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Richard "The King" Kingsmill (born 29 January 1964) is an Australia
Australia

Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the southern hemisphere comprising the Australia of the world's smallest continent, the major island of Tasmania, and numerous list of islands of Australia in the Indian Ocean and Pacific Oceans....
n radio announcer and music journalist.

He is best known for his work at national youth broadcaster Triple J
Triple J

Triple J is a nationally-networked, government-funded Australian Radio in Australia , mainly aimed at youth . Music played on the station is generally more alternative music than commercial stations with a heavy emphasis on Music of Australia music and new music....
. His career at the station started in 1988 when he worked for two years as a producer. In 1990, new management at the station forced Kingsmill and many others to re-apply for their jobs. Kingsmill failed, but landed an on-air job instead.

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, such as The J-Files and the Australian Music Show.






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Richard "The King" Kingsmill (born 29 January 1964) is an Australia
Australia

Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the southern hemisphere comprising the Australia of the world's smallest continent, the major island of Tasmania, and numerous list of islands of Australia in the Indian Ocean and Pacific Oceans....
n radio announcer and music journalist.

He is best known for his work at national youth broadcaster Triple J
Triple J

Triple J is a nationally-networked, government-funded Australian Radio in Australia , mainly aimed at youth . Music played on the station is generally more alternative music than commercial stations with a heavy emphasis on Music of Australia music and new music....
. His career at the station started in 1988 when he worked for two years as a producer. In 1990, new management at the station forced Kingsmill and many others to re-apply for their jobs. Kingsmill failed, but landed an on-air job instead.

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, such as The J-Files and the Australian Music Show. In 1998, he began hosting Triple J's new music show 1998, 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.)

In 2003 Kingsmill was promoted to the position of Music Director after the retirement of Arnold Frolows
Arnold Frolows

Arnold Frolows is an Australian radio personality best known for his work at Triple J.Frolows started his career in music in 1970, as a manager of Virgin record stores in London....
, 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.

Kingsmill is the author of The J-Files Compendium, a collection of music interviews, lists and trivia sourced from The J-Files.

As Roy and HG
Roy and HG

Roy & HG are a noted Australian comedy duo, with Greig Pickhaver taking the role of HG Nelson and John Doyle as "Rampaging" Roy Slaven....
 have left Triple J for Triple M
Triple M

The Triple M Network is a radio station network owned by media company Austereo, who also own the Today Network....
, Kingsmill is now the station's longest serving presenter.

Richard Kingsmill’s older brother Mark is the drummer in Australian rock band, Hoodoo Gurus
Hoodoo Gurus

Hoodoo Gurus are an Australian rock band, formed in Sydney in 1981, by the mainstay Dave Faulkner and later joined by Richard Grossman , Mark Kingsmill , and Brad Shepherd ....
.

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