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Radio and television presenter Jonathan Coleman has died aged 65, following a four-year battle with prostate cancer.
In a statement on Saturday, Coleman’s family confirmed “with the heaviest of hearts” that the father and husband died peacefully on Friday night with his wife and children by his side.
Radio and television presenter Jonathan Coleman has died aged 65.
Margot Coleman said her husband had been her soulmate “for close to 40 years”.
“We have been fortunate to live a rich and wonderful life and I have been lucky enough to watch up-close someone with enormous talent and the special gift to make people laugh,” she said.
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ARN’s Duncan Campbell praises KIIS FM’s Kyle and Jackie O for making radio history
ARN s Duncan Campbell has reason to be in a good mood post ratings survey four of 2021 as he speaks to Mumbrella s Emma Shepherd about KIIS FM Kyle & Jackie O s historic victory of becoming #1 breakfast radio show across both AM and FM bandwidths.
July 7, 2021 10:00
The results for survey four are in and Australian Radio Network (ARN) is making history.
Kyle and Jackie O have become the #1 breakfast show in Sydney for the first time, with the ARN show breaking its own record share, set survey 3, to hit a victorious15.5% share (up 2.6 percentage points)
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Yesterday Kyle Sandilands and Jackie Henderson topped the Sydney ratings across both AM and FM for the first time. This exclusive extract from Tim Burrowes s new book Media Unmade, which is published today by Hardie Grant, tells the story of how the duo was poached from 2DayFM to Kiis.
July 7, 2021 8:09
In Sydney there was a big decision to be made by Southern Cross Austereo.
The contracts for Kyle Sandilands and Jackie Henderson in the 2Day FM breakfast slot were up for renewal at the end of 2013. And although The Kyle & Jackie O Show had been number one for the past six years, the management seemed to be half-hearted about re-signing them.
The duo topped long-running #1 station 2GB in the Breakfast slot, with
The Kyle & Jackie O Show surging to a 15.5% share, ahead of Ben Fordham’s 13.3%.
Chief content officer of Southern Cross Austereo (SCA), Dave Cameron, said today was Kyle & Jackie O’s day.
“And congratulations to them, because it’s a great show, and [it’s] achieving its best result ever,” he told
Radio Today.
“I acknowledge that and hugely applaud them because it’s a great show that’s clearly still delivering. And they’ve had a ripping day. So full congratulations to them.”
SCA’s shows, by comparison, struggled. 2DayFM, the former home of