Crossing frequencies

Audio from the live simulcast between “Hamish and Andy” and “Top Shelf” on Triple J.

The funniest of radio events occurred yesterday when commercial broadcasters Hamish Blake and Andy Lee performed a live simulcast with Robbie Buck and Scott Dooley from ABC youth station Triple J.

The simulcast was a challenge resulting from the discovery that Andy Lee’s brother had submitted a song to Triple J’s Unearthed contest, under the band name Zoophyte. The song featured Andy on trumpet.

Knowing that a rival station’s announcer was on one of their Unearthed entries, Buck and Dooley sought to have their own song played on commercial radio in exchange for Triple J airplay of Zoophyte. Hamish and Andy agreed to the challenge, and as a result they played Scott Dooley’s ultra-dodgy track by Angry Panda.

The live simulcast was between commerical station 2DAY and the ABC’s youth station 2JJJ in Sydney. Because 2DAY is linked to the Austereo network and 2JJJ to the Triple J network, the simulcast was heard accross the nation by both audiences at once.

It is probably the first time such a simulcast has happened. And it was very entertaining.

I have uploaded the segment, which you can listen to by clicking on the link below. Enjoy!

Listen to Hamish & Andy simulcast on Triple J

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