Kyle Sandilands and Jackie ‘O’ Henderson sign record $200 million 10-year contract with KIIS FM – and their expansion into Melbourne AXES Lauren Phillips and Jase Hawkins’ radio show
Kyle Sandilands and Jackie ‘O’ Henderson have confirmed they will expand into Melbourne thanks to their historic new radio deal.
On Tuesday morning, the radio duo signed a record-breaking 10-year, $200 million deal live on air and announced that they will expand their reach south and keep the duo on the air until 2034.
An ARN spokesperson confirmed to Daily Mail Australia that this means Kyle and Jackie’s KIIS FM work friends Jase Hawkins and Lauren Phillips will be out of a job and their Melbourne breakfast show will end in December.
In a statement, Sandilands said: “Fans of the show will be pleased to hear that this ten-year deal is the longest radio deal in Australian history.”
“Love us or loathe us, Jackie and I will continue with our politically incorrect nonsense for a long time.”
Kyle Sandilands and Jackie ‘O’ Henderson have confirmed they will expand into Melbourne thanks to their historic new radio deal
ARN confirmed to Daily Mail Australia that the news means Kyle and Jackie’s KIIS FM work friends Jase Hawkins and Lauren Phillips will be out of a job
He added: “We would like to thank the listeners. Staff. All clients. Even senior management, I’ll give a nod to that. They’ve actually done something brilliant.’
This means the duo will dominate markets beyond their Sydney-based audience and expand their reach Melbourne For the first time.
One unique clause in the contract gives Sandilands the ability to broadcast the show ‘anywhere in the world’.
Shock has often worked the KIIS FM show from Los Angeles and other places, so the new contract will give him the flexibility to continue broadcasting wherever he wants.
“Love us or loathe us, Jackie and I will continue with our politically incorrect nonsense for a long time to come,” Kyle boasted in a statement.
Jackie celebrated the exciting news by sharing a glamorous selfie of herself with Kyle on social media, alongside a gushing caption about their next decade together.
“I can’t believe I get to work with this man for the next ten years,” she wrote.
‘How lucky am I? Thanks to our loyal listeners and [ARN] – so happy to announce that we’ve just signed up for another 10 years of breakfast radio. What a dream!!!!’
The news comes just days after commentator Peter Ford claimed Kyle and Jackie O would ‘replace’ Jase and Lauren.
Jackie celebrated the exciting news by sharing a glamorous selfie of herself with Kyle on social media, alongside a gushing caption about their next decade together
And the upcoming commotion could cause major friction between Kyle and Jase, who are friends and once lived together.
“There’s an interesting side story here because they’ll be replacing Jase Hawkins and Lauren Phillips on the breakfast show and Jase and Kyle used to go down together,” Ford claimed.
“A few weeks ago Jase called him and he said there was no deal. But there is and it will be officially announced in a few weeks.
“It would certainly wake up the FM radio stations.”
The upcoming commotion could cause major friction between Kyle and Jase, who are friends and once lived together
It comes after it was revealed that Kyle and Jackie O triumphed in the sixth radio ratings of the year.
KIIS FMs The Kyle and Jackie O Show defeated 2GB’s Ben Fordham in Sydney to achieve a huge audience share of 14.7 percent (up 0.8 percent from last year).
Fordham’s show fell 0.4 percent for a total share of 14.2 percent.
The survey also found that ABC Sydney edged ahead of WSFM 101.7’s Amanda Keller and Brendan ‘Jonesy’ Jones to become the third highest-rated breakfast show.
Kyle and Jackie O triumphed in the sixth radio ratings of the year. KIIS FM’s The Kyle and Jackie O Show defeated 2GB’s Ben Fordham in Sydney to take a huge audience share of 14.7 percent (up 0.8 percent from last year)
ABC’s Sydney Breakfast, hosted by James Valentine, rose 0.8 points with an 8.6 percent share, while Jonesy and Amanda scored an 8.5 percent share, down 0.3 points from the previous survey .
Nova’s Fitzy & Wippa with Kate Ritchie rose 0.4 points and achieved a viewer share of 7.3 percent.
Meanwhile, Sydney’s stalwart 2GB Ray Hadley won again in his later timeslot, landing at the number position for the 152nd time.