Triple J suffers embarrassing on-air blunder
Listeners have been left dumbfounded after Triple J suffered an embarrassing on-air blunder
Triple J suffered an embarrassing blunder this week after three minutes of dead air technicians scrambled to figure out what went wrong.
The sudden blip began in the middle of the day when viewers heard a minute-long host sing “I’m so sorry” from Blink 182’s I Miss You to herself.
As technicians quickly removed the presenter’s blunder from the airwaves, another two minutes of dead air ensued, reported news.com.au on Tuesday.
While it’s unclear which program was interrupted by the gaffe, it was originally spotted by a reporter from The Guardian who joked that it was ‘damn good radio’.
Daily Mail Australia has contacted parent company ABC for comment.
Triple J suffered an embarrassing blunder this week after three minutes of dead air technicians scrambled to figure out what went wrong. Pictured is Triple J breakfast host Bryce Mills
The national youth broadcaster was recently shaken up when radio ratings last year showed a massive migration of listeners to easy-listening stations like WSFM and Smooth FM, which target boomers and Gen-Xers.
The third survey of 2022, conducted by market research firm GfK and covering the period from February 27 to April 2 and from April 17 to May 21, found that Triple J had fallen by 7.4 percentage points in the target group of 18 to 24 year olds.
It only captured eight percent of the youth market, which was a significant drop from its 20 percent share two surveys ago, when a large number of people tuned into the Hottest 100 countdown.
The sudden blip began in the middle of the day when viewers heard a minute-long host sing “I’m so sorry” from Blink 182’s I Miss You to herself. Pictured is Triple J lunchtime host Dave Woodhead
The latest survey results would be “indicative of wider movement away from the station,” news.com.au reported. 2.7 percent lower).
At first glance, the data seems to indicate that Triple J is losing listeners to the likes of WSFM and Smooth FM, which target people over the age of 35 and are known for playing old-time top-40 hits with a focus on Aussie rock and ’80s music.
This migration may not be bad news for the ABC-owned youth channel.
Triple J made it clear during its 2019 “generation change” relaunch — which saw several popular hosts, including Gen Fricker and Tom Tilley, replaced by young upstarts — that it was “relentlessly” targeting only 18- to 24-year-olds.
As technicians quickly removed the presenter’s blunder from the airwaves, another two minutes of dead air ensued, news.com.au reported Tuesday. Pictured is Triple J breakfast host Concetta Caristo