Radio ratings reveal Kyle and Jackie O lost listeners in Sydney in final survey before show was taken off air

The first metro radio ratings of the year has revealed the Kyle and Jackie O Show lost listeners in Sydney but still retained its FM breakfast crown in its final survey.The survey period – covering January 18 to February 28 – ended eight days after Jackie 'O' Henderson and Kyle Sandilands' infamous argument on February 20, which resulted in the show being pulled off-air on March 3.The former radio duo's share result did not change from the final result of 2025, at 12.7 per cent, but they lost 60,000 cumulative listeners in Sydney.Watch the video above.However, they remained the city's top FM breakfast show, ahead of Smooth FM and Gold.In Melbourne, the show had a 0.1 percentage point boost, ending at 5.1 per cent, and cumulative listeners in the city across the survey period were unchanged. The show came in eighth across the city.The survey, conducted by GfK for Commercial Radio Australia, revealed Ben Fordham's 2GB breakfast program had the top share result in Sydney with 16.6 per cent.READ MORE: Kyle's contract has been torn up. His next move is 'obvious'READ MORE: Kyle's contract torn up by ARN: 'I do not accept it'READ MORE: Radio star Beau Ryan weighs in on pal Kyle's axingWhen asked about his victoria over his KIIS FM competitors, Fordam told Today Extra, "Look, we don't dance on anyone's graves and they're very much still alive, both of them."I wish them both really well, they've done a great job over many years, but I suppose today's results are a reminder of the radio show and radio station that people choose to listen to in Sydney."The radio world is still reeling from the implosion of Sandilands and Henderson and their KIIS FM hit show.On Wednesday, ARN terminated Sandilands' $100million contract days after Henderson's own contract was terminated as she could "no longer work with" her co-host following an on-air row.It marked the end of a 27-year radio partnership between the duo, and destroyed their 10-year, $200 million contract which would have seen them on-air until 2034.Henderson later claimed in a statement that she did "not quit" the radio show, while Sandilands slammed ARN made it clear he plans to fight them on their decision.Read Sandilands' full statement shared with nine.com.au below:ARN has just announced that they've terminated my contract. I don't accept it. My lawyers told them last week this would be invalid. And guess what? It is.Let me tell you what actually happened here. Jackie and I had a blue on air. That's it. The kind of thing we've done a hundred times in 25 years. And ARN took the situation and decided to try and burn the place down.They sacked Jackie. They suspended me. They wouldn't even let me pick up the phone to call her or anyone else on the show. Then – and this is the bit that gets me – once they'd made it impossible for the show to go on, they turn around and say, "You didn't fix it. You're fired!"I said sorry to Jackie the night of our blow-up. And when I said I was sorry to Jackie, I meant it. I still mean it. But it doesn't mean I will stand by while I am separated from the people who've listened to me every morning for 25 years.Before they suspended me, ARN said, "Let us handle it," and I listened. In the two weeks since, I've done everything ARN asked. I said, put me back on air. I'll work with Jackie. I'll work with someone else. Whatever you need. Every single time – "no." They weren't interested.They didn't want to fix this. They thought they saw a chance to get out of the contract they signed with me a year ago, and they ran with it.ARN knew exactly what they were getting when they signed my deal. They've worked with me for over a decade. They knew how I work, they knew the show, and they were happy to pay for it – because I delivered.Number one ratings. Year after year. Hundreds of millions of dollars in revenue for their business. I held up my end. I always have.So, you tell me – why would ARN prefer to breach a contract and pay the legal consequences rather than honour the contract and pay me to do what I do best? That's the bit that doesn't make sense.I've got a contract until 2034. I've got rights under that contract. And ARN hasn't honoured the contract.So, it's over to my lawyers.To the people who tune in every morning — you lot are the reason I've done this for 25 years. You didn't get a say in this. Neither did I.But my lawyers will. I'm not done. Not by a long way.Read ARN's statement to the ASX below: "ARN Media Limited advises that it has issued a notice of termination of contract to Mr Kyle Sandilands and Quasar Media Services Pty Ltd (Quasar Media)."As a result, the Kyle and Jackie O show will no longer be presented. This decision follows the Company's ASX announcement on 3 March 2026 which outlined that ARN had provided written notice to Mr Sandilands and Quasar Media stating that it considered Mr Sandilands' behaviour during the broadcast of 20 February 2026 to constitute serious misconduct and a breach of ARN's services agreement with Quasar Media, under which Mr Sandilands presents the Kyle and Jackie O show."As noted in the 3 March 2026 announcement, Mr Sandilands was given 14 days to remedy the breach."FOLLOW US ON WHATSAPP HERE: Stay across all the latest in celebrity, lifestyle and opinion via our WhatsApp channel. No comments, no algorithm and nobody can see your private details.