Triple J Among ABC Radio Services Down In Multiple Regions

If you’ve tuned into triple j, Double J, or any other radio station across the ABC Radio network this morning, chances are you’ve stumbled across a station either playing classical music or completely silent.

According to a post on The Guardian’s live blog, the radio went dead or classical at approximately 8:07 AM AEDT. The publication reported that the ABC app was silent, while analogue radio stations played classical music.

A recorded interlude message between the music said, “We apologise for this break in our program, we will return to normal programming as soon as possible.”

On the triple j subreddit, users remarked that the station had played classical music for “nearly an hour” at 9 am AEDT.

ABC Radio National was the first to be hit by outages. In a statement made to The Guardian, the broadcaster said, “The ABC is aware of an issue which began after 8:00am AEDT this morning and is impacting Radio National and other audio services on broadcast and streaming services including ABC Listen.

“The ABC apologises for any inconvenience caused and we are working to understand and resolve the issue as soon as possible.”

The same message appears on the ABC Radio National Instagram page.

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In a recent The Music exclusive, triple j revealed its new strategy to double down on its high-rotation playlist. Under this strategy, the national youth broadcaster has gone from 15 plays of a song on high rotation to more than 30 spins.

ABC Head of Music Emily Copeland told The Music the changes have happened in consultation with artists.

“We've heard from local artists and their teams about the challenges of gaining visibility in a market where a few international acts seem to dominate a large share of voice across music platforms and algorithmically curated content,” Copeland said.

“With triple j’s focus on Australian music and acts that resonate with young audiences, we wanted to ensure that the artists we’re backing through our weekly adds are getting enough rotation to cut through with audiences – across the entire triple j ecosystem.”