Kyle Sandilands and Jackie O'Neil are on "indefinite recess"
Well, mark me as surprised. When I wrote my last entry, I didn't think that Austereo would have the guts to do this.
Kyle Sandilands and Jackie O'Neil (of "The Kyle and Jackie O Show") on 2DAY-FM's breakfast radio segment will not be going to air in the morning.
http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2009/08/02/1249152504446.html
This statement was released by Austereo:
I would read into this that Austereo (the parent company that owns 2DAY-FM and are therefore Sandilands and O'Neil's employers) went to Sandilands with a set of conditions, possibly including the ACMA guideline for a seven-second delay on live radio, which apparently Sandilands refuses to use, instead insisting on pure live radio. I suspect that Sandilands refused to work under such conditions, and ergo, he's not turning up to work in the morning. To suggest that he's "suspended" is not really true - it's Sandilands that is refusing to go to work.
It seems Austereo was taking things seriously after all.
It seems that to come back to work, Sandilands might have to bow to certain conditions, which means that he can't operate as a media cowboy anymore. I really do hope this is the case. The sophistry that went on with their argument that had they known about the rape, they wouldn't have put the segment to air, but never actually discussing the issue of whether putting a 14 year old woman on the air with the aim of disempowering and publicly humiliating/shaming her about sex and drug use was a bad idea or not.
On Tuesday, we'll also find out whether Sandilands will lose his Australian Idol judging position as well. It's likely to go, as the parent company in the UK, Nineteen, is said to be putting pressure on the Ten Network to dump him to maintain their "family" brand with Idol.
Whilst I'm not strictly pleased that he is going down partially for this, I think he does need to realise that he's a radio star, but not invincible. What he does has consequences, and he has the power to hurt people, and hurt them badly. As I've said previously, his style of comedy is usually about getting laughs out of denigrating others, and he's made his career on that. Maybe, just maybe, he might learn that you don't trample on those that are worse off than you on your way to the top.
Kyle Sandilands and Jackie O'Neil (of "The Kyle and Jackie O Show") on 2DAY-FM's breakfast radio segment will not be going to air in the morning.
http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2009/08/02/1249152504446.html
This statement was released by Austereo:
"Kyle Sandilands' management has advised Austereo that he is unable to perform his duties on-air at this time.
Further, following a great deal of consideration and having consulted Jackie O and all stakeholders, Austereo has formed the view that it is in the interest of all parties, for the Kyle and Jackie O Show to go into recess until we have completed an across-the-networks review of the principals (sic) and protocols of our interaction with our audience. This review commenced last Wednesday, July 29."
I would read into this that Austereo (the parent company that owns 2DAY-FM and are therefore Sandilands and O'Neil's employers) went to Sandilands with a set of conditions, possibly including the ACMA guideline for a seven-second delay on live radio, which apparently Sandilands refuses to use, instead insisting on pure live radio. I suspect that Sandilands refused to work under such conditions, and ergo, he's not turning up to work in the morning. To suggest that he's "suspended" is not really true - it's Sandilands that is refusing to go to work.
It seems Austereo was taking things seriously after all.
It seems that to come back to work, Sandilands might have to bow to certain conditions, which means that he can't operate as a media cowboy anymore. I really do hope this is the case. The sophistry that went on with their argument that had they known about the rape, they wouldn't have put the segment to air, but never actually discussing the issue of whether putting a 14 year old woman on the air with the aim of disempowering and publicly humiliating/shaming her about sex and drug use was a bad idea or not.
On Tuesday, we'll also find out whether Sandilands will lose his Australian Idol judging position as well. It's likely to go, as the parent company in the UK, Nineteen, is said to be putting pressure on the Ten Network to dump him to maintain their "family" brand with Idol.
Whilst I'm not strictly pleased that he is going down partially for this, I think he does need to realise that he's a radio star, but not invincible. What he does has consequences, and he has the power to hurt people, and hurt them badly. As I've said previously, his style of comedy is usually about getting laughs out of denigrating others, and he's made his career on that. Maybe, just maybe, he might learn that you don't trample on those that are worse off than you on your way to the top.