3RRR
3RRR is an Australian community radio station, based in Melbourne.
3RRR first commenced broadcasting in 1976 from the studios of 3ST, the student radio station of the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, on an educational licence with the name 3RMT. In 1979 it relocated to Fitzroy, and adopted its present name. During the late 1970s and early 1980s, it became synonymous with the post punk and new wave subcultures. In late 2004, supporters raised enough money for the station to purchase and move into new premises on the corner of Blyth and Nicholson Streets in Brunswick East after the 20-year lease on their previous studios, in Victoria Street, Fitzroy, expired.
3RRR's mission statement was defined in 1990 as "To educate, inform and entertain by drawing upon appropriate community resources. To develop a critical approach to contemporary culture."
Triple R's programming is split roughly 70% specialist music and 30% talk-based shows. Hosts have creative control over content and the station does not have playlists. As such, the nature of 3RRR broadcasts varies wildly depending on the time of the week. As 3RRR states, "With the exception of Breakfasters, all of Triple R’s programs are presented by volunteers" who present their shows for no remuneration. A select few volunteer presenters are also in paid work at the station in operational roles.
3RRR's operations are funded entirely by community sponsorships and public subscribers, which, by removing standard commercial pressures, allows for this diverse programming. The estimated current listenership is 440,000 per week. Due to the reaction from subscribers, in the late 1990s 3RRR cancelled sponsorship deals signed with Ford and music venue The Mercury Lounge. No such "corporate" sponsorship of this type has been considered since.
In 2009, 3RRR opened its performance space for live music, live comedy and literary events among others. In 2016, 3RRR was inducted into the Music Victoria Hall of Fame.
The station celebrated its 40th birthday in 2016 with a three month long collaborative exhibition at the State Library Victoria.
Past programs
- Against The Arctic
- All over the shop
- The Architects
- Atomic
- Aural Text
- Australian Mood
- Beats Electric
- Bedlam
- Best of the Brat
- Blokes You Can Trust
- Burn Rubber
- Bullying The Jukebox
- Can You Dig It
- Calamity
- The Cheese Shop
- Chicken Mary
- Convict Streak
- Coodabeen Champions
- Cocoa Butter
- Cyber
- Dance Cadaverous
- Danger: Low Brow
- Deep Sea Music Show
- Delivery
- Discrete Music Show
- Dirty Deeds
- Drivetime in Iceland
- Dynamite
- Erotic City
- The F'n'K Show
- Fast Fictions
- Feed Your Head
- Film Buffs Forecast
- Galactic Zoo
- Give Men A Pause
- Greening the Apocalypse
- Guy Smiley Presents
- Heathers on Fire
- Hellzapoppin'
- High In The Saddle
- Italmusic
- Incoming
- I'd Rather Jack
- Keystrokes
- Kinky Afro
- Know Your Product
- Lawyers, Guns, & Money
- The Liars' Club
- Lime Champions
- Long Grass Sessions
- Midweek Crisis
- Mondo Bizarro
- Morning Dawning
- Mousetrap
- My Three Sons
- MegaBat
- Mr Knowitall
- New, Used & Abused
- No Pants
- Noise in My Head
- Old Folk Show
- Osso Booko Show
- The Pinch
- Plonk
- Punter to Punter
- Rack Your Brains
- Rhythmatic
- Run Like You Stole Something
- The Scull Cave
- Set It Out
- Sitelines
- Slanted And Enchanted
- Smoke 'Em If You Got 'Em
- The Spin
- Spoke
- Station to Station
- Storm the Studio
- Street Talk
- Symbiosis
- Tiger Beat
- Top Billin
- Top Ranking Sound
- Tomorrow Never Knows
- Transference
- Trash Is My Life
- Underground Flavas
- The Village
- VPL
- Wake in Fright
- Wax Lyrical
- Weird Groovin'
- Wheels of Steel
- Whole Lotta Shonky
- Wig-Wam Bam
- Wired for Sound
- The Word
- Wordburner
Selected list of presenters, past and present
- Adam Crow
- Adam Joseph
- Andrew Haug
- Alan Parkes
- Allan Thomas
- Amy Mullins
- Annaliese Redlich
- Alan Eaton
- Anita Alphabet
- Anthony Carew
- Areej Nur
- 'Bandicoot'
- Billy Baxter
- Bohdan X
- 'Brain'
- Brendan Hitchens
- Bruce Berryman
- Bruce Milne
- Brian Wise & Billy Pinnell
- Bruce Berryman
- Cam Smith
- Carlos T
- Casey Bennetto
- Cerise Howard
- Clinton Walker
- Chris Kennett
- Chris Hatzsis
- Christos Tsiolkas
- Claire Hedger
- Craig Kamber
- Headley Gritter
- Declan Fay
- Declan Kelly
- Dave Butterworth
- Dave Graney
- Dave O'Neil
- Dave Slutzkin
- Dave Taranto
- David Armstrong
- David Bridie
- Davide Carbone
- David Dawson
- David Lescun
- Denise Hylands
- Derek G Smiley
- Dr Turf
- Duane d. Zigliotto 1984/1988.
