Rage is an all-night Australian music video program that has been broadcast on ABC TV on Friday and Saturday nights. It was first screened in April 1987.
It starts anywhere between 11pm and 1am and finishes between 9am to 12pm. On Friday it plays new and recent releases. On Saturday it has specials and often has guest programmers, including local and international personalities from the music industry.
From around 7am each morning it switches to the commercial top 50 tracks from the ARIA singles chart. Also, the videos shown up to 6am are uncensored (if they are available in that form). This arrangement is sometimes used to show two different video clips for the same song in the one session. When this happens it is often a live (or sometimes remixed) version that is shown earlier in the night/morning, while the "mainstream" censored version is shown in the top 50.
One marked characteristic of Rage is the stark simplicity of the programming. The only time a human is delivering dialogue to the camera is when guest programmers appear on the Saturday night edition. Otherwise, the videos are run end-to-end with the occasional quick branding clip to break them up. The titling on the videos is also very simple and no other logos or watermarks appear over the clip. Rage is a bonanza to anyone wishing to record music video clips.
Similar to Triple J, Rage tends to play more alternative music and other non-mainstream genres than its commercial counterpart(s). The specials on the Saturday night editions vary over time. Often it's a simple dedication to an established artist by showing a large amount of their work. These types of specials are a gold mine for any fan wishing to record video clips, although this practice has largely become irrelevant as music DVD's have appeared. As an example of the other types of specials shown, in early 2004 edited highlights from Countdown (from the 70's and 80's) and Recovery (from the 90's) were shown over many weeks. Due to its huge timeslot Rage can devote the air-time to show such large amounts of material.
Since Rage's inception, Triple J has simulcast Rage from 1am up until 6am. This ended in 2003 when Triple J introduced their new dance show The Club in the same timeslot.
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