Jimmy Bartel, David Schwarz among Macquarie Sports Radio line-up

MACQUARIE Sports Radio has revealed its Melbourne line-up as the new station enters the competitive radio market, with former footy stars and some old favourites returning.

David Schwarz and Mark Allen will go head-to-head with Kevin Bartlett and John Rothfield. Picture: Supplied

MACQUARIE Sports Radio has revealed its line-up as the new station enters the competitive radio market.

Melbourne’s breakfast show will be hosted by Tony Leonard, Tony Shaw and Jimmy Bartel, with David Schwarz and Mark Allen to head up a national drive time program on the AM band of 1278, that for many years was synonymous with 3AW.

OX AND MARKO COULD GO HEAD-TO-HEAD AGAINST SEN

“Marko” and “Ox” will be pitted against Kevin Bartlett and John Rothfield (Dr Turf), the latter owning a stake in the new SEN, whose management oversaw the removal of Allen and Schwarz.

Jimmy Bartel will be on the breakfast show. Pictured with wife Nadia Bartel at the 2018 Australian Open.

David Morrow and Tiffany Cherry will host the station’s morning show while afternoons will be hosted by Mieke Buchan, Shane McInnes and Sam Stove.

Julian King will host evenings on weeknights.

On weekends, Bill Woods and Brigitte Duclos will be on air in the morning, with Craig Willis and Clinton Maynard in the afternoons and Tim Webster on evening shift.

Craig Willis.

Regular guests and contributors will include Leigh Matthews, Des Hasler, Mike Hussey, Mark Riddell, Andrew Gaze.

Newly appointed chief executive Adam Lang said the network was excited to engage with the millions of sports fans across the country.

“Australians have a long-established obsession with sport and we continue to see growth in a variety of sporting endeavours,” Mr Lang said.

“There are more than 13 million sports fans in Australia. Sport is social, it bonds strangers together and we want to give them a voice and a platform to connect and engage,” he said.

The station is set to launch in conjunction with the Commonwealth Games on Wednesday with Macquarie Media the official AM commercial radio broadcaster of the 2018 Games.

The new breakfast and drive shows will hit the airwaves after the Commonwealth Games on April 16.