Triple M LocalWorks

Triple M Network

Type	Broadcast radio
Country	Australia
Availability	Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide, Brisbane, Perth , Hobart
Owner	Southern Cross Austereo
Launch date	1980 (1980)
Official website	www.triplem.com.au

Triple M LocalWorks is a radio brand owned and operated by Southern Cross Austereo. Under this brand falls two networks - Triple M, a rock formatted network which broadcasts in metropolitan Australia; and LocalWorks, an adult contemporary formatted network which broadcasts across regional Australia.

The Triple M Network is an active rock radio network in Australia owned by Southern Cross Austereo, who also own the Hit Network.

The first Triple M station was 2MMM Sydney which commenced broadcasting on 2 August 1980. Together with then rival station 2DAY (now also owned by Southern Cross Austereo), it was the first commercial FM radio station in Sydney. The station has always been primarily a rock music station, but with a more blue collar/hard rock (Jimmy Barnes, Aerosmith, Guns N' Roses, AC/DC as some examples) emphasis than other stations in Melbourne in particular. Throughout the 1980s, Triple M was one of the highest-rating radio stations in Sydney, spearheaded by its morning show presented by Doug Mulray and featuring the writing of and occasional appearances by Andrew Denton. For all of this period and into the 1990s, Triple M's promotional campaign featured the character "Dr Dan", a guitar-playing satyr with wings, inspired by artwork by legendary Australian cartoonist Peter Ledger, and a theme song that was an extended reworking of the Mike Batt track "Introduction (The Journey of a Fool)", from his 1979 album Tarot Suite.