The Sounding Board

Join Craig Hutchison and Damian Barrett for S5 Ep 7.

.30 – Damo last week said if he was boss of the AFL he’d reduce the season to 17 rounds. Last week it was a hypothetical – this week it's the AFL's Coronavirus plan.

3.00 – Hutchy praises Victoria’s leadership for how they’ve handled the Coronavirus emergency so far. Can we say the same about our Federal leaders?

4.00 – The impact of the Coronavirus on the community. Self interest has been on display so far, but we’ll turn towards being more community minded.

6.30 – How is Hutchy personally dealing being the CEO of a company in the current situation? The health of people right now is the focus. We all need to try and be as selfless as our own life circumstances allow us to be.

11.00 – Hutchy’s memories of being in New York during the 2008 Global Financial Crisis. Things do move on.

13.00 – Trump announcing bans of 10 or more people gathering at a time. The situation in China seems to be improving. Damo very skeptical about any of the reports coming out of China.

15.45 – What’s the mood at the AFL at the moment? Damo commends the AFL for their communication to staff, their handling of the situation. . .especially Gillon McLachlan.

17.45 – Caro Wilson had a crack at Peter V’landys on Footy Classified last night for his handling of the NRL situation. Did he miss read the play?

18.30 – Hutchy feels the AFL should attempt to start the season if at all possible to at least get it underway. Discussion of Foxtel and Channel 7’s situation.

25.00 – ‘Why or Why Not?’ for Drinkwise. BT is stuck in LA. Why can’t he call the first AFL game on Thursday from LA – why not?.

29.00 – Tom Browne had some issues on Twitter. He’s tweeted about fake tweets purporting to be from him. Damo admits to muting Tom Browne on Twitter.

33.00 – Cancellation of the Melbourne Grand Prix. The media performance was average. Paul Little was the confusing face of the Grand Prix. Was it a good decision to take things as far as they did to avoid a reported $250 million fine?

38.45 – Hutchy proud of SEN on Friday – Whateley broadcast for 8 hours live. Radio and TV will be a really important medium for people in times like these.

39.30 – Question of the Week for Social Status.

Seppo_222 on Twitter Asks “Should fox footy games (pay tv) be shown on free to air while there is a crowd lockout?”

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42.00 – The personal situation. Damo’s kids are officially out of school. Hutchy's going to have to improve his video game skills as the kids will have more practice than ever. Damo thinks the internet might crash!!

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Join Craig Hutchison and Damian Barrett for S5 Ep 6 - Questions.

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Join Craig Hutchison and Damian Barrett for S5 Ep 6

.30 - Coronavirus. The economic perspective. Hutchy and Damo both think it’s irresponsible to continue with the Grand Prix given the public health threat.

8.00 – The prospect of empty stadiums for AFL games. Should the season be postponed?

13.00 – Radio Ratings. Softening in the ratings for SEN and many stations. Are radio ratings based on recall of what people remember listening to an outdated way of crunching the numbers?

20.00 – JB was a guest on his own show.

23.15 - The economics of calling live sport. Is it inevitable that commentary will be called from a TV studio instead of live from the game?

In the early days of Hutchy’s AFL Live footy broadcast they had to call off the TV. . .Sandy Roberts got confused and called the same goal twice not realising he was watching a replay!

30.00 – The uproar about the Women’s T20 World Cup being broadcast on 9GEM not the main channel.

35.00 - Liverpool Manager Jurgen Klopp – whacked a journalist who asked for his opinion on Coronavirus.

38.00 – Question of the Week for Social Status from Brian Ottens via Facebook.

Brian asks “Should the media have respected the privacy of the Fremantle player who was tested for Coronavirus and not named him publicly?”

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45.00 – Why or Why Not? Damo attempts a couple of Whys?

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Join Craig Hutchison and Damian Barrett for S5 Ep 5 - Questions.

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Join Craig Hutchison and Damian Barrett for S5 Ep 5.

.30 - Scott Gullan from the Herald Sun questioned the AFL’s perceived 'lack of coverage' of the Polly Farmer concussion news on the AFL website.

6.00 – The Crocmedia Upfronts pulled a huge crowd on Wednesday night. How things have changed since the early days.

7.40 – Melbourne United v Sydney Kings tip off tonight. Was Hutchy taunting Andrew Bogat and the Kings 24 hours out?

9.45 – Whispers about a deal with AFL stadiums to enhance the experience for fans at games. Hutchy can’t confirm details yet but says it’s a ‘fan driven exercise’.

12.30 – After 85 years Australian Associated Press (AAP) is shutting down. The theft / re purposing of news content is surely be a contributor to AAP’s demise. What are the ramifications for the quality of journalism in Australia?

