Kyle Sandilands and Jackie ‘O’ Henderson have quashed rumors that their radio show is preparing to be inundated with complaints ahead of its expansion to Melbourne.
Speaking to Daily Mail Australia on Wednesday morning, the radio duo shut down recent reports of increased censorship of the show ahead of the interstate move.
They revealed that nothing will change regarding what was censored on their breakfast show.
Meanwhile, during Wednesday morning Kyle and Jackie O. show, the co-hosts were quick to deny reports that the KIIS FM team, through parent company ARN, has opened a “preventive complaints department”.
‘That’s silly. That is not true!’ the 52-year-old said on air.
Kyle Sandilands and Jackie ‘O’ Henderson have dispelled rumors that their radio show is preparing to be inundated with complaints ahead of its expansion to Melbourne. Both in the photo
‘We own this brand. Nothing happens without us knowing it.
“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 it could be true,'” he added.
The claim came from orOne of the show’s former producers, Craig Bruce.
Speaking to Daily Mail Australia on Wednesday morning, the radio duo shut down recent reports of increased censorship of the show ahead of the interstate move.
“ARN, the parent company of Kyle and Jackie O, has created a complaints department in preparation for the show beginning April 29,” he wrote in a column for news.com.au.
However, ARN has denied those claims.
The Sydney-based radio stars are widely believed to be poised to take the number one spot in the Victorian city in 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 They are neck and neck with Fifi, Fev and Nick in the latest survey, released this month, as each show takes top spots in Sydney and Melbourne.
The latest ratings indicate that Kyle and Jackie O have strong rivals ahead of their launch in Melbourne on April 29.
According to GFK Radio Ratings, Kyle and Jackie O once again landed Sydney’s number one breakfast show on AM and FM for their 42nd consecutive poll, just over a week before their expansion into Melbourne territory.
But they have some tough competition ahead of them, 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 the 11th consecutive poll.
KIIS FM Melbourne breakfast show Jase and Lauren has been axed to accommodate Kyle and Jackie O’s expansion into Melbourne.
The show was dropped by parent company ARN to make way for a syndicated broadcast of The Kyle and Jackie O Show, as part of a $200 million deal the pair signed in November.