Australian digital radio station
Double J
(formerly
ABC
Dig Music
) is an Australian
digital radio
station owned by the
Australian Broadcasting Corporation
. It is positioned as a spin-off of the youth-oriented
triple j
(itself once known as Double J), but catering for an older adult audience, emphasising genres such as
pop
,
rock
,
blues
,
country
,
soul
,
jazz
, and
world music
, as well as archive content from the parent station's library.
[1]
The station is mostly automated,
[2]
but has a few regular live programs. It is available terrestrially via
DAB+
, as well as other online and digital television platforms.
History
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Dig Music (2002?2014)
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ABC Dig Music began in November 2002 (Double Jay was originally the name for Triple J in the mid 70's, but was changed to triple j when the station switched to FM). It emerged from formats developed by Bill Gates and Phil Cullen at ABC Coast FM, which broadcast an Adult Alternative music format and was for many years ABC Radio's only continuous stream. It was part of a suite of three digital channels, alongside Dig Jazz and Dig Country.
[3]
Some
ABC Local Radio
,
ABC Radio National
and Triple J music programs were also broadcast on ABC Dig Music.
In July 2009, Dig Radio, Dig Jazz and Dig Country was rebranded as the launch of digital radio stations ABC Dig Music, ABC Jazz and Country.
Double J (2014?2015)
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On 24 October 2013, the station came under the management of Triple J.
[4]
On 28 April 2014, Dig Music signed off, and began
stunting
with a loop of "
Express Yourself
" by
N.W.A.
(an homage to a May 1990 industrial action by Triple J relating to another song by the same group), including the original recording and covers of the song by Australian musicians such as
Darren Hanlon
and
The Audreys
.
[5]
[6]
[7]
At noon on 30 April 2014,
[8]
Dig Music officially relaunched as Double J (an homage to the original name of
2JJ
),
[9]
with former Triple J announcer
Myf Warhurst
hosting "Lunch with Myf". The launch was also broadcast live on Triple J replacing "Lunch with Lewi" for that day.
[10]
On 19 January 2015, the station broadcast a special day of programming,
Beat the Drum Again
, to mark 2JJ's 40th anniversary. It included programs staffed by historic personalities such as
Mikey Robins
and
Helen Razer
,
Angela Catterns
,
Chris
&
Craig
,
Roy & HG
, and rebroadcasts of the original station's first hour on the air, and
Midnight Oil
's
1985 "Oils on the Water" concert
on
Goat Island
(which was part of the station's 10th anniversary).
[11]
Double J (2015?present)
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In 2016,
Richard Kingsmill
, then music director of triple j, initiated
The Funhouse
.
[12]
In 2018,
Zan Rowe
moved from Triple J to Double J as host of its morning show.
[13]
In November 2020 the
Take 5
podcast won Gold at the 2020 Australian Podcast Awards for Best Radio Podcast.
In November 2020
Inside The Big Day Out
won Silver at the 2020 Australian Podcast Awards for Best Documentary Podcast.
In November 2021 the
Take 5
podcast won Bronze at the 2021 Australian Podcast Awards for Best Radio Podcast.
Petition for expansion
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In March 2022, a group of female Australian singer-songwriters wrote to federal communications minister
Paul Fletcher
and shadow communications minister
Michelle Rowland
requesting that Double J be granted an FM licence to enable the station to have a broader reach by allowing it to expand into regional areas of the country.
[14]
Missy Higgins
,
Kasey Chambers
,
Kate Miller-Heidke
,
Sarah Blasko
,
Vikki Thorn
and
Deborah Conway
said that ageing female artists get much less exposure on FM radio than their male counterparts and noted there was no female equivalent to male-orientated FM station
Triple M
. They said Double J was a station that played a lot of new music by female artists over the age of 30 but its reach was "severely limited". They said an expansion of the station by granting it an FM license, enabling access to a much wider audience, could be a way of getting closer to equality. The women also launched a
Change.org
petition to garner support from fans.
[14]
In response, Rowland and shadow arts minister
Tony Burke
said moving Double J onto the FM band would be a positive step for Australian music. They said if the
Opposition
was elected to power at the
2022 Australian federal election
, they would examine the issue and work with the ABC and
ACMA
and consult with musicians.
[15]
However, they didn't commit to the plan outright.