- Elizabeth McCarthy
- Emerald Cowell
- Ennio Styles
- Fee B-Squared
- Fran Kelly
- Fiona Scott-Norman
- Gavin Craig
- Greig Pickhaver
- Genevieve Blackmore
- Geraldine Hickey
- Greg Champion
- Gary Young
- Georgia Webster
- Holly C, Glenny G & Paul P
- Howard Marklin
- Ian Drysdale
- Jane Gazzo
- Janet A McLeod
- James Young
- Jason Moore Local and/or General was created and hosted by Natalie Mitchell and Richard Moffat in 1997 and focuses on new Australian music. Many Australian bands had their first airplay on this program due to a policy of playing quality demo tapes and CDs before an act was signed. The name Local and/or General was borrowed from the name of a song and album by early 1980s band Models.In 1998 Richard Moffat left the show, and Natalie Mitchell hosted solo until 1999 when regular fill host Ryan Egan joined the show as co-host. Mitchell left the show in 2001 and Egan continued hosting solo until 2007 and handed over the reins to Jacinta Parsons, who hosted for a few years before moving on Dynamite and Detour shows. The show was then hosted by Nicole Jones and Luke Pocock for the next two years, with Pocock leaving in early 2011 to host his own show 'Set it Out' on Tuesday drivetime and Jones hosting solo until April 2013.
- Jess McGuire
- Josh Kinal & Meshel Laurie
- Jonathan Alley
- Jon Clyne
- John Safran
- Julian Schiller
- Johnny Topper
- Josh Nelson
- Justin Kemp
- Karen Leng
- Kate Bathgate
- Kate Kingsmill
- Kate Langbroek
- Keith Glass
- Lady Erica
- Lawrence Hudson
- Louise Irving
- Luke Pocock
- Mark O'Toole
- Matt Rocke Australian Electronic
- Max Crawdaddy
- Namila Benson
- Nick Davis
- Neil Rogers
- Owen McKern
- Paul Harris & John Flaus
- Phil Wales
- Philip Brophy & Bruce Milne
- Richard Watts
- 'Rochachelli'
- Rob Jan
- Rob Steezy
- Sam Cummins
- Sam Pang
- Samira Farah
- Santo Cilauro
- Stephen Oliver, Kraig Krieger & John Williams
- Steve Wide New UK Indie
- Stephen Walker
- Stratos Pavlis
- Stuart Harrison
- Stuart Harvey
- Systa BB
- Tim Cole
- Tim Thorpe
- Tim Shiel
- Tara Judah
- Tracee Hutchison
- Tony Wilson
- Tony Biggs
- Tracy Harvey
- Thomas Caldwell
- Troy Rainbow
- Vanessa Toholka
- Vanda Hamilton
- Vic Plume
- Warren Davies
- Zan Rowe
- Zerin Dellal
Awards