{"id":1176,"date":"2025-03-10T22:23:57","date_gmt":"2025-03-10T22:23:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.radioindustrynews.com.au\/?p=1176"},"modified":"2025-03-10T22:23:57","modified_gmt":"2025-03-10T22:23:57","slug":"3aw-and-afl-extend-historic-partnership-with-expanded-audio-coverage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/radioindustrynews.com.au\/index.php\/2025\/03\/10\/3aw-and-afl-extend-historic-partnership-with-expanded-audio-coverage\/","title":{"rendered":"3AW and AFL extend historic partnership with expanded audio coverage"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"ninetrade-main-post-featured__container\">\n<div class=\"ninetrade-main-post__title-logo-social\">\n<h1 class=\"ninetrade-main-post__title\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"ninetrade-main-post__featured-img lazyloaded\" style=\"font-size: 16px; font-weight: 400;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nineforbrands.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/3AW_Football_NineforBrands-778x438.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 778px) 100vw, 778px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nineforbrands.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/3AW_Football_NineforBrands-778x438.jpg 778w, https:\/\/www.nineforbrands.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/3AW_Football_NineforBrands-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.nineforbrands.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/3AW_Football_NineforBrands-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.nineforbrands.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/3AW_Football_NineforBrands-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.nineforbrands.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/3AW_Football_NineforBrands-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.nineforbrands.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/3AW_Football_NineforBrands-368x207.jpg 368w, https:\/\/www.nineforbrands.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/3AW_Football_NineforBrands-544x306.jpg 544w, https:\/\/www.nineforbrands.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/3AW_Football_NineforBrands-71x40.jpg 71w, https:\/\/www.nineforbrands.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/3AW_Football_NineforBrands.jpg 1920w\" alt=\"3AW and AFL extend historic partnership with expanded audio coverage\" width=\"778\" height=\"438\" data-ll-status=\"loaded\" \/><\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ninetrade-main-post__content\">\n<p class=\"has-nine-blue-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-d201f00eaf3d297790b305cfc8fef1b0\"><strong>Nine Radio and the AFL have agreed to terms on a new three-year media rights agreement, further cementing 3AW\u2019s position as the home of football in Melbourne.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This agreement continues a 70-year partnership between the AFL and Melbourne\u2019s preeminent radio station, 3AW.<\/p>\n<p>As part of the deal, 3AW will deliver more AFL coverage than ever before, including five live broadcasts:<\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Thursday nights<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 new to 3AW<\/li>\n<li><strong>Friday nights<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Two games on Saturday<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>One game on Sunday<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>In a major boost for women\u2019s football, 3AW is expanding its AFLW coverage with Saturday night games, the AFLW Grand Final, and the appointment of radio\u2019s first-ever dedicated AFLW reporter,<strong>\u00a0Laura Spurway.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Fans will also benefit from the return of 3AW\u2019s award-winning call to the AFL app, ensuring they can tune in anytime, anywhere.<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, for the first time, 3AW\u2019s live AFL coverage will be available via pop-up streams on Sydney\u2019s number one station app,\u00a0<strong>2GB<\/strong>, and Brisbane\u2019s number one talk station app,\u00a0<strong>4BC<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 bringing the game\u2019s best commentary team to even more listeners.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p><strong>Stephen Beers, 3AW Station Manager<\/strong>, said:<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\u201cWe are excited to have the best commentary team continue 3AW\u2019s long-standing partnership with the AFL. Our team features the biggest names in the game, collectively boasting 2,405 games, 2,740 goals, 20 Premierships, four Coleman Medals, two Brownlow Medals, and two Norm Smith Medals.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cWe are also proud to lead the way in supporting AFLW, with the appointment of Laura Spurway as radio\u2019s first dedicated AFLW reporter.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFive games a week, all the stories throughout the week \u2013\u00a0on-air, online, and on the app. 3AW is football!\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nine Radio and the AFL have agreed to terms on a new three-year media rights agreement, further cementing 3AW\u2019s position as the home of football in Melbourne.\u00a0 This agreement continues a 70-year partnership between the AFL and Melbourne\u2019s preeminent radio station, 3AW. As part of the deal, 3AW will deliver more AFL coverage than ever &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/radioindustrynews.com.au\/index.php\/2025\/03\/10\/3aw-and-afl-extend-historic-partnership-with-expanded-audio-coverage\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;3AW and AFL extend historic partnership with expanded audio coverage&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1176","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-australian"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/radioindustrynews.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1176","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/radioindustrynews.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/radioindustrynews.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/radioindustrynews.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/radioindustrynews.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1176"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/radioindustrynews.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1176\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/radioindustrynews.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1176"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/radioindustrynews.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1176"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/radioindustrynews.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1176"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}