Editing Triple J (section)

==Radio events==
===Hottest 100===
{{Main|Triple J Hottest 100}}
[[File:Chappell Roan @ Hollywood Palladium 11 18 2022 (53886572991).jpg|thumb|213x213px|American pop singer [[Chappell Roan]] is the latest artist to top the Hottest 100.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Cunningham|first=Kate|date=28 January 2025|title=Chappell Roan's Good Luck, Babe! wins Triple J's Hottest 100|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2025/jan/25/chappell-roans-good-luck-babe-wins-triple-j-hottest-100|access-date=27 January 2025|work=The Guardian}}</ref>]]
The [[Triple J Hottest 100|Hottest 100]] is an annual poll of the previous year's most popular songs, as voted by listeners. It has been conducted for over two decades in its present form and attracts millions of votes annually.<ref>{{cite news|date=27 January 2011|title=Angus and Julia Stone top hottest 100|url=http://www.news.com.au/entertainment/music/aussie-duo-takes-out-hottest-100-honours/story-e6frfn0r-1225995096019|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110129021512/http://www.news.com.au/entertainment/music/aussie-duo-takes-out-hottest-100-honours/story-e6frfn0r-1225995096019|archive-date=29 January 2011|access-date=21 May 2011|publisher=[[News.com.au]]}}</ref><ref name="news.com.au">{{cite news|date=27 January 2006|title=Local talent the pick in Triple J's top 100|url=http://www.theage.com.au/news/music/local-talent-the-pick-in-triple-js-top-100/2006/01/26/1138066921989.html|access-date=14 November 2006|newspaper=[[The Age]]}}</ref> It is promoted as the "world's greatest music democracy"<ref>{{cite web|last1=McCann|first1=James|title=Time to shake off Triple J's great injustice against Taylor Swift|url=https://www.smh.com.au/culture/celebrity/time-to-shake-off-triple-j-s-great-injustice-against-taylor-swift-20200207-p53ym0.html|website=[[The Sydney Morning Herald]]|access-date=19 January 2025|date=11 February 2020}}</ref> and has also spawned a series of [[compilation album|compilation CDs]] released via [[ABC Music]]. The countdown of the poll had regularly taken place on [[Australia Day]] from 1998 to 2017.<ref name="news.com.au" /> In response to controversy surrounding the [[Australia Day debate]], and a petition and survey indicating that the majority of their listeners would like it to be changed,<ref name=guiffre2025/> it was announced in November 2017 that future countdowns would be aired on the fourth weekend of January to avoid associations with the public holiday.<ref>{{Cite news|date=27 November 2017|title=Hottest 100's new date|url=http://www.abc.net.au/triplej/news/musicnews/triple-j-hottest-100-is-moving-to-a-new-date-and-heres-why/9197254|access-date=21 January 2018|work=triple j}}</ref>

The station also runs irregular speciality Hottest 100 countdowns, such as the [[Triple J Hottest 100 Australian Albums of All Time, 2011|Hottest 100 Australian Albums]] in 2011, the [[Triple J Hottest 100 of the 2010s|Hottest 100 of the 2010s]] in 2020, and the [[Triple J Hottest 100 of Like a Version|Hottest 100 of ''Like a Version'']] in 2023.<ref>{{cite web|title=Triple J's Hottest 100 Like a Version|url=https://www.abc.net.au/triplej/hottest100/|access-date=18 July 2023|website=[[Australian Broadcasting Corporation]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|date=16 July 2023|title='Quite special': DMA'S wins first Triple J Top 100 Like a Version with Cher's Believe|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2023/jul/16/quite-special-dmas-wins-first-triple-j-top-100-like-a-version-with-chers-believe|access-date=18 July 2023|publisher=[[Guardian Australia]]}}</ref>

In July 2023, the network launched Triple J Hottest, an [[Internet radio|online radio station]] featuring a playlist of tracks from all previous Hottest 100 countdowns.<ref>{{cite web|date=9 July 2023|title=Triple j Hottest|url=https://www.abc.net.au/triplejhottest|access-date=18 July 2023|website=[[Australian Broadcasting Corporation]]}}</ref> It is the first sister channel to not be available on [[Digital Audio Broadcasting|digital radio]], instead only available via streaming (including the website, app, and streaming services such as [[TuneIn]] and [[iHeartRadio]]).<ref>{{cite web|date=10 July 2023|title=triple j Hottest – here's what you need to know about the new Hottest 100 station|url=https://www.abc.net.au/triplej/news/triple-j-hottest-here-s-what-you-need-to-know-about-the-new-hott/102484224|website=[[Australian Broadcasting Corporation]]}}</ref>

=== Requestival ===
{{See also|Super Request}}
Broadcast annually from 2020 until 2022, Triple J held Requestival, where they only played listeners' song requests for five days straight.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Jenke|first=Tyler|date=19 May 2020|title=Triple J are Opening the Request Line for Their First Ever 'Requestival'|url=https://au.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/triple-j-requestival-11272/|access-date=10 November 2024|website=Rolling Stone Australia}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last=Giuffre |first=Liz |date=2021-02-01 |title=Bluey, Requestival, Play School and ME@Home: the ABC (Kids) of communication cultures during lockdown |url=https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/1329878X20952520 |journal=Media International Australia |language=en |volume=178 |issue=1 |pages=63–76 |doi=10.1177/1329878X20952520 |issn=1329-878X |pmc=8280551}}</ref> Significant airtime was given to songs and artists that would never usually be played on the station, including "[[Symphony No. 5 (Beethoven)|Symphony No. 5]]" by [[Ludwig van Beethoven]], "[[Shake It Off]]" by [[Taylor Swift]] (which was notably banned from the [[Triple J Hottest 100#2015: #Tay4Hottest100|2014 Hottest 100]]), "[[Rasputin (song)|Rasputin]]" by [[Boney M.]], the theme songs to TV programs ''[[Antiques Roadshow]]'' and ''[[The Saddle Club|Saddle Club]],'' the entirety of [[Julia Gillard's misogyny speech]], and the [[Geelong Football Club|Geelong Cats]] club song, "We Are Geelong".<ref>{{Cite web|last=Langford|first=Jackson|date=3 June 2020|title=The Most Batshit Songs Played During Triple J's 'Requestival'|url=https://musicfeeds.com.au/news/the-most-batshit-songs-played-during-triple-js-requestival/|access-date=10 November 2024|website=Music Feeds}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Langford|first=Jackson|date=11 May 2021|title=Here’s How Triple J Kicked Off Requestival 2021|url=https://musicfeeds.com.au/news/heres-how-triple-j-kicked-off-requestival-2021/|access-date=10 November 2024|website=Music Feeds}}</ref> In 2021, more than 80,000 song requests were submitted by listeners.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Boland|first=Bray|date=19 September 2022|title=Triple J's Requestival returns|url=https://radiotoday.com.au/triple-js-requestival-returns/|access-date=10 November 2024|website=Radio Today}}</ref> The event was similar in concept to ''[[Super Request]],'' a nightly music request show that aired from 1998 to 2001.

=== Impossible Music Festival ===
{{Main|Impossible Music Festival}}

Broadcast annually from 2005 to 2008 was the [[Impossible Music Festival]], a radio event that consisted of 55 live music recordings played consecutively over one weekend. The lineup of artists each time was decided by listeners, and recordings were derived from festivals, concerts, pub gigs and studio sessions.