{"id":625100,"date":"2026-04-23T05:48:26","date_gmt":"2026-04-23T05:48:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/625100\/"},"modified":"2026-04-23T05:48:26","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T05:48:26","slug":"kyle-and-jackie-o-radio-ratings-result-of-second-2026-survey-final-before-kiis-fm-pulled-show-off-air","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/625100\/","title":{"rendered":"Kyle and Jackie O radio ratings: Result of second 2026 survey final before KIIS FM pulled show off air"},"content":{"rendered":"

T\ufeffhe second radio<\/a> ratings of 2026 have revealed KIIS FM’s breakfast radio slot suffered slightly in their Sydney home market, falling from a 12.7 per cent share to 11.7 per cent.<\/p>\n

The survey period \u2013 covering February 8 to April 4 \u2013 began 12 days before The Kyle and Jackie O Show<\/a> was pulled from air after a fiery on-air clash on February 20. \ufeff<\/p>\n

Sandilands \ufeffcontinued until March 3, before the show was yanked off air for good and both of their contracts were terminated shortly after,<\/a> with Mike E joining as guest host.<\/p>\n

\"GraphicKIIS’ breakfast slot fell one percent in Sydney and rose 0.3 percent in the Melbourne market. (Graphic: Polly Hanning)<\/p>\n

However, in Melbourne \u2013 where The Kyle and Jackie O Show infamously did not rate well \u2013 there was a minor bump in shares from 5.1 per cent to 5.4 per cent.\ufeff<\/p>\n

Despite Sandilands and Henderson’s exit, the audience haven’t left just yet\ufeff with KIIS still remaining Sydney’s number one FM Breakfast show ahead of Smooth FM’s Bogart Torelli.<\/p>\n

It certainly wasn’t the plummet some predicted, with KIIS FM dropping just 1.0 per cent this book to an 11.7, whilst picking up a cumulative audience of 37,000. \ufeff<\/p>\n

2GB’s Ben Fordham is Sydney’s number one breakfast show overall, rising +0.2 per cent to a 16.8 share.<\/p>\n

\ufeffThe ratings, out just one day before Sandilands<\/a>, 54, and Henderson<\/a>, 51, face court as they sue their former employer for unfair dismissal, highlight that KIIS FM’s listeners have remained largely unchanged by the show’s dramatic on-air removal.<\/p>\n

The show gained cumulative listeners,\ufeff which includes the total number of listeners who tuned in for at least eight minutes, in both markets.<\/p>\n

READ MORE: Kyle Sandilands’ statement in full as his contract is terminated by ARN<\/a><\/p>\n

READ MORE: A timeline of the ‘biggest bust-up in Australian media’<\/a><\/p>\n

READ MORE: Letter Jackie O sent her former employer over Kyle allegations revealed\ufeff<\/a><\/p>\n

\"kyleListeners have remained largely unchanged as the media storm around Kyle and Jackie ‘O’ intensifies. (KIIS)\"KyleThe radio duo’s hit show was taken off air on March 3; the second survey period began February 8. (Instagram\/Jackie O)<\/p>\n

Kent ‘Smallzy’ Small initially replaced the duo immediately after the show was taken off air.<\/p>\n

In the weeks after, Mike Etheridge ‘Mike E’, Brooklyn Ross and The Project co-host Georgia Tunny have been covering the breakfast slot.<\/p>\n

Henderson and Sandilands are both suing their former employer ARN for wrongful termination in two blockbuster legal claims worth a combined $167 million.<\/p>\n

The pair’s respective hearings are set to be heard before a judge in Sydney on Friday in the Federal Court.<\/p>\n

Sandilands is suing for $85 million, with his legal team arguing that ARN had no right to fire him over his on-air conduct, given the network has spent decades profiting from his outrageous brand.<\/p>\n

Henderson, meanwhile, has filed her own $82.25 million lawsuit alleging workplace bullying from Sandilands and a failure to provide a safe environment.<\/p>\n

ARN is flipping the script on Sandilands and O’Henderson and is also suing the pair, demanding they pay for advertising that KIIS lost after they allegedly breached their $200 million, 10-year deals and the radio network terminated their contracts.<\/p>\n

The on-air clash that derailed Kyle and Jackie’s $200 million deal<\/p>\n

\ufeffThe on-air fight began after Jackie O read from Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor’s astrology birth chart and Sandilands complained about her interest in astrology charts.<\/p>\n

“Your fixation on this has made you almost unworkable,” Sandilands told her.<\/p>\n

“You are off with the fairies with this s—, it’s mental.”<\/p>\n

\"KyleThe duo had been in a partnership for 27 years. (KIIS FM)<\/p>\n

He claimed her fixation on astrology charts made her sound like a “drug addict”.<\/p>\n

Henderson has previously opened up on air about addiction issues that led to her going to rehabilitation in the US in 2022.<\/p>\n

Henderson said Sandilands’ accusations were “so unfair” and that he was attacking her on air.<\/p>\n

“I would never say things like that about you,” she said.<\/p>\n

“It’s a total attack, it really is. Kyle, to say ‘you don’t know what the F is going on, you’re not doing your job,’ that’s an attack and I wouldn’t do that.”<\/p>\n

Sandilands and Henderson have been in an on-air partnership for 27 years.<\/p>\n

They moved to breakfast in 2005 and then to KIIS in 2014.<\/p>\n

They have been under contract in a lucrative $200 million, 10-year deal that was set to run until December 2034.\ufeff\ufeff<\/p>\n

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