Turtlerock Forum

does anyone know if triple j's 'preferred' maximum song length is 3.30 or 3.45? or are they not that fussy? i always thought they were.

I only ever listen to the metal show and most songs are well over 4 minutes, so I don't know that it matters much.

Not so fussy in my experience - the stuff I've sent that has been played has all been over 4 minutes but was targeted at their specialist shows not rotation play.

The 'official' line I've heard repeated again and again is 'great songs' are more important than song lengths for Triple J but other PD / MD types I've talked to generally preference tunes at 3.00 - 3.30 (or less) and Triple J has, to my ears, been pushing towards a more 'commercial' radio format for some time.

Why not listen for an afternoon / grab a playlist and plot the mean song length?

:wink:

Text_Edifice wrote:Not so fussy in my experience - the stuff I've sent that has been played has all been over 4 minutes but was targeted at their specialist shows not rotation play.

The 'official' line I've heard repeated again and again is 'great songs' are more important than song lengths for Triple J but other PD / MD types I've talked to generally preference tunes at 3.00 - 3.30 (or less) and Triple J has, to my ears, been pushing towards a more 'commercial' radio format for some time.

Why not listen for an afternoon / grab a playlist and plot the mean song length?

:wink:

I'd be interested to hear what the consensus is!