19.00 - Tim Smith MP took to Twitter last week to break the news that Channel 7's chief political reporter Brendan Donohoe was stepping down. We’ve come a long way when the subjects are now breaking news themselves. Hutchy and Damo pay tribute to Brendan for an incredible career.

24.00 – There's been some blow back from whacking James Brayshaw last week, but he’s still not back on ‘The Rush Hour’. Plus Hutchy has a job offer for JB.

27.00 – Confirmation from Channel 7 that BT won’t be doing Thursday night footy for a little while he commits to ‘Holey Moley’.

29.00 – CBS will pay Tony Romo $17 million to call 20 NFL games. Is he worth $850,000 a game and will more people watch the game just because he’s calling?

32.45 – News that SEN radio will be broadcasting the Olympics.

35.00 Why or Why Not? Why couldn’t the AFL bid for the Pro Bowl game (before the Super Bowl, usually played in Hawaii) and host it in Australia over the Australia Day long weekend? Why couldn’t you bring a Round One AFL game forward to accompany the NFL game.

42.00 - Question of the Week for Social Status from Matty McGregor "Asking for a friend who’s a young journalist, has done regional gigs, can’t seem to crack Metro gigs and gets passed up for people who might look better on camera. What advice would you give to these younger journalists starting their career these days?

Is it now the modern world that you need to create your own online content / product to get noticed?"

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50.00 – Results of our Twitter Poll. 95.3% of our listeners think the Herald Sun will continue to run dodgy pap shots of Hutchy!

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Join Craig Hutchison and Damian Barrett for S5 Ep 4 - Questions.

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Join Craig Hutchison and Damian Barrett for S5 Ep 4.

TIME CODES

.30 – There’s a new king in town. James Brayshaw couldn’t quite make it to his first radio show of the year.

6.00 – Holey Moley Update – mini golf conflict on Round One of the AFL Season for BT.

8.15 – Fox Footy Promo. Garry ‘The Wolf’ Lyon relegated to the pogo stick aviator glasses guy while Nick Riewoldt gets the muscle car shot.

12.30 – Harvey Weinstein found guilty of two of five sex crimes.

15 – The Mack Horton Memorial pool debacle. Hutchy and Damo are on opposite sides of the argument. It’s a risk and reward situation.

21.30 – Why or Why Not? Hutchy’s Why Not? Why couldn’t Conor McKenna play for Essendon but still be based in Ireland? Can we be more flexible with how we accommodate players?

27.00 The Australian Dream – Adam Goodes' documentary

28.00 – Follow up on the St Kevin’s grooming scandal.

30 – Sam McClure’s reporting on Amazon’s push to sign on clubs for an AFL documentary project. Collingwood’s football department has rejected Eddie McGuire’s push to be part of a series. Would more behind the scenes access help clubs and the code?

Discussion of conflicts in media and in sport – everyone’s conflicted.

37 – Question of the Week for Social Status from Forward Thinkrr on Twitter who asks;

"With Mike Bloomberg running for President, Bloomberg News have decided to only do basic reporting of the campaign and complete no investigations into any of the presidential candidates. How should Bloomberg News cover both Bloomberg’s campaign and the entire election?"

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40.30 – Current state of the media market – radio networks downgrading their forecasts but Hutchy sees the cycle moving on and things looking up.

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Join Craig Hutchison and Damian Barrett for S5 Ep 3 - Questions.

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Join Craig Hutchison and Damian Barrett for S5 Ep 3.

TIME CODES

1.00 Rohan Connolly joins the Wikileaks fight and pivots from sport to 'social commentary'. Where do we stand with Julian Assange?

7.30 – What the hell is going on at St Kevin’s Catholic School in Melbourne?. We discuss Louise Milligan’s Four Corners report Boys Club: Private school privilege and a culture of cover up.

13.00 – Triple M release its list of their 2020 AFL call team. But where is Damo?

15.00 – Boozy Labor MP's article in the Herald Sun is a ‘narrative shift’ story to re balance perhaps after Scott Morrison’s coverage this summer.

21 – We discuss the Houston Astro’s cheating scandal and look at the future of the sport with its aging fan base.

28.00 - Channel 7 / Seven West Media reported a $67 million half-year loss this week. Audience fragmentation and huge costs pressures seem to be playing out.

32.50 – Question of the Week for Social Status.

Leigh Eustace asks “What sort of metrics next Friday night (for the AFL State of Origin Bush fire game) would have the AFL and broadcasters considering replicating the concept year on year/semi regularly? 1 million on TV? 1.5 million? A full Marvel stadium at a minimum as well?”

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39.00 - The demise of Holden. What becomes of the Supercars?

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Join Craig Hutchison and Damian Barrett for S5 Ep 2 - Questions.

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