DARREN MONCRIEFF
Thursday 24 November 2011
THE National Indigenous Radio Service will once again call AFL football after the league finalised its radio broadcast rights last week.
NIRS will have the call on several of the nine games each round next year.
While the AFL's five-year billion-dollar TV rights deal grabbed all the headlines earlier this year, the league's radio broadcast partners have been diligently putting together their schedules ahead of next season.
The new five-year radio broadcast deal is worth $23.2 million which will result in more matches broadcast around Australia than previously, the AFL said.
NIRS, which is based in Brisbane, will enter its 15th year of AFL match coverage in 2012.
Primarily, the service will cover all of Brisbane Lions' games and up to three other games into all regional areas across Australia.
All NIRS' broadcasts are streamed live via the AFL website, afl.com.au.More than half the NIRS footy team is Indigenous and this includes former greats of the game like Chris Johnson, Darryl White, Gilbert McAdam, Ronnie Burns, Phil Egan, and former senior central umpire Glenn James.
"Fans are the biggest winners from these agreements with access to more matches on radio than ever before, wherever they may be listening across Australia," AFL chief operating officer Gillon McLachlan said.
AboriginalFootball@westnet.com.au
Last Modified on 15/12/2011 16:19