The Australian Communications and Media Authority issued a series of new warnings towards “The Kyle & Jackie O Show”, with a fresh series of findings against its Sydney and Melbourne licensees for remarks in content aired in late 2024. Following the investigations into multiple episodes, ACMA found that KIIS 101.1 in Melbourne has committed three breaches of decency rules, along with a failure to comply with complaint-handling obligations.
KIIS 106.5 in Sydney was found to have breached decency rules four times and similarly failed to comply with complaint-handling procedures. The regulator’s investigations centred on segments that ACMA said went beyond acceptable parameters, including two episodes of a guessing game involving recordings of staff members urinating while the hosts made graphic remarks about genitals, menstruation and oral sex.
Other flagged content included a game where a contestant provided an offensive description of a sexual position, and a segment featuring lewd discussions about masturbation and pornography websites. Factoring in the three earlier breaches already recorded in 2025, the total number of offences is 12 for the year to date.
ACMA Chair Nerida O’Loughlin said the latest rulings point to deeper problems with the program. “The Kyle & Jackie O Show has repeatedly and deliberately aired content that is vulgar, sexually explicit and deeply offensive,” she said.
“Even after previous breaches and the employment of additional censors required by the ACMA, the program continues to broadcast content that is unacceptable to the community,” O’Loughlin continued.
“ARN as the licensee of these stations appears unwilling or unable to rein in these presenters. As a result, the ACMA is currently considering enforcement actions so that ARN takes full responsibility for the content broadcast on their stations.”
With ACMA weighing enforcement options, ARN is under increasing pressure to demonstrate how it will manage content standards on its flagship program. The show, despite its controversies, remains one of the most commercially successful in Australian radio – a tension that has long complicated both regulatory oversight and network management.