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Richard Kingsmill
Richard Kingsmill is an Australian radio announcer and music journalist. He worked for ABC radio station triple j from 1988 until his redundancy in December 2023, and was the station's longest-serving presenter. From 2017 he was group music director of triple j, triple j Unearthed, Double J, ABC Country, and ABC Local Radio.
Richard Kingsmill studied mass communications at Macquarie University in the early 1980s. After working at community radio stations in Lismore, Kingsmill moved to Sydney to find a job, and did some training at educational radio station 2SER while studying at university. 2SER was run jointly by Macquarie University and the University of Technology Sydney.
While at 2SER in 1988, Kingsmill made a four-part series on the Australian music industry called Money, Not Harmony.
His career at the ABC started in 1988 as a producer for triple j. He presented on-air for the first time in 1990.
He introduced and hosted the shows The J Files (8 years) and the Australian Music Show (10 years), and was co-founder of triple j Unearthed in 1995, a fact of which he is very proud, in particular "being able to uncover the likes of Missy Higgins, Grinspoon, G Flip, and Genesis Owusu".
Kingsmill began hosting triple j's new releases show on Sunday evenings, named for the current year, in 1996. This show continues as of 2023 as one of the highest-rating shows.
In 1998, Kingsmill hosted an Australian music-themed program on Rage, for Australian Music Week. In 2009, he presented the triple j Hottest 100 of All Time on Rage with Zan Rowe.
In 2003, Kingsmill was promoted to the position of music director after the retirement of Arnold Frolows, who had been in the position since the inception of Double Jay (as triple j was then known) in 1975.
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Richard Kingsmill
Richard Kingsmill is an Australian radio announcer and music journalist. He worked for ABC radio station triple j from 1988 until his redundancy in December 2023, and was the station's longest-serving presenter. From 2017 he was group music director of triple j, triple j Unearthed, Double J, ABC Country, and ABC Local Radio.
Richard Kingsmill studied mass communications at Macquarie University in the early 1980s. After working at community radio stations in Lismore, Kingsmill moved to Sydney to find a job, and did some training at educational radio station 2SER while studying at university. 2SER was run jointly by Macquarie University and the University of Technology Sydney.
While at 2SER in 1988, Kingsmill made a four-part series on the Australian music industry called Money, Not Harmony.
His career at the ABC started in 1988 as a producer for triple j. He presented on-air for the first time in 1990.
He introduced and hosted the shows The J Files (8 years) and the Australian Music Show (10 years), and was co-founder of triple j Unearthed in 1995, a fact of which he is very proud, in particular "being able to uncover the likes of Missy Higgins, Grinspoon, G Flip, and Genesis Owusu".
Kingsmill began hosting triple j's new releases show on Sunday evenings, named for the current year, in 1996. This show continues as of 2023 as one of the highest-rating shows.
In 1998, Kingsmill hosted an Australian music-themed program on Rage, for Australian Music Week. In 2009, he presented the triple j Hottest 100 of All Time on Rage with Zan Rowe.
In 2003, Kingsmill was promoted to the position of music director after the retirement of Arnold Frolows, who had been in the position since the inception of Double Jay (as triple j was then known) in 1975.