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Aussie radio’s A$200m partnership implodes on air – what next?

ANALYSIS: If the controversial Kyle Sandilands and Jackie O really are on the rocks, it is a bigger problem for broadcaster ARN and shareholders.

WATCH: NBR senior journalist Lachlan Colquhoun speaks with Simon Shepherd.

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Underarm regards it as a sad indictment on the mentality of Sydneysiders, but the best-rating radio programme in Australia’s largest city is one in which the two star presenters listen to the sound of people urinating and try and guess their identity.

The outrages to taste and decency do not stop

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Lachlan Colquhoun Wed, 11 Mar 2026
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