[15]
While visiting the
Byron Bay Bluesfest
during the campaign, Opposition leader
Anthony Albanese
said if his party was elected at the election, they would commission the ABC to undertake a feasibility study into extending Double J into regional areas.
[16]
Albanese declared: “I want more people in regional Australia to experience the joy I have of listening to Double J, singing along to songs they love or maybe discovering something new."
[17]
Programming
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Arvos
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Arvos
is presented by broadcaster and electronic musician
Tim Shiel
.
[18]
[19]
[20]
J Files
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On Thursday 21 August 2014 the J Files made its debut on digital station Double J. It had previously aired on
triple j
between 1996 and 2007 in two different incarnations, the final J-File was aired in November 2007.
J Files (2014-
present
)
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- 2014 - August 21st
:
Something For Kate
- 2014 - August 28th
:
Jeff Buckley
- 2014 - September 4th
:
Bob Dylan
- 2014 - September 11th
:
Riot Grrrl
- 2014 - September 18th
:
1994
- 2014 - September 25th
:
Massive Attack
- 2014 - October 2nd
:
Divinyls
- 2014 - October 9th
:
Beck
- 2014 - October 16th
:
Will Oldham
- 2014 - October 23rd
:
Velvet Underground
- 2014 - October 30th
:
Aphex Twin
- 2014 - November 6th
:
50 Years of Alberts
- 2014 - November 13th
:
Sarah Blasko
- 2014 - November 20th
:
The Hard-Ons
- 2014 - November 27th
:
Foo Fighters
- 2015 - February 5th
:
1975-1985: 40 Years of triple j
- 2015 - February 12th
:
1985-1995: 40 Years of triple j
- 2015 - February 19th
:
1995-2005: 40 Years of triple j
- 2015 - February 26th
:
2005-2015: 40 Years of triple j
- 2015 - March 5th
:
The Prodigy
- 2015 - March 12th
:
The Go-Betweens
- 2015 - March 19th
:
The Avalanches
- 2015 - March 26th
:
The Black Keys
- 2015 - April 23rd
:
Beastie Boys
- 2015 - April 30th
:
The Music of David Lynch
- 2015 - May 7th
:
Sufjan Stevens
- 2015 - May 14th
:
Sia
- 2015 - May 21st
:
Morrissey
- 2015 - May 28th
:
Dan Sultan
- 2015 - June 4th
:
Jebediah
- 2015 - June 11th
:
Bjork
- 2015 - June 18th
:
40 Years of Music
- 2015 - June 25th
:
Hot Chip
- 2015 - July 23rd
:
Blur
- 2015 - July 30th
:
Fatboy Slim
- 2015 - August 6th
:
Duos
- 2015 - August 13th
:
U2’s Achtung Baby
- 2015 - August 20th
:
Sharon Jones and the Daptone family
- 2015 - August 27th
:
TISM
- 2015 - September 3rd
:
Laura Marling
- 2015 - September 10th
:
Love in the '90s: Part One
- 2015 - September 17th
:
Love in the '90s: Part Two
- 2015 - October 8th
:
Oasis: What's the Story?
