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Richard Kingsmill (born 29 January 1954) is an Australian
radio announcer An announcer is a voice artist who relays information to the audience of a broadcast media programme or live event. Television and other media Some announcers work in television production, radio or filmmaking, usually providing narrations ...
,
music journalist Music journalism (or music criticism) is media criticism and reporting about music topics, including popular music, classical music, and traditional music. Journalists began writing about music in the eighteenth century, providing commentary on w ...
and currently Group Music Director of
triple j Triple J (stylised in all lowercase) is a government-funded, national Australian radio station intended to appeal to listeners of alternative music, which began broadcasting in January 1975. The station also places a greater emphasis on broad ...
,
triple j Unearthed Triple J (stylised in all lowercase) is a government-funded, national Australian Radio in Australia, radio station intended to appeal to listeners of alternative music, which began broadcasting in January 1975. The station also places a greate ...
, Double J and
ABC Local Radio ABC Local Radio is a network of publicly owned radio stations in Australia, operated by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. ABC Local Radio stations broadcast across the continent using terrestrial transmitters and satellites. Its programm ...
.


Career

His career at triple j started in 1988 as a producer for station presenters George Wayne, Tracee Hutchison and Tim Ritchie. In 1990, new management at the station forced Kingsmill and many others to re-apply for their jobs. Kingsmill failed to regain his producer position, but landed a presenter position instead. Since then, he has hosted shows that involve an in-depth knowledge of the current state of the alternative music scene, at both a local and international level. These shows have included ''The J-Files'' (1995–2003) and the ''Australian Music Show'' (1993–2003). In 1994, he began hosting triple j's ''New Releases'' show. Two years later, this evolved into ''1996'', a show dedicated to the latest release music from around the world. (The show has changed its name each year, to reflect the current year.) His ''2010'' show was voted Best Radio Show of the Year by SPA (Street Press Australia) readers nationwide. In 2003, Kingsmill was promoted to the position of Music Director after the retirement of Arnold Frolows, who had been in the position since Double Jay's inception in 1975. As a result, he cut back his on-air shifts and currently presents only the new music show on a Sunday night. In May 2012, Kingsmill was voted International Music Director of the year at the Worldwide Radio Summit in Los Angeles. Kingsmill is the author of two books; ''triple j's Internet Music Guide'' (co-written with Stuart Coupe in 1998) and The J-Files Compendium (2002). The latter is a collection of his many music interviews, songlists, quizzes and music trivia sourced from ''The J-Files''. Kingsmill appeared in the Radiohead documentary ''
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'' (1998). When
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left triple j for
Triple M Triple M is an Australian commercial radio network owned and operated by Southern Cross Austereo. The network consists of 40 radio stations broadcasting a mainstream rock music format and 5 digital radio stations. The network dates back to ...
, Kingsmill became the station's longest serving presenter. In 2009, he presented the triple j Hottest 100 of All Time on '' Rage'' with Zan Rowe. He also hosted an Australian music-themed program on ''Rage'' in 1998. In 2009, Kingsmill was executive producer of '' Before Too Long: Triple J's Tribute to Paul Kelly''. The show ran over two nights at the
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in
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in November with various artists performing tracks by Paul Kelly, which was recorded for a 3× CD of the same name released in February 2010. It featured John Butler,
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, Bob Evans,
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, Dan Kelly,
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and Jae Laffer. Along with the show's music director, Ash Naylor, Kingsmill accepted the ARIA Award in 2010 for Best Original Soundtrack/Cast/Show Album. Sections of Kingsmill's 1999 radio interview with the late singer-songwriter
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were used in the 2014 documentary of Elliot's life, Heaven Adores You.Heaven Adores You (2014) Director:Nickolas Rossi In 2017, Kingsmill became Group Music Director, coordinating the team of music directors for four stations on the ABC national network: triple j, triple j Unearthed, Double J and ABC Local Radio.


Personal life

Kingsmill's older brother, Mark, is the drummer in the Australian rock band
Hoodoo Gurus Hoodoo Gurus are an Australian rock band formed in Sydney in 1981, by the mainstay Dave Faulkner (songwriter, lead singer and guitarist) and later joined by Richard Grossman (bass), Mark Kingsmill (drums), and Brad Shepherd (guitar, vocals, ha ...
. Kingsmill completed his secondary education at
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and studied Mass Communications/Radio at
Macquarie University Macquarie University ( ) is a public research university based in Sydney, Australia, in the suburb of Macquarie Park. Founded in 1964 by the New South Wales Government, it was the third university to be established in the metropolitan area of S ...
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References


External links


Richard Kingsmill's page at the Triple J siteRichard Kingsmill's blogMeanjin FeatureThe Power IndexWorldwide Radio Summit Awards
{{DEFAULTSORT:Kingsmill, Richard Triple J announcers Living people 1964 births People educated at Sydney Grammar School Place of birth missing (living people) Macquarie University alumni