The Kyle and Jackie O Show

The Kyle and Jackie O Show commenced on 16 January 2005 on 2Day FM.[3][4] Kyle and Jackie O replaced former 2Day FM breakfast hosts Judith Lucy, Peter Helliar and Kaz Cooke.

The show has been Sydney's top-rated FM radio breakfast show for four consecutive years,[5] and the program is a 9-time winner and 36-time finalist of the Australian Commercial Radio Awards. From November 2009 until December 2011, Kyle and Jackie O were also broadcast nationally on Saturdays between 3 p.m. and 7 p.m. during the syndicated Take 40 Australia show.

On 1 November 2013, it was announced the radio show will end on 2Day FM in December 2013 and move to rival station, KIIS 106.5 from January 2014.[6]

The Kyle and Jackie O Show began on new station KIIS 106.5 on 20 January 2014 with a nightly "best bits" program networked on the KIIS Network (ARN) and regional radio stations. The show on KIIS 106.5 instantly went to number 1(FM) in the first radio survey for 2014 with the former radio station 2Day FM failing in the ratings.

In 2014, Kyle and Jackie O started a new show, The A-List with Kyle and Jackie O which also airs on KIIS 106.5, in Sydney, and exported globally. A weekly 3-hour entertainment show featuring the biggest stars and the hottest music in the world, co-produced with Bowserland.

Together, the prestigious radio show has won a total of 36 radio awards.

The Kyle and Jackie O Show airs weekdays in the breakfast radio time-slot from 6 am to 10 am on KIIS 106.5.

The syndicated show, The Kyle and Jackie O Hour of Power, airs in metro markets from 6 p.m to 7 p.m each weeknight on the KIIS Network in Sydney, Brisbane, Adelaide, Melbourne and Perth, plus in regional areas on a number of FM stations on the Ace Radio and Super Radio networks.

Since July 2018, The Kyle and Jackie O Show has recorded the largest audience among Sydney breakfast FM shows in every radio survey.[11] As of September 2021, the show had a 10.7% market share of the total Sydney breakfast time slot.[12] In the period April–June 2021 the show recorded the largest audience across all Sydney breakfast shows (AM/FM) with a market share of 15.5%, their highest result.[13] Host Kyle Sandilands attributes the show's rating success in part to his and Jackie O's tendency to say what they are thinking, "even if [we're] not sure".[11]

The syndicated Kyle and Jackie O Show: Hour of Power airs nationally on various regional radio stations, reaching 5.3 million Australians on the KIIS Network and an additional 6.4 million Australians on Ace Radio's regional stations.[4] Kyle and Jackie O's global show, Alist with Kyle and Jackie O, co-produced with Bowserland attracts an audience of more than 1.2 million listeners from radio stations in Australia and across the globe.[14] After the show commenced in the Sydney breakfast market in January 2005, it needed only 12 months to claim the top spot in the FM ratings.[15]

In August 2009, Kyle and Jackie O were suspended following a segment in which they put a 14-year-old girl on a lie-detector and then asked her about her sexual history. After the girl revealed that she had been a victim of rape, Sandilands asked "Right ... is that the only experience you’ve had?"[16] Following this incident, a full-time censor was brought on board.[17] Despite the suspension and scandal, Kyle and Jackie O maintained their number-one position in the market, and the show actually grew 0.6 percentage points.[18]

In September 2009, Sandilands apologised after making an on-air remark about how actor Magda Szubanski could lose a lot more weight if she had spent time in a concentration camp. Although Szubanski indicated that it was a "beat up" and that she "couldn't care less," Sandilands was still suspended.[19]

In July 2011, Sandilands made headlines after stating that Australian model Megan Gale was a "phony" and that he "never liked her". Gale's management responded by cancelling Gale's upcoming interview on the show.[20] Later that week, model Charlotte Dawson hit out at Sandilands on her Twitter account, saying that he could "f*** off".[21]

In August 2011, Sandilands faced criticism from the Indian community over comments he made on the show about the cleanliness of the Ganges River.[22] The Universal Society of Hinduism later admitted that there was no malice behind Sandilands's comments and accepted his reasoning.

In November 2011, Sandilands used his radio show to launch abuse at Daily Telegraph columnist Alison Henderson, for her negative review of the Kyle & Jackie O TV show (which had performed poorly in the ratings).[23] Sandilands called Henderson a "fat slag" and a "piece of shit", accused the columnist of bias because "she just hates us and has always hated us", before making more derogatory comments about her body. The ACMA investigation into the show imposed further restrictions on 2DayFM, meaning that the radio station would be in breach if any broadcast made statements to demean women or girls.[24]

In May 2016, legal action was launched against Jackie O and the Australian Radio Network, after Jackie O questioned the parentage of NRL player Kieran Foran's son on air.[25] Jackie O made the claim in late April, after it was revealed that Foran had checked into a mental health clinic, and had been granted indefinite leave from his club. Rugby league writer, Danny Weidler responded at the time "The suggestion from Jackie O on Kiis1065 that Kieran Foran's baby boy is not his is false and offensive to all concerned".[26] The legal demand instructed the show to make a full retraction of the defamatory allegation against Foran and his ex-partner, and issue an unreserved apology.

The Kyle and Jackie O Show has a total of five content producers and two audio producers.

The show is overseen by KIIS 106.5's Head of Content (and formerly the show's Executive Producer), Derek "DB" Bargwanna.

According to Media Week Australia, The Kyle and Jackie O Show's content production team is one of Australia's most formidable production teams.

The show's producers reportedly work 12 hours a day or more in order to keep the show's ratings at number 1.[27]

KIIS FM confirmed media reports in April 2016 that the program, on occasion, compensates celebrities for appearing on the program.

Since 2004, The Kyle & Jackie O Show has been a 36-time finalist and a 9-time winner of the Australian Commercial Radio Awards.

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