The toughest media job in the world is husbanding 2DayFm and Austero through to the end of the two current ACMA inquiries into talkback radio, one involving Kyle and Jacki O.
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Kyle and Jackie Oh no: ratings plummet
In the wake of the Kyle Sandilands concentration camp debacle, Crikey asked whether it was the tipping point for the Kyle and Jackie O show. Would the tactics that brought in listeners also make the tune out? The answer seems to be yes.
Crikey Says: Can’t we just turn them off?
As we have seen again this week in the troubled world of professional attention seeker Kyle Sandilands, media regulation in this country packs all the punch of a wilted shard of rocket.
Will Godwin’s Law finally bring down Kyle Sandilands?
Sorry Kyle, it’s Godwin’s Law. The minute you invoke the Nazis, your salad days as a shock jock are over.
Sandilands and scandal: is this the tipping point?
Kyle Sandilands has hit the airwaves — and headlines — again with another attention-grabbing stunt. Will the provocative tactics that have made his career also break it?
Let the public make the call on Kyle and O, not ACMA
As odious as Kyle and Jackie O can be with their shock jock car crash radio stunts, they are a necessary part of free speech, which we consumers should police with the off button.
The Kyle and Jackie O Code of Contrition
In commercial radio, if you grossly offend the nation’s sensibilities, you simply suspend yourself for two weeks and move on, writes Andrew Dodd.
Kyle and Jackie O triumph in radio ratings survey
The controversial pair, Kyle Sandilands and Jackie O, were ratings winners in the latest survey five of Sydney radio. Will their ratings win silence their critics?
There is a God Dept: Sandilands dumped from Idol
Kyle Sandilands has lost his judging job on Australian Idol. Meanwhile, his absence from radio today has been interpreted as a suspension — but apparently that may not be the case.
How “people power” dethroned King Kyle
Austereo has removed shock jocks Kyle and Jackie O from the airwaves indefinitely, following last week’s on-air rape revelation debacle. The move is a triumph for the power of public opinion on radio and the web, says David Penberthy.
Leave Kyle and Jackie alone!
Why the relentlessly vicious attacks on poor Kyle Sandilands? wonders Ben Pobje. After all, he was only protecting freedom of speech, children and entertainment.
ALSO: This week’s Wankley goes to … do we even need write it?
Your Say: Daily Mail readers' feedback: Kyle and Jackie O backlash continues
Crikey readers weigh-in on Kyle and Jackie O, the red meat health debate and the Tony Fitzgerald’s speech on corruption in Queensland.
Wankley Awards: Vile Kyle and tacky Jackie
And the Wankley goes to … do we even need to write it? Everyone involved in green lighting the idea of strapping a child to a lie detector to interrogate her about her sexual experiences, live on air.
Crikey Says: A tale of two media incidents
Both The Chaser and Austereo’s Kyle and Jackie O show have stepped outside acceptable public standards recently. One dealt well with the fallout, the other, not so much.
Media briefs and TV ratings
John and Pete: ratings poison? … Jeff Browne removed from Sky News board … Last night’s TV ratings.
