The first host of triple j's new digital station Double J has said that the station will be playing 70 percent new material as they attempt to cater for an audience that's moved on from the public broadcaster's hugely successful youth frequency.

Former Spicks & Specks team captain Myf Warhurst was yesterday announced as the first host of the station, which will officially launch Wednesday 30 April. Talking to theMusic.com.au she said she was relishing the opportunity to be back in radio.

“It's really exciting, I think starting a brand new radio station from scratch – you don't get these opportunities very often,” she said.

“I love [radio]. I missed it. I haven't done radio for about five years. And the good thing about Double J is it's going to be the bridge between triple j and an older audience. I'm too old for triple j and I'm not ready for talkback. I tried commercial radio but I was pretty terrible at it [laughs].”

Double J will take the space of Dig Music, which triple j took control of in October last year. There was been much speculation surrounding the format of the digital station – as there always is with triple j headlines – but Warhurst said the last six months of refining and industry consultation has left Dig with the sound that Double J will largely inherit. As an example, this afternoon Megan Washington programmed an hour of her own music and influences, including The Bamboos, Future Islands and Talk Talk.

“If you listen to Dig Music now, that's essentially what the sound will be,” Warhurst said.

“I don't know if [the Dig audience has] 'grown out' of [triple j], but there's definitely a whole audience that still listen to new music. And we're predominately going to be a station for new music, about 70 percent will be new so we're not going to be digging out the Golden Oldies.”

She added, “I think it's a really smart move, to hook in to that sense of history and that triple j experience without being retro. “

Warhurst signed on for Double J a couple of months ago and believes that the remainder of hosts, which she'll reveal during her first show on Wednesday 30 April, are locked in.

“It's going to be a combination of musos and very well respected broadcasters, but I can't tell you who they are… there will be more presenters, but they might not be of the traditional sense – there's one for you.”

After quitting Spicks & Specks Warhurst has done a number of odds and ends and most recently has been on TV as a London correspondent for Channel Ten's The Project. She hopes to continue that, but has no firm plans to move back into regular TV. “I haven't had any offers… they're not banging down my door to be honest.”

And no, she hasn't seen the new version of Spicks & Specks yet.

“I haven't yet – I'm dying to have a look. I hear it's really good.”