To celebrate triple j's 50th anniversary, Double J will be replaying the station's original first day of broadcast on January 19th, for a special 12-hour event. This rebroadcast will take listeners back to the era of 2JJ, also known as Double Jay Rock, allowing them to relive this historical period.
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02-04, 2025The story of triple j began on January 19, 1975, at 11 am in Studio 206 of the ABC in Sydney. At that time, the station broadcast across the city on the 1540Khz frequency, playing the banned Skyhooks song "You Just Like Me 'Cos I'm Good In Bed," with former 2SM DJ Holger Brockmann behind the microphone.
On the 50th anniversary, Holger will join us to introduce and provide background information for this historic rebroadcast. You will also hear the first programs from Chris Winter, Ivan Walker, Graham Berry, and Bob Hudson, as well as comedy sketches, news bulletins, surf reports, live concerts, and more. Double Jay was Australia's first non-commercial 24-hour rock station for young people, playing music that commercial stations ignored and highlighting the youth culture and issues important to 18-25 year olds in the mid-to-late 70s.
Former Double Jay presenter Keri Phillips stated, "Double Jay was a place where you could hear the music you loved, hear people talking about the issues you cared about, and feel like you were part of a community with shared views." The station's founding coordinator, Marius Webb, said in 2015, "Young people at the time had realized that you don't have to succumb to the ideas of the previous generation. We gave voice to that feeling."
To commemorate the birth of triple j and this milestone in Australian media, we have delved into the ABC archives to rebroadcast highlights from 2JJ's original first 24 hours. It will be like listening live again to a rebellious and adventurous radio station, just as it sounded when it launched 50 years ago. You can tune in on Double J from 11 am to 11 pm on Sunday, January 19th, with triple j also simulcasting a few hours of the special from 11 am. Double J can be heard on DAB+ digital radio, TV Channel 200, and the ABC listen and triple j apps, or via your smart home speaker.
