4 2026, 9am to 11am, Saturday
  • ++ GfK Radio 360 Survey 4 2026, 11am to 1pm, Saturday
  • +++ Thursday 6pm to midnight, Friday 6pm to midnight, Saturday 12pm to midnight, Sunday 12pm to midnight
  • ~ GfK Radio 360 Survey 4 2026, 12am to 12pm, Monday to Sunday
  • ~~Australian Podcast Ranker, May 2026
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