Kyle Sandilands’ horror year continues as his show loses radio industry’s top award

Kyle Sandilands has copped another blow, with his Kyle & Jackie O Show losing out in the radio industry’s top award race.

Kyle Sandilands’ horror year has continued with his Kyle & Jackie O Show losing out in the radio industry’s top award race to his Sydney stablemates Amanda Keller and Brendan Jones.

Despite sitting on top of Sydney’s breakfast market, KIIS FM’s Kyle & Jackie Show was beaten to the title of Best On-Air Team by WSFM’s Jonesy & Amanda, which runs a distant second to Sandilands and his team in the ratings, at Saturday night’s Australian Commercial Radio & Audio (ACRA) national awards.

Also nominated in the category were Carrie Bickmore and Tommy Little, hosts of the Fox FM drive show Carrie & Tommy, Jase Hawkins and Lauren Phillips from Nova’s Jason & Lauren show, Christian O’Connell from Gold’s Christian O’Connell Show and Ryan Fitzgerald and Michael Wipfli from Nova Sydney’s Fitzy & Wippa show.

There was however some good news for Sandilands, the most talked about radio host in Melbourne thanks to his show’s chaotic and low rating launch in the southern market, with

Kyle Sandilands and Jackie O have missed out on the top award at the Australian Commercial Radio & Audio (ACRA) national awards

The Kyle & Jackie O Hour of Power (ARN) picking up the Best Networked Show title.

Legendary Australian broadcaster Bob Rogers was posthumously inducted into the Commercial Radio Hall of Fame.

Rogers passed away in May this year aged 97.

His extraordinary radio career began in 1942 at 3XY in Melbourne. In 1958, he hosted Australia’s first Top 40 countdown on 2UE, and in 1964, he made history when he joined the Beatles on their Australian tour as an exclusive interviewer.

His career continued until 2020 when at the age of 93 he called time on his final show on 2CH.

“This award is a welcome acknowledgment of the genuine passion Bob had for the medium of radio and for his audiences,” his daughter, Justy Rogers, said.

The prestigious Gudinski Award for Australian Music Champion was presented to Triple M Homegrown with Matty O.

The award is named in honoured of the late Michael Gudinski, the Melbourne-based titan of Australian music promotion.

Laura Byrne and Brittany Hockley won Podcast Hosts of the Year. Picture: Justin Lloyd.

Other winners included Brittany Hockley and Laura Byrne from Life Uncut who won Podcast Hosts of the Year.

Melbourne’s Patrina Jones, part of Christian O’Connell’s Gold FM team, won the Best News Presenter FM award while 3AW’s David Armstrong collected the Best News Presenter AM title.

Ben Harvey, Liam Stapleton and Belle Jackson picked up the Best Comedy Segment award for Aussie We Didn’t Start The Fire, an Australian version of Billy Joel’s We Didn’t Start The Fire, which originated during their tenure as hosts of NOVA breakfast in Melbourne before they were replaced in March by the Jase & Lauren Show.

Ben Fordham of 2GB, was the big winner of the night taking home the Individual Talent of the Year award as well as the Best Talk Presenter and Best Current Affairs presenter gongs.

The eligibility period for this year’s ACRAs spanned April 1, 2023 to March 31, 2024.