Radio ratings
- Analysis
- Radio
The winners and losers in brutal battle for Sydney radio supremacy
The Sydney radio market, where kings and queens are crowned – or decapitated – with astonishing speed, is undergoing a seismic shift.
- Bevan Shields
Latest
- Updated
- Media & marketing
Kyle and Jackie O lose listeners in final ratings survey
The year’s first radio ratings survey covered a period while the duo were mostly still on air together. But Jackie “O” Henderson’s exit after their blow-up appears to have damaged the show’s total audience.
- Calum Jaspan
- Opinion
- Five Minutes with Fitz
I gave Kyle and Jackie O their big break. They were superb, but I know why they imploded
Craig Bruce discovered the now-warring duo in 2004 and put them on the air. The rest is history.
- Peter FitzSimons
- Updated
- Media & marketing
Jackie O lawyers up, declares she didn’t quit, after show iced
The KIIS FM host has declared her lawyers are addressing the situation and said she was deeply saddened by the “possibility” of the show ending.
- Calum Jaspan and Michael Lallo
‘Kyle will definitely sue’: Sandilands and ARN face ugly legal stoush
Sources said Sandilands is preparing to sue his employer if the company sacks the controversial broadcaster.
- Michael Lallo
Why Jackie O decided it was time for a change, and what comes next
The end came suddenly. But for those watching closely, there were signs Jackie O may have had enough of her professional pairing with Kyle Sandilands.
- Karl Quinn and Michael Lallo
- Editorial
- For subscribers
KIIS goodbye to FM radio’s longest lasting double act
Once Sydney’s top rating radio programme, Kyle and Jackie O fell from glory.
- The Herald's View
- Opinion
- Radio
Kyle and Jackie O: Radio’s biggest train wreck delivers a silver lining
The spiking of the duo’s $200 million contract raises questions about the wisdom of KIIS FM network owner ARN’s decisions to bet the farm on the pair.
- Elizabeth Knight
- Analysis
- Radio
The four words that destroyed a decades-long partnership
For 27 years Jackie O has stood beside Kyle Sandilands but success built on chemistry is inevitably doomed.
- Michael Idato
- Updated
- Jackie O
Kyle and Jackie O break-up not ‘engineered’ says source, staff ‘overjoyed’ at implosion
The decision to end The Kyle and Jackie O Show was not deliberately engineered by KIIS-network owners ARN, senior company sources have said after the pair’s new $200 million contract had contributed to hundreds of staff losing their jobs.
- Michael Lallo, Karl Quinn and Calum Jaspan