Editing Triple J (section)

==== Plans ====
[[File:Gough Whitlam at the Lodge 1974.jpg|thumb|240x240px|[[Gough Whitlam]] (1974), under whose government Triple J was established]]
The launch of a new, youth-focused radio station was a product of the progressive media policies of the [[Whitlam government]] of 1972–75.<ref name="JJJHist">{{cite web|title=About triple j|url=http://www.abc.net.au/triplej/about/about.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080112165334/http://www.abc.net.au/triplej/about/about.htm|archive-date=12 January 2008|access-date=2 February 2008|work=triple j|publisher=[[abc.net.au]]}}</ref> Prime minister [[Gough Whitlam]] wanted to set the station up to appeal to the youth vote, and the [[Australian Broadcasting Corporation]] (ABC), worried about its declining audience, "wanted a station for young people who would grow up to be ABC listeners."<ref name="Gay">{{cite news|last=Austin|first=Gayle|date=12 January 2005|title=Off the dial|url=http://www.smh.com.au/news/TV--Radio/Off-the-dial/2005/01/11/1105423476299.html?oneclick=true|archive-url=https://archive.today/20240321034040/https://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/off-the-dial-20050112-gdkh1o.html|archive-date=21 March 2024|access-date=12 April 2014|newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald}}</ref> A new station was also a recommendation stemming from the McLean Report of 1974, which suggested expanding radio broadcasting onto the [[FM broadcasting|FM band]], issuing a new class of [[Broadcast license|broadcasting licence]] which permitted the establishment of [[community radio stations]], and the creation of two new stations for the ABC: 2JJ in Sydney, referred to as Double Jay Rock{{Efn||name=originalname|group=lower-alpha}}<ref name="ABCWhitlam">{{Cite web|date=21 October 2014|title=Remembering Gough Whitlam: the man who gave Double J life|url=https://www.abc.net.au/listen/doublej/music-reads/music-news/remembering-gough-whitlam-the-man-who-gave-double-j-life/10272678|access-date=22 June 2024|website=[[Double J (radio station)|Double J]]|publisher=Australian Broadcasting Corporation|language=en-AU}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Griffiths |first=Neil |date=17 January 2025 |title=Triple J Heading Back to 1975 to Celebrate 50th Anniversary this Weekend |url=https://tonedeaf.thebrag.com/triple-j-celebrates-50th-anniversary/ |access-date=7 April 2025 |work=Tone Deaf}}</ref> and the short-lived 3ZZ in [[Melbourne]].<ref name="continuum_6_1" /><ref name="geocities">{{cite web|date=11 March 2009|title=Bob Hope-Hume, ''A History of Community Radio''|url=http://www.geocities.com/Hollywood/Hills/4018/morehist.html|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091020162112/http://geocities.com/Hollywood/Hills/4018/morehist.html|archive-date=20 October 2009|access-date=16 August 2018|website=webcitation.org}}</ref>

Double Jay was intended to be the first link in Whitlam's planned national youth network, however, his administration was not re-elected in the [[1975 Australian federal election|1975 federal election]]. The succeeding [[Fraser government]]'s budget cuts to the ABC also halted this plan from moving forward.<ref name="Almanac1975">{{cite web|title=The Almanac: 1975|url=http://www.milesago.com/Almanac/1975.htm|access-date=3 February 2008|publisher=MILESAGO}}</ref><ref name="Fast">{{cite web|last=Levin|first=Darren|date=9 April 2014|title=12 things you should know about Double J|url=http://www.fasterlouder.com.au/features/39015/12-things-you-should-know-about-Double-J|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140413112033/http://www.fasterlouder.com.au/features/39015/12-things-you-should-know-about-Double-J|archive-date=13 April 2014|access-date=12 April 2014|work=Faster Louder|publisher=Faster Louder Pty Ltd}}</ref> By the time 2JJ went to air, the [[Whitlam government]] was in its final months of office, and presenters on the station were frequently accused of [[Political bias|left-wing bias]] in the months that followed.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Griffen-Foley|first=Bridget|date=23 March 2015|title=From murky beginnings, Fraser became a friend of diverse media|url=https://theconversation.com/from-murky-beginnings-fraser-became-a-friend-of-diverse-media-39179|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230815053054/https://theconversation.com/from-murky-beginnings-fraser-became-a-friend-of-diverse-media-39179|archive-date=15 August 2023|access-date=15 August 2023|work=[[The Conversation (website)|The Conversation]]}}</ref>