- 2015 - October 15th
:
"Weird Al" Yankovic
- 2015 - October 22nd
:
Patti Smith's Horses
- 2015 - October 29th
:
De La Soul
- 2015 - November 5th
:
Tame Impala
- 2015 - November 12th
:
Missy Higgins
- 2015 - November 19th
:
Regurgitator
- 2015 - November 26th
:
Warumpi Band
- Cat Power (4 Feb, 2016)
- Spiderbait (11 Feb, 2016)
- The Cat Empire (21 Feb, 2016)
- The Jesus and Mary Chain (25 Feb, 2016)
- Sleater-Kinney (3 Mar, 2016)
- J Dilla (10 Mar, 2016)
- Iggy Pop (17 Mar, 2016)
- The National (24 Mar, 2016)
- LCD Soundsystem (21 Apr, 2016)
- Brian Eno (28 Apr, 2016)
- The Waifs (5 May 2016)
- Ben Folds (12 May 2016)
- Missy Elliott (19 May 2016)
- Yothu Yindi's ‘Treaty’ (26 May 2016)
- Punk in the USA (2 Jun, 2016)
- Punk in the UK (9 Jun, 2016)
- Punk in Australia (16 Jun, 2016)
- Women in Punk (23 Jun, 2016)
- Punk Around the Planet (30 Jun, 2016)
- The Cure (21 Jul, 2016)
- Moby (28 Jul, 2016)
- Guns N' Roses (4 Aug, 2016)
- Run-D.M.C. (11 Aug, 2016)
- Erykah Badu (18 Aug, 2016)
- Live At The Wireless (25 Aug, 2016)
- Chicks on Bass (1 Sep, 2016)
- Nick Cave (8 Sep, 2016)
- Tool (15 Sep, 2016)
- Behind The Mask (22 Sep, 2016)
- Pixies (29 Sep, 2016)
- Mark Ronson (6 Oct, 2016)
- Ween (13 Oct, 2016)
- Yeah Yeah Yeahs (20 Oct, 2016)
- The Dandy Warhols (27 Oct, 2016)
- 10 years of triplej Unearthed.com (3 Nov, 2016)
- Magic Dirt (10 Nov, 2016)
- Silverchair (17 Nov, 2016)
- Crowded House (24 Nov, 2016)
- The best of New Zealand (1 Dec, 2016)
- Peaches (8 Dec, 2016)
- 2016: The year that was (15 Dec, 2016)
- Weezer
- Public Enemy
- 1977
- Teenage Fanclub
- Custard
- Joni Mitchell
- The Shins
- Talking Heads
- The Funniest Songs in the World Ever
- Pavement
- Prince
- The Whitlams
- Air
- Jack White
- Angus & Juila Stone
- Goldfrapp
- '90s Grunge
- Britpop
- 90s Australian Alternative
- 90s Hip Hop
- 90s Soundtracks
- Deadly Women
- The music (and sports) that inspire Paul Kelly
- Queens of The Stone Age
- Arcade Fire
- The Clash
- St. Vincent
- Grinspoon
- Pet Shop Boys
- A Trive Called Quest
- Tori Amos
- Daft Punk
- At The Drive-In
- The Killers
- Neneh Cherry
- Dear God
- R.E.M.
- Rage Against The Machine
- The Best of the West
- INXS
- How Midnight Oil found their voice
- George and Malcolm Young
- Jen Cloher
- 2017: The Year That Was
- Primal Scream
- Ms. Lauryn Hill
- Kate Bush
- Phoenix
- The Living End
- Deborah Conway: in her own words
- Manchester
- Korn
- Nile Rodgers
- Mazzy Star
- The Presets
- Beyonce
- Goth
- Belle and Sebastian
- Garbage
- Ice Cube
- Xavier Rudd
- Blondie
- Baz Luhrmann
- Warp Records
- Gotye
- Creedence Clearwater Revival
- Regina Spektor
- What Gurrumul means to me...
- Franz Ferdinand
- Iceland
- Elliott Smith
- Bob Dylan
- Madonna
- Underground Lovers
- The sexiest songs of all time
- Moloko
- Tupac Shakur
- Powderfinger
- Radiohead
- Bloc Party
- Fleetwood Mac
- Nine Inch Nails
- The White Album
- Kylie Minogue
- Elefant Traks
- Missy Higgins
- Spencer P. Jones
- Gurrumul
- 2018 - The Year That Was
- The Cranberries
- John Butler Trio
- The Roots
- Arctic Monkeys
- The Prodigy
- Liz Phair
- Archie Roach
- Fat Freedy's Drop
- Big In Japan
- The Chemical Brothers
- M.I.A.
- Iggy Pop
- Kate Miller-Heidke
- Neil Young
- Cut Copy
- The Cure's Disintegration
- Chicks On Bass
- Sugur Ros
- Nirvana
- TLC
- Hot Chip
- Sia
- Yothu Tindi's Treaty
- The Streets
- James Blake
- The Temper Trap
- Songs in Language
- Woodstock
- Tool
- Portishead
- Dr. Dre
- The Flaming Lips
- Inside the Big Day Out: A Vision of Nirvana
- Inside the Big Day Out: The Big Day Off
- Inside the Big Day Out: The Age of Innocence is Over
- Inside the Big Day Out: Art Vs. Commerce
- Inside the Big Day Out: Give It Away Now
- Jebediah
- Washington
- Damien Lovelock
- Sampa the Great
- 2019 - The Year That Was
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The Funhouse
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In 2016,
Richard Kingsmill
, then music director of triple j, initiated
The Funhouse
, which in 2023 celebrated its 350th show and is one of the station's most loved programs.
