Mumbrellacast emergency edition – Tim Burrowes and Ben Willee on the end of The Kyle & Jackie O Show

Tim Burrowes

March 3, 2026 10:34

Kyle Sandilands and Jackie Henderson at the 2025 ARN upfront event

The news that the Kyle & Jackie O Show is coming to an end is a consequential one.

The sudden and dramatic axing of FM radio’s biggest show of the last two decades has enormous consequences not just for Kyle Sandilands and Jackie Henderson, but also for ARN Media and even rival Southern Cross Austereo.

Tonight’s ASX announcement also sets the stage for a legal battle between Sandilands and ARN.

Ben Willee: Suggests Christian O’Connell should switch to sister network Kiis

In an emergency edition of the Mumbrellacast, Tim Burrowes was joined by Ben Willee, executive director for media and data at Spinach Advertising, to unpack the consequences of the media story of the year. What next for the two presenters, and how on earth will Kiis FM fill the breakfast shows in its two biggest markets?

Ben Willee has a bold suggestion: Beg Gold FM’s Brendan Jones and Amanda Keller to return to breakfast, and ask Christian O’Connell to switch networks to Kiis.

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Tim Burrowes

Tim Burrowes is the publisher of Mumbrella and Unmade. He co-founded Mumbrella in 2008 and sister title Unmade in 2021. He's worked in the UK, Middle East, Asia & Australia and has specialised in writing about the communications world for the last 25 years. He wrote the book Media Unmade, published in 2021, and became the presenter of MediaLand on ABC Radio National in 2025.