The Good Oil

Australian radio program

The Good Oil is a radio program on SEN 1116 in Melbourne, Australia.[1] It airs between noon-4 pm five days a week and is hosted by Mark Doran.[1] As an afternoon program, it seeks to provide fresh angles on the day's news stories.[1]

The Good Oil is so named as it provides information on a wide variety of news in the world of sport.

Host

Mark Doran is a journalist/commentator who has called the AFL Grand Final and has witnessed numerous Olympic Games. He was a former boundary rider on both channel 7 and Fox Footy. The show is currently produced by Kerry Lambert.

Regular guests

  • Rodney Hogg: "Hoggy"
  • Peter Brukner: Australian Athletics Selector and Olympic historian.
  • Carlos Alberto Diego: A wrap-up of the world game news of the week.
  • Sharelle McMahon: Melbourne Vixens and Australian team captain Sharelle McMahon
  • Mark Robinson: One of the Herald Sun's journalists joins Mark to recap and discuss stories from the world of the AFL.
  • Footballers Brad Green, Sam Mitchell, Brent Harvey and Scott Burns are footballers that join Mark for the Huddle on a Wednesday.
  • Daniel Harford and "Rippa Rita" join Mark on Fridays between noon-2 for Casual Friday.

Notable segments

  • On Thursday between 1-2 Mark is joined in the studio by a special guest on "Feature Thursday" where there is an hour interview regarding this sporting personalities life or a sports life. Some of the guest on Feature Thursday so far have been Jim Stynes, Heather McKay, Michael Long, Michelle Timms, One Day International Cricket, Sarah Fitz-Gerald and Drew Ginn, Peter Thomson, Michael Klim, Brett Hawke, Mark French, John Steffenson and Jana Pittman just to name a few.

References

  1. ^ a b c Mitchell, G. (18 April 2007). "Sense and SENSability". Herald Sun. Retrieved 27 April 2024 – via ProQuest.