Double J (radio station)


Double J 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 catered towards an older adult audience, emphasizing genres such as pop, rock, blues, country, soul, jazz and world music, as well as archive content from Triple J's library. Currently it is mostly automated, but has a few regular live programs.
It is available terrestrially via DAB+, as well as other online and digital television platforms.

History

Dig Music (2002-2014)

ABC Dig Music began in November 2002.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.
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 – present)

On 24 October 2013, the station came under the management of Triple J.
On 28 April 2014, Dig Music signed off, and began stunting with a loop of "Express Yourself" by N.W.A., as well as covers of the song by Darren Hanlon and The Audreys.
At Noon on 30 April 2014, Dig Music officially relaunched as Double J, 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.
On 19 January 2015, the station broadcast a special day of programming, Beat the Drum Again, to mark the 40th anniversary of the launch of the station 2JJ. 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.

Programming

J Files