Triple j has suffered from another major outage overnight, after “massive transmission problems” caused the station to broadcast static for a short period.
After 8pm AEST on Sunday night, listeners from across the country reported their web streams and car radios were going to static during triple j Group Music Director Richard Kingsmill’s weekly show ‘2018’.
https://twitter.com/domalessio/status/982925648816521216
Same in Brisbane.
— Peter (@Minus777) April 8, 2018
And Perth
— Jack Young (@JackRobertYoung) April 8, 2018
Acknowledging the issue on Twitter, Kingsmill told listeners, “Apologies. We’ve blown a router. If I knew what one was, I would try to build it.
“But smarter people than me are trying to fix the massive transmission probs that some of you are now hearing.”
https://twitter.com/triplejtheking/status/982929264625397761
Some listeners joked about the transmission issues…
In case you're wondering what the heck is up with @triplej tonight. It's routed mate. https://t.co/vpw7PGClGf
— Lindsay McDowens (@doctormcdougall) April 8, 2018
I thought i was listening to some new aphex twin
— Edmund Griffin (@EdmundGriffin) April 8, 2018
So we're not being invaded by Daleks? That's a relief.
— Simon Evans (@Se77Evans) April 8, 2018
…while Kingsmill took to Twitter to ask if people could hear him:
https://twitter.com/triplejtheking/status/982930853213814784
The issue was eventually fixed, and Music Feeds has contacted triple j for comment.
The unexpected downtime comes after triple j‘s broadcast went down for over an hour in October 2017, during a scheduled broadcast of its weekly Like A Version covers segment featuring The Preatures.
