Sydney KIIS FM listeners tuned in Monday morning to find Ken ‘Smallzy’ Small had been changed by Michael Etheridge because the fill-in host for the suspended Kyle and Jackie O breakfast present. The change follows an on-air argument earlier this month that led to the suspension of hosts Kyle Sandilands and Jackie ‘O’ Henderson.
New Fill-In Steps Up
Etheridge expressed shock in the course of the broadcast about touchdown the gig. “It is bizarre to get the decision as much as assist fill in. So the explanation I am right here? I wasn’t doing the rest,” he quipped to listeners.
Lengthy-time Kyle and Jackie O crew member Brooklyn Ross revealed he advisable Etheridge for the function. “Final week, once they wanted somebody to fill in once more, they had been strolling round, saying, ‘Who would are available in and work with at some point’s discover and no thought of how lengthy they will truly get the job for?’ I mentioned Mike!” Ross shared on air.
Kyle Sandilands’ Unsure Future
Veteran leisure reporter Peter Ford, showing on Channel Seven’s Dawn, outlined Sandilands’ seemingly termination from his ARN contract because the two-week suspension deadline nears on Tuesday. “Nobody appears to know precisely how he’s meant to treatment the breach. He’s additionally going to argue that he was not allowed to treatment it as a result of he had been advised to not converse to Jackie, and vice versa,” Ford defined.
Ford famous that contacts inside ARN point out no reinstatement for the 54-year-old host. “My contacts inside ARN had been telling me they don’t seem to be going to blink. He’s not going to be reinstated, he’s being fired, mainly,” he acknowledged. Ford added that Sandilands seems ready for the result and is positioning himself forward of any announcement.
Ford additionally critiqued Henderson’s assertion declaring she “can not work with Mr. Kyle Sandilands.” “What it ought to have mentioned is she will be able to’t ‘presently’ work with Kyle, which might have led to dialogue about fixing it. As a substitute, it was taken as a resignation to say ‘please let me out of this contract,'” he mentioned.
Potential New Alternatives
Sandilands met with Stu Laundy on Saturday at his McMahons Level workplaces. Laundy is the son of billionaire Arthur Laundy, who lately acquired 9 Leisure’s radio belongings, together with 2GB in Sydney, 3AW in Melbourne, 4BC in Brisbane, and 6PR in Perth. Sandilands attended along with his supervisor, Bruno Bouchet, fueling hypothesis a few transfer outdoors the ARN community.
Background on the Suspension
ARN terminated Jackie ‘O’ Henderson’s $100 million contract final month after she knowledgeable executives she “can not proceed to work with Mr Kyle Sandilands” following his harsh on-air feedback that left her in tears. Sandilands obtained written discover for “critical misconduct” in the course of the February 20 broadcast, breaching his service settlement with Quasar Media. He has 14 days to treatment the difficulty or face termination.
