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Radio’s killing season goes into overdrive, but is the Kyle & Jackie O national strategy dead too?

ARN Media has killed is Kiis FM Brisbane breakfast show, but seems to be ruling out expanding the Kyle & Jackie O Show into Queensland anyway. What gives?

Tim Burrowes

October 23, 2025 5:21

Unless ARN Media is deliberately offering weasel words to its staff, the company has lost its nerve on networking The Kyle & Jackie O Show into other markets.

Ahead of new CEO Michael Stephenson presenting the company’s first Upfront event on Wednesday night, staff were told today what won’t be happening on Kiis FM in Brisbane.

The Robin, Kip & Corey Oates show has been chopped.

The axing is not entirely a surprise. Although Robin Bailey, Kip Wightman and former NRL star Oates improved their share slightly in the last ratings survey, they were still fifth in the market behind the breakfast shows of B105, Triple M, Nova and ABC Brisbane.

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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.