Triple J, the ABC’s youth station, celebrated its fiftieth birthday last week. The Sydney Morning Heraldwrites a potted history of the station, but suggests it’s doing badly in the ratings and, well, more opportunity to bash the ABC. (It isn’t mentioned that the SMH is owned by Nine Networks, which has a radio business that competes with the ABC). Former breakfast host Wil Anderson says “The ABC should not make any decisions with ratings in mind”, which is nice but misguided. No, of...