[12]
Featuring "the best indie rock, dance, soul and hip hop classics",
The Funhouse
is available as a
podcast
on
ABC Listen
[21]
and
Spotify
.
[22]
See also
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References
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- ^
"Double J is coming!"
.
Triple J
. 9 April 2014
. Retrieved
9 April
2014
.
- ^
"Man v machine: who controls your music streaming service?"
.
Sydney Morning Herald
. Retrieved
15 January
2016
.
- ^
"Three digital stars are born"
.
Australian Broadcasting Corporation
. 17 July 2009. Archived from
the original
on 16 June 2012
. Retrieved
18 June
2012
.
- ^
"Introducing DIG Music - now powered by triple j"
.
www.abc.net.au
. Retrieved
19 December
2018
.
- ^
Vincent, Peter (28 April 2014).
"Double J pays homage to past with Express Yourself stunt"
.
The Age
. Retrieved
22 March
2018
.
- ^
Casimir, Paul Chamberlin and Jon (2 September 2015).
"Express yourself: The day triple j played the same N.W.A. song 82 times in a row"
.
The Sydney Morning Herald
. Retrieved
22 March
2018
.
- ^
"Express Yourself: Why Is Dig Music Playing The Same Song Over And Over? - Double J"
.
- ^
radioinfo (30 April 2014).
"Double J announces full program line up and presenters"
. Retrieved
14 December
2017
.
- ^
Webb, Marius (9 January 2015).
"Triple J's 40th birthday: High times with the department of youth"
.
The Sydney Morning Herald
. Retrieved
4 September
2019
.
- ^
Vincent, Peter (24 October 2017).
"Triple J is Digging a Digital Revolution"
.
Sydney Morning Herald
. Retrieved
14 December
2017
.
- ^
"40 years of triple j"
.
Radio Today
. 6 January 2015
. Retrieved
7 March
2019
.
- ^
a
b
"The ABC farewells Richard Kingsmill"
.
About the ABC
. 11 December 2023
. Retrieved
12 December
2023
.
- ^
"Zan Rowe is joining Double J in 2018!"
.
Double J
. 4 December 2017
. Retrieved
5 October
2020
.
- ^
a
b
Kelly, Vivienne (8 March 2022).
"Female artists launch petition to get Double J an FM radio licence"
.
The Music Network
. Retrieved
18 April
2022
.
- ^
a
b
Kelly, Vivienne (16 March 2022).
"Opposition says it agrees with push to transform Double J into an FM station"
.
The Music Network
. Retrieved
18 April
2022
.
- ^
Wright, Shane (17 April 2022).
"Albo, Albo': Bluesy Albanese gets a mixed reception"
.
The Sydney Morning Herald
. Retrieved
18 April
2022
.
- ^
Clarke, Tyrone (18 April 2022).
"Anthony Albanese receives hostile welcome on stage at Bluefest as he falls behind Scott Morrison as preferred prime minister"
.
Sky News Australia
. Retrieved
18 April
2022
.
- ^
"Arvos"
.
Double J
. Retrieved
17 August
2018
.
- ^
Gallagher, Alex (26 February 2021).
"Mindy Meng Wang and Tim Shiel share new single 'Hidden Qi ?.?'
"
.
NME
. Retrieved
24 April
2022
.
- ^
Wang, Mindy Meng; Shiel, Tim (18 March 2021).
"Mindy Meng Wang 王萌 and Tim Shiel have released a collaborative EP"
(Audio + text)
.
Double J
(Interview). Interviewed by
Rowe, Zan
. Retrieved
24 April
2022
.
- ^
Kingsmill, Richard (9 December 2023).
"The Funhouse: Let's Party!"
.
ABC Listen
. Retrieved
13 December
2023
.
- ^
"The Funhouse: the best indie rock, dance, soul and hip hop classics"
.
Spotify
. Retrieved
13 December
2023
.
External links
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Programs
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- Lunch with Myf
- The Spot
- Tower of Song
- Something More
- The Beat Eclectic
- The J Files
- The Funhouse
- Sky High
- Classic Albums
- Artist in Residence
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Presenters
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See also
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