{"id":1046,"date":"2025-01-20T19:27:27","date_gmt":"2025-01-20T19:27:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.radioindustrynews.com.au\/?p=1046"},"modified":"2025-01-20T19:27:27","modified_gmt":"2025-01-20T19:27:27","slug":"triple-j-celebrates-50-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/radioindustrynews.com.au\/index.php\/2025\/01\/20\/triple-j-celebrates-50-years\/","title":{"rendered":"triple j celebrates 50 years"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>triple j\u00a0<\/strong>and\u00a0<strong>Double J<\/strong>\u00a0celebrated the 50th anniversary of\u00a0<strong>triple j<\/strong>\u00a0on\u00a0<strong>Sunday, January 19<\/strong>, with a special\u00a0<a class=\"Link_link__5eL5m ScreenReaderOnly_srLinkHint__OysWz Link_showVisited__C1Fea Link_showFocus__ALyv2\" href=\"https:\/\/urldefense.com\/v3\/__https:\/email.streem.com.au\/c\/eJxEzk2O3CAQhuHTwK4sKKAxCxaz8TVG_BQx07g9ATqtyekjR1Fm-T6lkr7sdXAlc_LSKituq3GW7_6mtEmF7LoGK2Qp0oboipZJuaRcDLz6m12dE7KgW618l6qkqKWQRiLTYtRM9_oTjlAb9QG2xFtao8kGHv34PZfrwJvf5_wcTL0x3Bhur9drCTEtD5pLeDLcWh2THgy3fD5jow-G2_EcNUGnkMf_etDritnrZyP4ACMg1j73HL4g9jPkFMaEUvuYcNm4f-3neR-wn-0HdYabFHoVWgjkB-UaoFOjMAhq9n_h_R8w9YbGGMm7n2fOSwvPHpgW36v5mJ3ouD4tFrKUIhQlELSUFqLOAopChaidjSbzXx7_BAAA__-gtnq-__;!!FvZmfVE!DNQvEb9Gmo2OEsJhSvXnknw8luMxXtN0-0WLQjgZsvRjrkb6YDS4wPfYZj42sTsbQymP3YqbgpySeBGTupsKRjreXsKi50o$\" data-component=\"Link\">12-hour rebroadcast of the first day of the station that started it all &#8211;\u00a0<strong>2JJ, Double Jay Rock<\/strong><\/a><strong>.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In 1975, a new radio station called\u00a0<strong>2JJ\u00a0<\/strong>launched in Sydney, bringing music, culture, news and comedy to young Australians like never before. Beaming out across the city was the commercially banned Skyhooks song \u2018You Just Like Me \u2018Cos I\u2019m Good In Bed\u2019, with\u00a0<strong>Holger Brockmann<\/strong>\u00a0behind the mic as the first presenter on\u00a0<strong>2JJ<\/strong>. The station\u2019s bold spirit and innovative approach would redefine the rules of Australian radio, and in 1989,\u00a0<strong>triple j<\/strong>\u00a0would go on to become the national network we know today.\u00a0Watch\u00a0<strong>Double Jay&#8217;s<\/strong>\u00a0first moments on air\u00a0<a class=\"Link_link__5eL5m ScreenReaderOnly_srLinkHint__OysWz Link_showVisited__C1Fea Link_showFocus__ALyv2\" href=\"https:\/\/urldefense.com\/v3\/__https:\/email.streem.com.au\/c\/eJxEzc-O2yAQx_GnwTcsGBgwBw5Rs9nT9tS7xZ9hQxsnW4wTtU9fuRtpr9_RfH7Z6-BKHshLq6wwEzo7nH0iHcBq4RyqKAALaIEZi8NiJqPLUL2xk3NCFnCTlbNUJUUthUQJTIu1ZvpVf_Ml1Au1ldsSTZoiZuTXtvzt434YLv7c-8fK1IHBicHp8XiMf25b3yKN6bbsJfR0Zup0Z-r4itgif3039xcGhpZIeZ0bFWqtXt9n2lpl6vgpAu4m7ip-uiGm8Up9DNuzm_W2tUTzneaP0M9MHd9-vunvP14Y4DdggAcxLJRr4I0uFFbiNfv_YX4Gpg6AiHJovt9yHi9ha4Fp8TU1rL0RLfunhUKWUuRFCeBaSsujzoIXBQpAOxsxD3cP_wIAAP__fCF6bw__;!!FvZmfVE!DNQvEb9Gmo2OEsJhSvXnknw8luMxXtN0-0WLQjgZsvRjrkb6YDS4wPfYZj42sTsbQymP3YqbgpySeBGTupsKRjreUu7v7hs$\" data-component=\"Link\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Half a century later,\u00a0<strong>triple j\u00a0<\/strong>is as passionate as ever about championing local artists and delivering fresh music, events and content for young Australians. Join us as we celebrate across 2025 with the next instalment of the<strong>\u00a0One Night Stand,\u00a0<\/strong>coming soon to a regional Australian town, and as we take\u00a0<strong>Like A Version<\/strong>\u00a0on an international tour. Plus we\u2019ve got some big plans to celebrate the best Australian music from\u00a0<strong>triple j\u2019s\u00a0<\/strong>history. That\u2019s just a taste of what\u2019s to follow later this year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>triple j\u00a0and\u00a0Double J\u00a0celebrated the 50th anniversary of\u00a0triple j\u00a0on\u00a0Sunday, January 19, with a special\u00a012-hour rebroadcast of the first day of the station that started it all &#8211;\u00a02JJ, Double Jay Rock.\u00a0 In 1975, a new radio station called\u00a02JJ\u00a0launched in Sydney, bringing music, culture, news and comedy to young Australians like never before. Beaming out across the city &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/radioindustrynews.com.au\/index.php\/2025\/01\/20\/triple-j-celebrates-50-years\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;triple j celebrates 50 years&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1046","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-australian"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/radioindustrynews.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1046","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/radioindustrynews.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/radioindustrynews.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/radioindustrynews.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/radioindustrynews.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1046"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/radioindustrynews.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1046\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/radioindustrynews.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1046"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/radioindustrynews.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1046"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/radioindustrynews.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1046"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}