Kyle Sandilands and Jackie ‘O’ Henderson aren’t worried about winning over the Melbourne crowd ahead of their long-awaited debut on Monday.
The radio duo, who have co-hosted the Kyle & Jackie O Show for more than two decades, have signed a record $200 million, 10-year deal that will keep them on the air for the next decade and expanding Victorian-style. capital.
Speaking to WhatsNew2Day Australia at their new studio in North Sydney, Sandilands, 52, and Henderson, 49, have mixed opinions on how Melburnians will adapt to their first breakfast show on April 29.
“I really don’t think it’s a problem at all.” I hope they hug us quickly. “But Jackie feels like it might be more of a slow process, but she’s always on the more cautious side of life,” Sandilands said.
They also shut down recent reports about increased censorship of the show ahead of the interstate move, revealing that their secret weapon to winning over listeners is to keep doing what they’re doing.
Kyle Sandilands and Jackie ‘O’ Henderson have no worries as their long-awaited radio show hits Melbourne airwaves on Monday. Both in the photo
‘The law is the law. Whether here or in Melbourne, there are the same broadcasting laws,” Sandilands said.
‘Every radio program can do what we do. They just don’t have the guts to do it… We’d rather be more real so people can communicate and gravitate towards someone on the show who has the same opinion as them.’
Henderson, who has been single since divorcing ex-husband Lee Henderson in 2018, also spoke about the Melbourne dating pool.
The blonde recalled her recent trip to the southern city and was struck by the number of attractive men who stayed fit and active outdoors.
“When I was in Melbourne for the Grand Prix, I walked around the Botanic Gardens every day,” he explained.
The radio duo, who have co-hosted the Kyle & Jackie O Show for two decades, have signed a record $200 million, 10-year deal that will keep them on air for the next decade and expand to the Victorian capital.
Speaking to WhatsNew2Day Australia at their new studio in North Sydney, Sandilands, 52, and Henderson, 49, have mixed opinions on how the Melbourne market will adapt to their first breakfast show on April 29.
‘I wasn’t in the trawl. I was just exercising. But I had to call my friend and say, “You wouldn’t believe how many cute guys there are at the Botanical Gardens.” They go there all the time!’
“They’re just walking their dogs,” he added. “They’re everywhere, there’s a lot of great guys in Melbourne.”
The co-host considered buying a small apartment instead of a house if the show began airing more frequently from the Melbourne studio.
“Unless a man who lives in Melbourne comes into my life, then maybe (I’ll buy a house),” she said.
Henderson, who has been single since divorcing ex-husband Lee Henderson in 2018, also spoke about the Melbourne dating pool.
The blonde recalled her recent trip to the southern city and couldn’t believe the number of attractive men walking around Melbourne’s Royal Botanic Gardens (pictured).
The co-host considered buying a small apartment, or maybe a house if she knows a guy who “lives in Melbourne.” In the photo of her with her daughter Kitty, 13 years old.
‘I just take it as it comes. So I think it would be nice to find that person, but I don’t care when it happens, put it that way. No hurry. Very go with the flow. I think if it’s meant to be this way, it will come.
Along with the 10-year radio deal, a unique clause in the contract has reportedly given Sandilands the ability to broadcast the show from “anywhere in the world.”
The shock jock has often worked on the KIIS FM show from Los Angeles and elsewhere, so the new contract will give him the flexibility to continue broadcasting from wherever he chooses.
“We’re heading to Las Vegas and Los Angeles in September,” Henderson revealed to WhatsNew2Day Australia.
Sandilands said the upcoming overseas broadcasts will be part of the iHeartRadio Music Festival later this year.
As for other prime locations, the couple revealed other potential locations.
“I really wanted to bring the show to Amsterdam because I thought it would be so much fun,” Henderson added.
‘Do not lie. You wanted to go to Amsterdam because you smoked a joint once and thought, “Oh, that’s for me,” Sandilands interrupted.
Henderson continued: ‘I liked those trips. You know, where they take us outside of our comfort zone. They’re funny.
‘The one we did in the south of France is one of the favorite weeks of our program listeners. We get that feedback all the time: how much they love it. So yeah, we’ll definitely do more.”
Sandilands also noted that the show will be broadcast from “big events” in Melbourne, such as the Australian Open, now that they have a new bus that transforms into a portable broadcast studio.
‘Major national events, regardless of where they are located. “If there’s a national event on the Gold Coast, whatever games are going to be held in Brisbane, we can send this bus anywhere for a broadcast facility,” he said.
Sandilands also noted that the show will be broadcast interstate from ‘big events’, such as the Australian Open in Melbourne, now that they have a new bus that transforms into a portable broadcast studio.
‘So as we expand outside of the Sydney area, we will go into other markets. “A lot of the big events take place in Melbourne, so we will definitely do live shows from there.”
The Kyle & Jackie O Show moved from its studios in Macquarie Park to a new state-of-the-art studio in North Sydney last month.
One window, which faces Sydney Harbor and features a huge fiber-like retractable screen to display any image, be it a forest or a strip club, cost a whopping $250,000.
Sandilands suffered numerous technical problems on the first day and said everyone is finally getting used to the prime location.
‘We couldn’t really just go in and enjoy it. Since the first day. It was like buying a new car. You don’t know how anything works. Or the windshield wipers are on the wrong side. All those kinds of things were happening. But now we are very comfortable. It’s great to be here.’
The Kyle & Jackie O Show moved from its studios in Macquarie Park to a new state-of-the-art studio in North Sydney last month.
Sandilands and Henderson also revealed to WhatsNew2Day Australia their non-negotiable requirements for the move, demanding that they both have their own parking space and a balcony.
‘I said we need a giant studio. So if we wanted to put on a six-piece band, we have the space,” Sandilands also noted.
“As long as we had a balcony and a place for the car, those were two predominant things,” Henderson added.
“We didn’t want a locker or a desk, even though we had all that,” Sandilands continued. ‘Even the CEO didn’t get a spot for the car!’
The renowned radio hosts first came together in 2000 and, 20 years later, they are still going strong.
The renowned radio hosts first came together in 2000 and, 24 years later, they are still going strong.
The duo will dominate markets outside their Sydney-based audience and extend their reach to Melbourne for the first time.
In November, the Sydney-based radio duo signed a record-breaking $200 million, 10-year live-on-air deal, keeping them on the airwaves until 2034.
An ARN spokesperson confirmed to WhatsNew2Day Australia that the deal for the Sydney duo meant co-workers Jase Hawkins and Lauren Phillips were left out of work. Their Melbourne breakfast show ended in December.
In a statement celebrating the historic contract renewal, Sandilands said: “Fans of the show will be delighted to know that this 10-year deal is the longest radio deal in Australian history.”
“Love us or hate us, Jackie and I will continue our politically incorrect nonsense for a long, long time.”
And he added: ‘We want to thank the listeners. Staff. All clients. Even top management, I’ll give it a thumbs up. In fact, they did something brilliant.”
The duo will dominate markets outside their Sydney-based audience and extend their reach to Melbourne for the first time.
