– Triple M and LiSTNR gear up for a sizzling summer of cricket

from 4 November –

Southern Cross Austereo’s Triple M and Cricket Australia today announced a new multi-year agreement that will see the Triple M Network retain the cricket’s exclusive FM metro broadcast rights, together with digital audio and metro DAB+ rights, for the next seven seasons through to 2030/31.

Under the agreement, SCA’s Triple M and LiSTNR will broadcast all the Australian men’s internationals games played in Australia, including Tests, One Day Internationals and T20 internationals, and this summer will, for the first time, add the three Australian women’s T20 international games against England to its coverage.

The matches broadcast will include highlights such as the Australian men’s team playing five tests against India this summer and five tests against England in The Ashes in the summer of 2025, plus the world-leading Australian women’s team competing in The Ashes against England this summer.

The first match to be broadcast on Triple M and LiSTNR will be on 4 November when the Australian men’s team takes on Pakistan in a One Day International at the MCG.

All games will be broadcast on Triple M stations in the five metro cities, and will also be available on LiSTNR, with the network’s entertaining cricket coverage and world-class commentary team delivering the best of cricket over the summer.

Additional cricket content will also be available via LiSTNR podcasts and on Triple M’s social media.

SCA CEO, John Kelly, said: “We are absolutely delighted to extend and expand our partnership with Cricket Australia for the next seven seasons. This year, for the first time, Triple M adds women’s international cricket to its broadcast coverage as the Australian women’s team seeks to retain its number one world ranking.

“The summer of cricket is a well-established Aussie tradition and Triple M and LiSTNR will bring listeners the best cricket coverage, with the network’s trademark irreverent banter, to entertain, inform and inspire audiences over summer.”

Kate Ingber, Cricket Australia Executive General Manager, Business and Legal Affairs, said: “We are delighted to extend and enhance our audio partnership with Southern Cross Austereo for a further seven years as we enter an exciting period for the game. Cricket is the sound of summer and we are fortunate to have partners who will provide such knowledgeable and passionate coverage.

“Thank you to everyone at Southern Cross Austereo for your tremendous support of cricket and for bringing cricket to millions of Australians.”

Triple M will announce its star-studded commentary team, including cricket legends and the nation’s best cricket commentators, before the season begins.

About SCA (Southern Cross Austereo)  

Southern Cross Austereo (SCA) is one of Australia’s leading media companies reaching more than 95% of the Australian population through its radio, television, and digital assets. Under the Triple M and Hit network brands, SCA owns 154 stations across FM, AM, and DAB+ radio.  SCA also provides national sales representation for 56 regional radio stations. SCA broadcasts 96 free to air TV signals across regional Australia, reaching 3.6 million people a week, with Network 10 programming and advertising representation across Australia’s East Coast, Seven Network programming in Tasmania and Darwin, and Seven, Nine and Ten programming in Spencer Gulf. SCA also features Sky News Regional in 17 markets across regional Queensland, southern NSW, and Victoria. SCA has an exclusive national sales representation agreement with WIN in northern NSW (including the Gold Coast) and TDT (Tasmanian Digital Television). SCA operates LiSTNR, Australia’s free, personalised digital audio destination for consumers featuring radio, podcasts, music, news, and sport. SCA provides Australian sales representation for global open audio platform SoundCloud and Sonos Radio. SCA’s premium brands are supported by social media, live events and digital platforms that deliver national and local entertainment, news, and sport content. www.southerncrossaustereo.com.au

Due to a technical error, stakeholders were initially unable to upload submissions to the consultation on remaking the high power open narrowcasting (HPON) allocation determination.

The issue has been resolved, and the ACMA have extended the cut-off date for submissions to COB, Friday 2 August 2024.

 

It’s official! triple j’s One Night Stand is heading down the Great Ocean Road and will be making its hotly anticipated return in Warrnambool, Victoria on Saturday, 14 September at Friendly Societies Park on Peek Whurrong Land.

After dropping hints all week, triple j Breakfast hosts Concetta & Luka finally confirmed the coastal town that will play host to triple j’s epic, one-day, all-ages concert featuring G Flip, Ruel, What So Not + Friends, Thelma Plum, Sycco, DICE, and a triple j Unearthed competition winner.

Tucked away on the South West Victorian coastline, Warrnambool is situated just past the end of the Great Ocean Road. Big coastal cliffs hug crystal clear waters, surrounded by lush green spaces and a community keen for a huge live music experience. Plus, it’s just a 3-hour car ride or the last stop on the V Line train from Melbourne. It’s also the first time the One Night Stand has landed in Victoria in ten years – the last time was Mildura in 2014 – so get ready for a sensory feast in Warrnambool with stunning views, possible whale sightings, and an unforgettable night with the best in Australian music.

That’s not all! Delivered in partnership with Music Australia, triple j today also announces the More Than A One Night Stand Sessions. The three-day event will offer regional and remote artists, industry and communities the chance to get skilled up by some of the best in the music industry.

