triple j’s first ever Requestival generated some interesting statistics with the request totals coming in at 105,430 and over 26,831 new downloads of the triple j app.
 
There were also 38,000 texts across the week, nearly two and a half times as many as they would get in a regular week.
 
You never thought you’d hear that on triple j

After receiving over 900 entries, triple j Unearthed have announced that anonymous hip-hop act ROYBOY have won the DIY Supergroup competition!
 

triple j will celebrate Reconciliation Week with triple j Unearthed’s daily TOPS program, featuring a week-long Indigenous Takeover.
 
Kicking off at 5:30pm weekdays from Wed 27 May, the TOPS Indigenous Takeover will highlight the country’s most exciting new Indigenous Australian artists whose songs were uploaded to triple j Unearthed in 2020.

Comedic duo Matt Okine and Alex Dyson have returned to the world of audio to serve up Australia’s first on-demand breakfast show, Matt & Alex -  All Day Breakfast, available weekday mornings on Southern Cross Austereo’s PodcastOne Australia.
 

Over half of triple j listeners say they are likely to attend a live music event even before a vaccine for COVID-19 exists.

The poll found that almost six in ten (57%) of the 1500 listeners who responded to the survey were comfortable in attending a music festival before scientists discover a vaccine.

triple j is giving listeners a chance to collaborate with some of Australia’s music superstars with triple j Unearthed’s DIY Supergroup
 
Music makers will get a one-off sample pack made by Australian superstars Flume, Tame Impala, Amy Shark, Tkay Maidza, Middle Kids, The Jungle Giants, Tash Sultana and G Flip.
 

Hit 102.5 Mt Isa remains the station most listened to in the most recent survey of the mining area since April 2017.
 
Picking up 5.7 to move to 52.9, Hit 102.5 dominates the Xtra Insights Survey, leading 4LM on 11.3 (down 2.6) and triple j 10.0 (down0.7).
 
ABC North West Qld (8.2) dropped from 2^nd in the last survey and now trails triple j after losing 5.6.

The ABC's Managing Director David Anderson has outlined how the national broadcaster is keeping the nation informed, educated and entertained in response to COVID-19.

“Clearly, the challenge for the ABC is to continue providing the essential broadcast and digital services all Australians expect of us,” he said.

Live gigs and festivals are being cancelled around the world, so to help support artists, triple j is holding a special edition of their annual Ausmusic T-Shirt Day on Friday 17 April.
 
Plus, they’ll be playing Australian music all day across the ABC’s networks including triple j, Double J, triple j Unearthed, ABC Radio, ABC Country, ABC Classic and ABC Jazz.