Requstival aside, if we don’t see any tweaks to the format they really need to provide more transparency as to how they decide what artists only get play on Double J vs triple j.
Its ridiculous how many new, fresh artists have been moved from triple j to Double J this year yet has-beens like Hilltop Hoods still somehow get as much airtime as they did when Nosebleed Section was new and cool almost 2 decades ago.
Sure, but Radio 1 (and Radio 2) do a really good job of exposing audiences to new sounds while keeping to their formats. The public service element is still very much in their remit.
For example, earlier this year I happened to be listening to the Radio 1 Breakfast show and they played Spacey Jane and Gang of Youths within an hour of each other. Both Aussie bands, but GoY is well known over there whereas Spacey Jane is still relatively obscure. But there was Radio 1 playing music Nova or Hit wouldn’t touch.
The debate seems to not be whether Triple J should change. Instead it seems to be how far Triple J can move its music selection while navigating two key challenges: 1. keeping within its remit to not piss off the commercials, and 2. keeping its soul.
Yes I for one don’t really get Double J vs. Triple J. They’re too similar.
Is that really its stated remit though? When 2JJ started they weren’t afraid to be a disrupter.
I agree BBC R1 and R2 do a great job of exposing their audiences to new music within their formats.
You’d think that these request segments encourage interactivity and would be great insight into what listeners want to hear, rather than what is prescribed by consultants…
I’m saying this for commercial radio too especially: where playlists are rigidly determined, it’s always those same old ~100 songs being shuffled every week, and DJs are not allowed to change them.
Eh, I like triple j and like Requestival, but I think the novelty of it would wear off. Would end up being pretty indistinguishable from my local regional commercial stations honestly, especially the 90s/00s pop songs.
Maybe this thread would be pleased if double j went more in this direction and was available on FM. Or if ABC sacrificed another FM band for a BBC Radio 1 style station.
I think it’s important that triple j remains an alternative music station. And being alternative inherently means it won’t be as popular in the ratings as commercial stations, and won’t please everyone.
I dont know if this is unusual, but Triple J’s weekend playlist is excellent today. Certainly enjoying it more than their weekdays atm. Good mix of old and new, including:
Ball Park Music - Right Now (2022)
Bluejuice - I’ll Go Crazy (2011)
Jack River - Real Life (2022)
Oliver Malcolm - Baby Don’t Go (2022)
A song by the Wombats from 2015
Crooked Colours (feature album for last week)
Catfish and the Bottlemen
Plus some flume and cosmos midnight.
Enough good music to keep me from changing the dial. Reminds me of their vibe back in 2015.
Wonder if it’s a trial?
Their weekend playlists always seems to be more adventurous & accessible.
I’d agree with you on that
Who’s gonna be the new host of The Hip Hop Show?
All change. Bryce and Ebony splitting up, Declan and Bridget both moving on, and rotating hosts to cover Hip Hop.
No more duos from Fresh or FBi to poach?
In the final weeks of 2022, we’re saying a big heartfelt goodbye to triple j presenter legends - Ebony Boadu, Bridget Hustwaite, Declan Byrne - and offering a massive welcome to some new ones!.
Let’s break it down, program by program. Plus, we’ll run you through some upcoming summer highlights and more!
Ebony Boadu will be wrapping up her time on triple j Breakfast this Friday (2 December).
We’re thrilled to announce Concetta Caristo as your new triple j Breakfast co-host alongside our mate Bryce Mills.
We’re also bidding a fond farewell to triple j Good Nights host Bridget Hustwaite.
Latifa Tee will be the new host of Good Nights.
Declan Byrne from triple j’s Home & Hosed wraps up at the end of this year.
Ash McGregor will take the reins of Home & Hosed in 2023.
As we round out the year, triple j is excited to share some highlights for summer:
It’s time to sharpen up your playlists and think seriously about your favourite songs of 2022. Voting for triple j’s Hottest 100 opens next week, on Tuesday 13 December.
You’ll have about a month to have your say in the world’s biggest annual music poll before we count down the Hottest 100 songs of the year, as voted by you, on Saturday 28 January.
It’s the centrepiece of Hottest Weekend, but the party starts on Friday 27 January with the Hottest 200, the countdown of tunes that just missed out before the big day. Then, on Sunday 29 January, we wrap it up and go back in time for Double J’s Hottest 100 of 2002.
The following Friday, we’ll run through the Hottest 100 of 2022 again… but in music video form courtesy of our good mates at rage.
We can’t bloody wait! Listen along to the Hottest Weekend on your radio, online, and in the triple j app.
Plus, vote for your chance to win triple j’s Golden Ticket – a double pass to every single triple j-supported festival and tour for a year. And stay tuned, we’ve got some big news about our 2022 charity partner in the pipeline…
Here’s the key dates:
https://twitter.com/ABCaustralia/status/1602604341906530304?s=20&t=6A-xZlqTjleFJnUEyUxlyQ
Recent reporting about triple j audience trends is misrepresenting some key facts.
triple j is in fact reaching more people than ever before.
triple j’s broadcast audience is just under 2.2m each week. In addition to this, the network has seen strong growth in regional markets, with 37 out of the 45 markets surveyed over the past three years recording increases in reach. Combining metro and regional audiences, triple j reaches an average 3.2m Australians each week.
In the 18-24 youth age bracket, reach alone across the five capital cities was almost 440,000 on average for 2022, above the 2021 average of 410,000.
This figure doesn’t include significant young audiences outside of the five capital cities where triple j ratings have increased significantly over the last years.
In 2022, 26.4 per cent of 18 to 24-year-olds listening to the radio across the five metro capitals were tuned to triple j.
This is trending upwards, 2.1 points above the 2021 average.
In 2022, 33 per cent of listeners to triple j in the five capital cities are under or within the target demographic. This figure does not include the tens of thousands of young people living in regional cities or the millions who engage with triple j across our social media accounts.
The facts are:
- In 2022, triple j reached a cumulative audience of just under 2.2m each week in the five capital cities.
- Combining metro and regional audiences, triple j reaches nearly 3.2m Australians each week.
- triple j is the number one Australian radio station on Facebook (1.3m followers) Instagram (844,000 followers), Spotify (450,000 followers) and YouTube (1.59m subscribers). triple j has 99,500 followers on TikTok.
- triple j has achieved reach growth in the majority of regional markets surveyed since 2020: of the 45+ markets surveyed by Xtra in 2020, 2021 and 2022, triple j recorded growth in reach in 37 regional markets.
- The 2022 Hottest 100 countdown reached 50 per cent of Australians aged 16+ (an estimated 9.5m people).
- 3.6 million Australians aged 16+ listened live on countdown day, Saturday 22 January, setting a new Hottest 100 record.
- 74 per cent of 18-24-year-olds and 77 per cent of 25-34 engaged with the Hottest 100 in some way.
Surprised it took them this long to address the constant articles about poor ratings that have appeared for almost every single survey this year.
Some good stats there.
I do question the Hottest 100 reaching 50% of 16+ or 9 million people… Really??? Extremely doubtful I would say.
the definition of “reach” can get very, very broad.
It must be!
Still I highly doubt if I asked 100 strangers on the street if they listened to any of the hottest 100 this year that 50 would say yes. No way in the world. I doubt if 50 would say they had even heard of it. Must have been a very select survey.