Kicking off on Thursday, 12 September, at The Lighthouse Theatre in Warrnambool, attendees will have the opportunity to engage in panel discussions, songwriting workshops, industry forums and more. The sessions will be curated by leading industry organisations including the Association of Artist Managers, AIR, APRA AMCOS, CrewCare, Kennell & Co, Live Music Office, Music Australia, Music Victoria, The Push, and VMDO. There’s a full schedule of events set to cover early career essentials, offer invaluable advice and networking opportunities, along with the chance for young people from the region to gain hands-on event experience. Head to The Push for all the info on how to be part of the One Night Stand all-ages events team, and head here for all the info on the More Than A One Night Stand Sessions.

triple’s One Night Stand returns in 2024, bigger than ever, promising Warrnambool a spectacular night of music filled with homegrown heroes and rising stars, while also providing the community access to the best brains in the music business.

Tickets to triple j’s One Night Stand 2024 are on-sale today from 9am local time for $10 +BF, with all proceeds donated to Australian music industry charity, Support Act. Head here to purchase.

triple j’s One Night Stand 

Saturday 14 September 

Warrnambool, Victoria

Friendly Societies Park on Peek Whurrong Land.

G Flip – Ruel

What So Not + Friends

Thelma Plum

Sycco – DICE

triple j Unearthed Competition Winner

+ Special Guests

Download: Artwork | Artist Press Shots

About triple j’s One Night Stand

The first ever triple j One Night Stand kicked off 20 years ago in the small town of Natimuk, Victoria.

Since then, triple j has travelled all around the country, bringing the best of the best in Australian music to some of the coolest little towns around.

From the country to the coast, triple j has taken the One Night Stand to towns like Alice Springs (2010), Port Pirie (2006), Dubbo (2013), Geraldton (2016), Mount Isa (2017) and St Helens (2018), and brought artists like Flume, The Jungle Giants, Tash Sultana, Tkay Maidza, Ocean Alley, A.B Original, and heaps more along for the ride

Fresh from a five-year break, triple’s One Night Stand will return to Warrnambool, Victoria, in September 2024.

Listen to triple j on the radio, stream online, or on the triple j app and connect via Instagram, TikTok and YouTube.

The ABC will continue to be the home of cricket until at least 2031 after signing an agreement with Cricket Australia for audio rights to every match across the next 7 Australian summers.

The agreement will allow the ABC to continue to provide all Australians with access to all Test Matches, T20 Internationals, One Day Internationals and Women’s Big Bash League played in Australia. The new deal will also see the ABC cover Men’s Big Bash League for the first time in over a decade.

Audiences will be able to hear every ball of the summer starting with the Women’s T20 International in September.

ABC Head of Capital City Network and Sport Mike Fitzpatrick said “We’re delighted to continue this historic agreement with Cricket Australia. The ABC is synonymous with cricket, it has always been the soundtrack of summer and now all Australian’s will be able to hear every ball, across multiple platforms, commercial free.”

“This new agreement takes us to our 99^th (not out) year of broadcasting cricket on the ABC.”

Kate Ingber, Cricket Australia Executive General Manager, Business and Legal Affairs said: “We are delighted to extend and enhance our audio partnership with the ABC for a further seven years as we enter an exciting period for the game.

“Cricket is the sound of summer and we are pleased the ABC will continue to provide their renowned coverage of the game including the Border-Gavaskar Trophy, Women’s and Men’s Ashes and the Big Bash Leagues across their stations and digital platforms.

“Thank you to everyone at the ABC for your tremendous support of cricket which will extend to 99 years by the end of this agreement.”

Audiences will be able to hear matches across our local radio network and every ball of every match on ABC listen.

Commercial radio has called for measures to help it remain sustainable and allow it to work even more collaboratively with the live music industry, so that these key pillars of Australian culture can support each other.

Ciaran Davis, CEO of ARN and Chair of industry body Commercial Radio & Audio (CRA), has given evidence to the Standing Committee on Communications and the Arts as it inquires into the challenges and opportunities within the Australian live music industry at a public hearing held in Sydney today.

“Commercial radio has a long history of supporting emerging and established Australian artists and contributes to their economic development through royalty payments, which amounted to nearly $40 million in 2023,” Mr Davis told the inquiry.

Radio is also a vital platform for promotion of local artists. In 2022, commercial radio played 2.7 million Australian songs and broadcast 160,000 hours of Australian music, with all networks and stations proactively involved and fiercely supportive.

“But like the music industry, radio is facing its own challenges – so to truly unlock the potential of radio supporting the live music industry, we need measures to ensure our industry can remain sustainable, thriving and innovative,” said Mr Davis.

“Radio and music should be working together and we want to work together. Research, promotion and events, as well as working to achieve prominence for Australian radio on connected devices – keeping Australian radio and Australian music free and accessible for all – is something that is in all of our interests.

“We look forward to a future that is collaborative, creative and sustains the unique Australian voices and music across our country, and we thank the committee for giving us the opportunity to be included in this important conversation.”