On Melbourne’s Nicholson Street – also home to another northside landmark, the 96 tram – is one of the city’s most beloved institutions. An embodiment of this great town. Not a building but a whole personality. Triple R is a community radio station that has, since its origins at RMIT in 1976, done exactly what it says on the box: been part of the community.
Clem Bastow, Christos Tsiolkas and Casey Bennetto are Superfluity, punching earholes on 102.7 FM and online from 8pm every Tuesday. I’m talking to them because I want to trick them into being my friends but also because this year they broadcast their 500th episode after 12 years on the air. An astounding feat by anyone’s standards, but also testament to how large this station has loomed in their lives for decades.
