Editing Triple J (section)

== Impact ==

=== Music industry ===
{{Blockquote|text=On any given day, hundreds of thousands of listeners across the country are tuned in. Label owners, promoters, publicists and musicians follow the station with relentless fascination, as its playlist and musical preferences can literally make, delay, or break careers in the notoriously fickle music business.|author=[[Andrew McMillen]], ''The Discovery Channel'', 6 January 2012<ref name="DiscoveryChannel">{{Cite magazine|date=2012-01-06|title=The Discovery Channel|magazine=[[Rolling Stone Australia]]|last=McMillen|first=Andrew|url=http://andrewmcmillen.com/2012/01/06/rolling-stone-story-the-discovery-channel-triple-js-power-over-australian-music-december-2011/|access-date=2024-12-18|author-link=Andrew McMillen}}</ref>}}
Triple J, according to Whiting, "retains substantial influence over Australia’s music market and the capacity for local artists to gain an audience," and has done since its inception.<ref name="Whiting260624" /> With a more adventurous music catalogue than that of commercial radio, especially throughout the 1980s, Triple J were responsible for popularising some of Australia's most well-known acts, including [[Midnight Oil]], [[Nick Cave]], [[Silverchair]] and the [[John Butler Trio]].<ref name="Cannane070105">{{Cite news |last=Cannane |first=Steve |author-link=Steve Cannane |date=7 January 2005 |title=Radio Ga Ga |url=https://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/radio-ga-ga-20050107-gdkg5z.html |url-access=subscription |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231108053700/https://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/radio-ga-ga-20050107-gdkg5z.html |archive-date=8 November 2023 |access-date=18 September 2023 |work=[[The Sydney Morning Herald]] |pages=27}}</ref> They have also been given credit for creating local audiences for overseas acts, like [[Blondie (band)|Blondie]], [[Devo]], [[Garbage (band)|Garbage]] and [[the B-52s]] – 2JJ was the first radio station in the world to play the latter's debut single "[[Rock Lobster]]".<ref name=":0">{{Cite news |last=Collins |first=Sarah-Jane |date=19 January 2015 |title=40 ways Triple J changed the Australian landscape |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-01-19/40-ways-triple-j-changed-the-australian-landscape/6021220 |access-date=18 September 2023 |work=ABC News |language=en-AU}}</ref> Reflecting on the station's 30 year anniversary in 2005, former presenter [[Steve Cannane]] said "Plenty of musos, comedians, announcers and journos got their start courtesy of the station."<ref name="Cannane070105" />

Triple J also had a significant effect on [[record distribution]] in its early years. [[Record label|Labels]] would previously only import recordings that they knew would yield good commercial return, leaving them often unwilling to take risks on local releases from unknown acts. For example, Australian distributors initially refused to offer [[801 (band)|801]]'s 1976 live album ''[[801 Live]]'' in the country, but constant airplay on 2JJ made the record the highest selling import album of the year. Thus, the label decided to release it locally.{{Citation needed|date=September 2023}}

=== "Triple J sound" ===
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In January 2014, [[Fairfax Media|Fairfax]] newspapers published a report questioning if Triple J has had a "homogenising effect on Australian contemporary music."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Moskovitch |first=Greg |date=12 January 2014 |title=Triple J Under Fire For "Sound" Bias |url=https://musicfeeds.com.au/news/triple-j-under-fire-for-sound-bias/ |access-date=18 September 2023 |website=Music Feeds |language=en-US}}</ref> Several notable musicians were interviewed (all remaining anonymous), who spoke of a certain "Triple J sound" that artists needed to get [[airplay]].<ref name="Newstead120114">{{Cite web |last=Newstead |first=Al |date=12 January 2014 |title=Triple J Blamed For Homogenisation Of Aussie Music |url=https://tonedeaf.thebrag.com/triple-j-blamed-for-homogenisation-of-aussie-music/ |access-date=18 September 2023 |website=Tone Deaf |language=en-AU}}</ref> Musician [[Whitley (singer)|Whitley]] believed the broadcaster had "failed as a tax-payer funded radio station that is supposed to challenge and present new ideas for the youth of Australia."<ref>{{Cite news |last=Baroni |first=Natassia |date=15 January 2024 |title=Whitley Backs Triple J Bias Claims: 'They've Failed' |url=https://musicfeeds.com.au/news/whitley-backs-triple-j-bias-claims-theyve-failed/ |access-date=11 March 2025 |work=Music Feeds}}</ref> Music director of Triple J Unearthed, Dave Ruby Howe, acknowledged there were some similar sounds on the discovery platform, but bands purely chasing airplay will get caught out.<ref name="Newstead120114" />

=== Live music ===
Triple J has sponsored Australian live music events since its inception, and has organised [[#Live events|its own festivals]] like Bars of Steel Live and [[One Night Stand (festival)|One Night Stand]], the latter of which has run in small regional towns since 2004.<ref name="Griffin200624" /> In 2024, Triple J and Double J supported over 60 festivals and tours of international and domestic artists. They promote such events in their radio programs and commercials and on their social media channels.<ref>{{Cite press release |title=ABC Head of Music opening statement to Inquiry into the challenges and opportunities within the Australian live music industry |date=30 July 2024 |publisher=Australian Broadcasting Corporation |url=https://www.abc.net.au/about/media-centre/statements-and-responses/abc-opening-statement-to-live-music-inquiry/104159658 |access-date=13 November 2024}}</ref>

=== Alternative radio ===
Triple J's programming approach was copied by succeeding commercial stations. Notably, [[Nova (radio network)|Nova]], who had also branded themselves as a competitor youth station, had a "clearly borrowed" catalogue from Triple J, but was slightly more conservative with its song selections.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Wilson|first=Christopher Kane|date=2015|title=Frequently modulating: Australian radio's relationship with youth|url=https://researchbank.swinburne.edu.au/file/3212ec65-9095-4d06-a36c-6f84a4996c07/1/Christopher%20Wilson%20Thesis.pdf|journal=Swinburne Thesis Collection|pages=248–254|via=[[Swinburne University]]}}</ref>

Former [[Australian Recording Industry Association]] staffer Danny Yau said that Triple J's nationalisation from the early 1990s created a new role for local [[community radio]] stations, particularly Sydney's [[FBi Radio|FBi]] and Melbourne's [[3RRR]], to fill the broadcaster's gaps with more niche regional content.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Green|first=Stephen|date=26 September 2022|title=New Podcast Tackles Triple J Going National & 90s Alt Culture|url=https://themusic.com.au/news/new-podcast-tackles-triple-j-going-national-90s-alt-culture/1MPMxsnIy8o/26-09-22|access-date=18 December 2024|website=The Music}}</ref>