{"id":525001,"date":"2026-07-14T04:37:10","date_gmt":"2026-07-14T04:37:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/525001\/"},"modified":"2026-07-14T04:37:10","modified_gmt":"2026-07-14T04:37:10","slug":"kiis-fms-breakfast-ratings-continue-to-fall-following-kyles-12m-settlement-with-arn-radio-ratings-survey-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/525001\/","title":{"rendered":"KIIS FM\u2019s breakfast ratings continue to fall following Kyle\u2019s $12m settlement with ARN | Radio Ratings Survey 4"},"content":{"rendered":"

The latest\u00a0radio ratings<\/a>\u00a0of 2026 revealed a further blow to\u00a0KIIS FM<\/a>\u2019s breakfast slot following the demise of The\u00a0Kyle & Jackie O Show<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The fourth survey of the year, which covers the period from April 19 to June 27, saw the breakfast show<\/a> drop a further 0.8 per cent audience share in Sydney and losing 75,000 listeners overall. <\/p>\n

\"Kyle<\/p>\n

KIIS FM listeners continue to flee although at least the rate at which they are is steadying. \u00a0Instagram\/@Jackie O<\/p>\n

The mid-year bookmark saw KIIS FM breakfast fall from the first position in survey two, which covered February 8 to April 4, to fifth station in the overall Sydney market and the third in breakfast alongside the ABC.<\/p>\n

The breakfast stand-in team, led by Mike \u2018E\u2019 Etheridge and Brooklyn Ross registered a 7.1 per cent audience share overall, marking a drop of 1.1 per cent.<\/p>\n

Ben Fordham remains the overall Sydney radio king with his breakfast share of 14.8 per cent, down 0.8, followed by Smoothfm\u2019s Bogart Torrelli at 12 per cent, up 0.6.<\/p>\n

In survey three, released in June, KIIS FM had dropped 3.5 per cent audience share in Sydney, representing a cumulative loss of 132,000 listeners each week. <\/p>\n

This is the third complete ratings period since their exit, with the first encompassing their\u00a0fiery on-air clash<\/a>\u00a0on February 20 and Sandilands\u2019 last weeks on air. <\/p>\n

In June, Sandilands agreed to\u00a0a $12 million settlement package with his former employer ARN. <\/p>\n

\u201cThere\u2019s $3 million upfront and there\u2019s $12 million paid out,\u201d he said to media outside his home. <\/p>\n

\u201cI could\u2019ve dragged it on for like a year and a half, my guys were pretty confident at winning, but there\u2019s no guarantee.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere\u2019s appeals, that could drag on forever. <\/p>\n

The settlement comes after Sandilands took legal action against his former employer, after\u00a0terminating his $100 million KIIS FM contract earlier this year<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The settlement ended one of two lawsuits brought against ARN after the\u00a0end of the\u00a0Kyle and Jackie O Show\u00a0in February<\/a>\u00a0following an on-air bust up between its two stars.<\/p>\n

While Sandilands\u2019 case has settled, the legal action brought by\u00a0Jackie O\u2019Henderson continues<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Henderson is suing for\u00a0wrongful termination against ARN<\/a>, claiming compensation of at least $82.25 million and alleging that her termination was against the Fair Work Act.<\/p>\n

She is set to appear in court in August for a hearing, while the trial is due to start in September.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The latest\u00a0radio ratings\u00a0of 2026 revealed a further blow to\u00a0KIIS FM\u2019s breakfast slot following the demise of The\u00a0Kyle &…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":525002,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[156,157,111,139,69],"class_list":["post-525001","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-music","tag-entertainment","tag-music","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/525001","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=525001"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/525001\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/525002"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=525001"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=525001"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=525001"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}