Kyle Sandilands and Jackie ‘O’ Henderson have quashed rumours their radio show is preparing to be inundated with complaints ahead of their expansion to Melbourne.
Speaking with Daily Mail Australia on Wednesday morning, the radio duo shut down recent reports of the show ramping up censorship ahead of the interstate move.
They revealed nothing will change regarding what’s censored on their breakfast program.
Meanwhile, during Wednesday morning’s Kyle & Jackie O show, the co-hosts were quick to deny reports that the team at KIIS FM, via parent company ARN, have opened a ‘pre-emptive complaints department’.
‘That’s bulls**t. That’s not true!’ the 52-year-old said on air.
Kyle Sandilands and Jackie ‘O’ Henderson have quashed rumours that their radio show is preparing to be inundated with complaints ahead of their expansion to Melbourne. Both pictured
‘We own this brand. Nothing happens without us knowing.’
‘I thought the complaints department here was just an answering machine that never got answered,’ he later said.
Jackie, 49, admitted she’s surprised they can ‘get away with the things we say’.
‘I read it and thought, “Well, I haven’t heard that, but then it could be true,”‘ she added.
The claim came from one of the show’s former producers, Craig Bruce.
Speaking with Daily Mail Australia on Wednesday morning, the radio duo shut down recent reports of the show ramping up censorship ahead of the interstate move
‘ARN, the parent company of Kyle and Jackie O, have set up a complaints department in preparation for the show starting on April 29,’ he wrote in a column for news.com.au.
ARN has however have denied those claims.
The Sydney-based radio stars are widely believed to be on the precipice of taking the number one spot in the Victorian city by October.
Meanwhile, the latest ratings indicate that Kyle and Jackie O may have strong rivals ahead of their Melbourne launch on April 29.
The pair are neck-and-neck with Fifi, Fev and Nick in the latest survey, released this month, as each show takes out the number one spots in Sydney and Melbourne.
The latest ratings indicate that Kyle and Jackie O have may strong rivals ahead of their Melbourne launch on April 29
According to GFK Radio Ratings, Kyle and Jackie O once again landed Sydney’s #1 breakfast show in AM and FM for their 42nd consecutive survey, just over a week ahead of their expansion into Melbourne territory.
But they have stiff competition ahead as 101.9 The Fox’s Fifi Box, Brendan Fevola and Nick Cody secured their own crown as Melbourne’s most listened to FM breakfast show for their 11th consecutive survey.
KIIS FM Melbourne breakfast show Jase and Lauren was axed to accommodate Kyle and Jackie O’s expansion into Melbourne.
The show was dumped by parent company ARN to make way for a syndicated broadcast of The Kyle and Jackie O Show, as part of a $200million deal the pair signed in November.
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