{"id":480933,"date":"2026-06-16T23:44:11","date_gmt":"2026-06-16T23:44:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/480933\/"},"modified":"2026-06-16T23:44:11","modified_gmt":"2026-06-16T23:44:11","slug":"kyle-sandilands-settlement-former-radio-host-settlement-with-arn-payout-12-million-revealed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/480933\/","title":{"rendered":"Kyle Sandilands settlement: Former radio host settlement with ARN, payout $12 million revealed"},"content":{"rendered":"

Radio shock jock Kyle Sandilands<\/a> has agreed to a $12 million settlement package with his former employer ARN, with a twist that will see the broadcaster given an extra $1.5 million in advertising on the network.<\/p>\n

In a statement to the market this morning, ARN said it had agreed to pay Sandilands a settlement sum of $12.09 million, with $3 million of the package payable in July 2026 and the balance payable monthly until June 2029.<\/p>\n

\"Kyle<\/p>\n

Former breakfast radio stalwart Kyle Sandilands has reached a settlement with his former employer ARN. \u00a0Louise Kennerley<\/p>\n

Sandilands has told the network he \u201cintends to pursue independent media opportunities\u201d.<\/p>\n

As part of the settlement, ARN will provide Sandilands with \u201cadvertising services on ARN\u2019s partner platforms\u201d, worth $1.5 million over the next three years.<\/p>\n

ARN\u2019s Chief Executive Officer Michael Stephenson said the deal ends legal action between the two parties.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis agreement brings certainty for ARN and resolves the legal dispute,\u201d Stephenson said.<\/p>\n

\u201cARN remains focused on executing its strategy, including driving a leaner, more efficient operating model, strengthening its core radio network and continuing to invest in digital capabilities and long-term growth.\u201d<\/p>\n

The settlement comes after Sandilands took legal action against his former employer, after terminating his $100 million KIIS FM contract earlier this year<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The settlement will now end one of two lawsuits brought against ARN after the end of the Kyle and Jackie O Show in February<\/a> following an on-air bust up between its two stars.<\/p>\n

Jackie \u2018O\u2019 Henderson also launched a lawsuit against her former employer claiming compensation of at least $82.25 million<\/a> and alleging that her termination was against the Fair Work Act.<\/p>\n

The dual lawsuits came about after Sandilands berated Henderson on-air for her \u201cobsession\u201d with astrology and questioned her work ethic, which led to an on- and off-air clash between the hosts.<\/p>\n

This ultimately led to the end of their 25-year on-air partnership.<\/p>\n

\"Kyle<\/p>\n

The Kyle and Jackie O show ended in February, after a 25-year on-air partnership, and lead to the dual lawsuits from Sandilands and Jackie ‘O’ Henderson against ARN.\u00a0ARN<\/p>\n

Henderson considered it the final straw in what she claimed to be extended bullying from her co-host and filed a formal complaint with her employer, stating she could no longer work alongside Sandilands and didn\u2019t feel safe to do so.<\/p>\n

This led to Sandilands being suspended for two weeks over his behaviour, which ARN labelled \u201can act of serious misconduct\u201d and a breach of contract.<\/p>\n

The radio network subsequently terminated Henderson\u2019s existing contract and offered her an alternative show on the network<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The major falling out between KISS FM\u2019s two biggest stars came just one year into a $200 million 10-year\u00a0contract with ARN<\/a>,\u00a0leading the two popular personalities to take their former employers to court.<\/p>\n

They\u2019d been labelled \u201carguably Australia\u2019s most famous and possibly most successful radio show of all time\u201d but the Sydney-based duo struggled to bring in the numbers when they were syndicated south of the border.<\/p>\n

\"Kyle<\/p>\n

The Kyle and Jackie O Show was advertised on billboards in Melbourne as the pair struggled to crack the market there.\u00a0Paul Rovere\/Nine<\/p>\n

After dominating the airwaves in Sydney for decades, taking the top spot in consecutive FM radio surveys, they had the sucker punch of coming in sixth place in Melbourne at the end of their first year. <\/p>\n

Many radio insiders believe this was the beginning of the end for the pair as they felt the pressure to perform after the slot shed 140,000 listeners in Victoria. <\/p>\n

Sandilands has vowed to return to the airwaves in some way, shape or form but Henderson\u2019s radio future remains more uncertain.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Radio shock jock Kyle Sandilands has agreed to a $12 million settlement package with his former employer ARN,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":480934,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[430,156,111,139,69],"class_list":["post-480933","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-celebrities","tag-entertainment","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/480933","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=480933"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/480933\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/480934"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=480933"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=480933"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=480933"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}