The tripe that KIIS dishes up for breakfast is enough to send anyone to the ER. Well done John Laws. Could you imagine this gentleman of the airwaves discussing his hemorrhoid procedure. I think not.
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He wasnât being asked to discuss it. It was a segment before he was supposed to come on. Her heard it while on hold and then decided to not go through with the interview. He ended up calling back later on and did the interview anyway.
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According to that article the shares donât vest until the end of their respective contracts.
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The Jase & Lauren breakfast show on KIIS in Melbourne will not be returning next year, for example
Iâll be switching off KIIS 1011 now Jase and Lauren arenât returning. Sad to see the end of the show. Hopefully this networking drives listeners away.
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This will really shake up Melbourne. Are Jase and Lauren completely out or will they find another slot? Theyâve been doing well and KIIS 101.1 has been gradually growing their audience. If I were SCA Iâd be considering picking them up to develop them into the next Fox breakfast show.
As a Melbourne local I want to say K&J wonât work here. On the odd occasion the actually come up in conversation no one has anything good to say about them. The Melbourne audience is very different to their Sydney (especially Western Sydney) audience.
But surely ARN and even K&J personally have done some research to say otherwise. If they havenât they bloody stupid. Kyleâs ego would love taking over another city, but imagine if it failed and they got axed from 101.1 (surely the contract has some clause so KIIS 101.1 can get out of it if it doesnât work) - that would a huge blow to his ego so youâd think heâd be fairly certain of what heâs getting into - but then again, maybe his ego is already too big to even consider that outcome as a possibility.
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Jase and Lauren just confirmed it all on air as well.
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Yep just confirmed. How sad.
They finish up next Friday
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Truly hope this blows up in ARNâs face. How disappointing.
I canât imagine Kyle having such a burning desire to take a previous friend off the air like this, but it is Kyle after all.
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It is so sad. Talked about it as a business decision, not wanting it and that they didnât need to be on air today to announce it for the listeners.
Jase has referenced talking to Jackie, but no reference to Kyle.
Emotional hearing them talk about their friendship and over the past couple of years.
Itâs just such a different radio landscape here. Maybe Kyle and Jackie O will be a disrupter?
I donât mind listening to Kyle and Jackie O in the evening - but doesnât feel like a Melbourne breakfast show.
This isnât just a throwaway comment, but I genuinely canât see us hanging around.
First ratings survey next year will be intetesting.
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I really canât see them appealing to the Melbourne market.
Jase and Lauren had become very hyper-local mentioning Melbourne events and areas almost too often, itâll be clear Kyle and Jackie O have no interest in Melbourne at all.
Such a shame to axe a show which which has been growing for the last 3 years (and also during Jase and PJ) to reach new peaks, now to throw it all out to please Kyle.
Hopefully they can give Jase and Lauren another decent slot but getting axed to be replaced by a syndicated Sydney brekky show wouldnât be great for staff morale.
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Fox FM talking about the news on their show this morning and theyâre also sending their condolences to Jase & Lauren.
They also played some audio from a few months back where Fev mentioned on their show that he was told that Jace & Lauren were going to be replaced.
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Kyle gets his wish. I predict his and Jackie Oâs Melbourne venture will only last six months.
Will there be any show still produced from KIIS 101.1 next year? (Is Will and Woody broadcast from Melbourne?)
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Yep. Although sometimes one of them is in Sydney etcâŚ
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Hope it blows up in ARNs face, that show is so distinctly not Melbourne it hurts the ears. Melbourne doesnât like Western Sydney trash radio.
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Announcment
Glad they made it clear in their announcement that Kyle and Jackie O was being syndicated from Sydney.
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Jackie Oâs manager also represents Jase ⌠awkward.
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Such a shame⌠Theyâre such a great team to listen with.
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