- Mark Fine (radio)
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birth_date = 1965
birth_place =Melbourne ,Australia
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occupation =Author ,Radio Presenter ,Announcer
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footnotes =Mark Fine (born 1965) is an
Australia n sportsradio presenter . Nicknamed 'Finey' first started onMelbourne stationSEN 1116 on its inauguration in January 2004. He was the host of the weekend afternoon show "Weekend Leave Pass" withRussell Gilbert . He is currently the host of "Evenings with Mark Fine " on SEN 1116.History
He is currently the host of the evening program on 1116 SEN as well as the top rating "
Finey's Final Siren " which can be heard immediately after the completion of AFL games. He is also a contributing writer for "Inside Football", ground announcer for the Melbourne Victory and a monthly columnist for theAustralian Jewish News .Mark is married with four children and is a long suffering
St Kilda Saints fan in the AFL. He also follows the pursuits ofWest Ham United and theBoston Red Sox .Controversy
Bruce Eva sacking
Fine controversially took over from axed SEN presenter
Bruce Eva for the 7-11pm time slot, despite the program being the highest show on the station to increase in listeners. However what come as a bigger surprise from the sacking was that members ofSEN were ill-informed, and at a loss to explain why the prominent host was sacked.Fact|date=February 2008Kevin Bartlett Attack
Mark attacked
Richmond Football Club champion,SEN 1116 presenter, and AFLrules committee member Kevin Bartlett as he instigated the controversial new hands in the backrule .Fact|date=February 2008Fine told listeners to 'Send an email' amongst other things, to Bartlett on his program "Hungry for Sport", after the
rule ironically disallowedRichmond Football Club veteran Matthew Richardson a match winning goal against theEssendon Football Club , after he pushed defenderMal Michael in the back.Jon Ralph Attack
Fine attacked close friend and
Herald Sun journalist Jon Ralph, for his comments that the AFLcommission would be happy ifAustralia lost toThailand in theAFC Asian Cup . Fine called Ralph a 'Myopic journalist' among other things.Australia defeatedThailand 4-0 to progress to the quarter finals againstJapan .Fact|date=February 2008Ratings
Ratings for the "
Evenings with Mark Fine " show since Fine took over. The ratings calculate from 7pm-12pm, Fine's show runs from 7pm-11pm and includes " The Four Diegos" which runs from 11pm-12pm. It can at times be deceiving during the AFL season, in whichrating s are generally higher due to the coverage of AFL games in this slot.*Blue/Purple - indicates ratings improvement from last survey
*Green - indicates ratings dropee also
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Finey's Final Siren
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