For 27 years, the Kyle and Jackie O Show indulged Australia’s most vulgar, sexist impulses

The astonishingly successful Kyle and Jackie O radio show on KIIS FM is dead. Jackie “O” Henderson resigned and Kyle Sandilands has been suspended for 14 days after he attacked her on air, accusing her of underperforming and being “off with the fairies” in what he said was her fixation with astrology. The fact their partnership lasted 27 years and was one of the most successful in radio history invites a reflection on the contradiction between the kind of society we say we want and the kind of

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For 27 years, the Kyle and Jackie O Show indulged Australia’s most vulgar, sexist impulses

The astonishingly successful Kyle and Jackie O radio show on KIIS FM is dead. Jackie “O” Henderson resigned and Kyle Sandilands has been suspended for 14 days after he attacked her on air, accusing her of underperforming and being “off with the fairies” in what he said was her fixation with astrology. The fact their partnership lasted 27 years and was one of the most successful in radio history invites a reflection on the contradiction between the kind of society we say we want and the kind of

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