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<\/a><\/p>\nCiaran Davis<\/p>\n
\u201cGOLD is overperforming, however KIIS is underperforming,\u201d he said bluntly. KIIS is \u201cactively working on shifting its operating model \u2026 refreshing our content for commercial results\u201d.<\/p>\n
ARN and KIIS are currently bearing the load of the $200 million, 10-year contract with Kyle Sandilands and Jackie O Henderson. The second-half of 2025 will see a content reset across the entire station, Davis promised.<\/p>\n
Whether this will involve toning down what former chief content officer Duncan Campbell has referred to numerous times as the \u201cgraphic sexual content\u201d of the show remains to be seen. Late last year, Campbell told Mumbrella<\/a> Sandilands had agreed to tone down the content in 2025 in a bid to increase his show\u2019s standing in the competitive Melbourne breakfast radio market \u2014 where they are ranked eighth in terms of listenership.<\/p>\n However throughout 2025, Sandilands has constantly rallied against censorship<\/a>, last month declaring on air \u201cACMA can shove it in their arses, and so can the management of the radio station.\u201d The Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) chair Nerida O\u2019Loughlin has previously confirmed the show received 59 complaints between July and November, 2024.<\/p>\n In late June, Sandilands participated in IMAA\u2019s Sound Byte event at ARN\u2019s North Sydney headquarters, where he implored<\/a> \u201cagency people\u201d to ignore the noise and just go where the audiences are.<\/p>\n \u201cYour job is to make sure your client achieves the great success with their campaigns, regardless of where they\u2019re advertising \u2026 come to where the people are. We\u2019ve got the listeners. They\u2019re the people that are buying, you know, fridges, freezers, cars, holidays. That\u2019s who listens to us.\u201d<\/p>\n Should investors read into the fact Kyle and Jackie O\u2019s photo was the smallest on the presentation title page shown during ARN\u2019s results call?<\/p>\n ARN Media\u2019s total revenue from continued operations fell by 7%, from $152.8 million to $142.3 million, which Davis credits to the \u201csofter ad market\u201d, while also noting an advertising spike in April due to the federal election. Continued operations exclude Cody, ARN\u2019s Hong Kong-based out-of-home business, which it is actively looking to offload<\/a>, and creative agency Emotive, which it sold its majority stake in last month.<\/a><\/p>\n The company reported a bare profit of $800k, down from $7.8m last year (NPAT, profits after tax).<\/p>\n Underlying EBITDA, which CFO Alexis Poole said the company considers the primarily measure of its performance, sat at $24.9 million for the half, down from $28.8 million \u2013 a 14% year-on-year drop.<\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n