Celebrating 40 years of 3RRR FM - 1976-2016

Triple R will be hosting a series of special events, celebrations and projects to mark the station’s 40th birthday from November 2016 - January 2017.

November Max Headroom Specials

On Thursday at 7pm each week in November an iconic live-to-air performance from each decade of the station’s history will be pulled from the Triple R vaults and presented by current presenters. Only by tuning in will listeners find out what performance is chosen to represent each decade!

• Thursday, 3 November: 1976-86
• Thursday, 10 November: 1986–96
• Thursday, 17 November: 1996-2006
• Thursday, 24 November: 2006-2016

40 Years in 40 Days Documentary Series

Each day at 4pm, 30 minutes will be dedicated to celebrating a year in the station’s history. This will be from Monday, 7 November to Friday, 16 December.

3RRR Live On Location

Triple R will be Live On Location from the Melbourne Music Week Hub at the State Library Victoria from 4 to 7pm each day.

• Monday, 14 November -  Maps with Fee B-Squared
• Tuesday, 15 November - Double Bounce with Vaughan Quinn
• Wednesday, 16 November - Test Pattern with Josh Earl
• Thursday, 17 November - Breaking And Entering with Simon Winkler & Lauren Taylor
• Friday, 18 November - Nicole Tadpole & Pauly P fill-in for The Ghost on the Skull Cave.

Each day will feature a live-to-air performance at 6.30pm, content from Melbourne Music Week, The State Library of Victoria’s On Air exhibition, and content celebrating Triple R’s 40th birthday.

Triple R will be inducted into The Age Music Victoria Hall of Fame

Wednesday, 17 November at music venue, 170 Russell.

On Air: 40 Years of Triple R

Friday, November 18 to January 29 at the State Library Victoria.

The exhibition celebrates the history, culture and character of the station. Featuring artifacts from Triple R’s humble beginnings spanning right up to the present day, including original artworks, rare photographs, merchandise, interactive displays and more.

On Air: Friday Night Parties

Listen to music from popular Triple R DJs, grab a drink from the SLV pop-up bar, explore Readings' exclusive vinyl shop and gain late-night access to the ON AIR: 40 years of 3RRR exhibition, 7-10pm at the State Library Victoria.

• Friday, 25 November - with Triple R DJs Anthony Carew (The International Pop Underground), Johnny Topper (New & Groovy), Lauren Taylor & Simon Winkler (Breaking And Entering)
• Friday, 2 December - with Triple R DJs Emerald Cowell (Tomorrow Never Knows), Andras (Strange Holiday) & Steve Wide (Far And Wide)
• Friday, 13 January – with Triple R DJs John Bailey (Stolen Moments), Steve Cross (Beat Orgy) & Annaliese Redlich (Neon Sunset)
• Friday, 20 January – With Triple R DJs Max Crawdaddy (Son of Crawdaddy), Sarah Smith (Breakfasters) & Chris Gill (Get Down)

On Air: Specialist Talks

Listen to Triple R broadcasters wax lyrical on subjects that matter to them, then check out the ON AIR: 40 years of 3RRR exhibition.

• Jonathan Alley (Under The Sun)- Thursday 1st December
• Cam Smith (Eat It)- Tuesday 6th December
• Systa BB (The Good, The Dub & The Global) – Tuesday 13th December
• Fee B-Squared (Maps) – Wednesday 25th January

Counterfeit Culture - There's Nothing New Under The Sun

Thursday, 8 December.

See Triple R presenters trade verbal blows as they ask: is anything authentic anymore? After all, music, art and culture are cyclical and self referential. But does this mean that as time marches on, authenticity is lost? Or, is authenticity not bound to originality? 

For the Affirmative:

• Tony Biggs (On The Blower)
• Geraldine Hickey (Breakfasters)
• Pauly P (Livewire)

For the Negative:

• Jeff Sparrow (Breakfasters)
• Elizabeth McCarthy (Multi-Storied)
• Casey Bennetto (Superfluity)

Adjudicated by the ever impartial Jonnie Von Goes (JVG Radio Method).

Check out the full program of SLV events.

Limited Edition Triple R 40 Years Merchandise

Triple R has produced a 40 Years poster to commemorate the milestone as well as limited edition re-prints of a couple of vintage Triple R logo t-shirts. These will be available here.