Kyle Sandilands has his eye on purchasing ARN if he’s sacked, according to an insider.
As the shock jock’s future at The Kyle and Jackie O show remains in limbo after Jackie ‘O’ Henderson’s departure, Sandilands, 54, reportedly said he intends to buy up KIIS FM and the entirety of the Australian Radio Network, Sandilands’ former boss Craig Bruce claimed on Sunday.
Bruce, who was previously program director at 2DayFM during Kyle and Jackie’s reign at the station, said in an Instagram post from his Game Changers Radio page that Sandilands made comments regarding a potential takeover of ARN during a recent taping of Australian Idol, where the radio star serves as a judge.
‘Update. Kyle Sandilands will be back on the air on Wednesday, if he’s not sacked on Tuesday. And he reckons he’s going to get sacked on Tuesday,’ Bruce said.
‘This is intel. I got a DM last night from a listener who was at the Idol auditions and so he said that to either a crowd of people or to a few people [that he] has a plan.
‘If he’s sacked on Tuesday, he’s going to buy the network.’
Kyle Sandilands (pictured) has his eye on purchasing ARN if he’s sacked, according to an insider
Bruce added: ‘He’s either going to be on the radio on Wednesday… or he is sacked on Tuesday, that’s according to Kyle Sandilands himself. The plot thickens.’
It’s unclear if Sandilands made the comments seriously or in jest.
It comes after news that there may be drama on Tuesday’s episode of Australian Idol.
The Channel Seven reality series enters the finals on Sunday, which are aired live, and Tuesday’s episode will be broadcast just hours after the deadline for Sandilands’ two-week suspension passes.
Australian Radio Network (ARN) provided written notice to Sandilands stating it considers his behaviour during The Kyle & Jackie O Show on February 20 to be ‘an act of serious misconduct that is in breach of ARN’s service agreement with Quasar Media.’
He was suspended and given 14 days to ‘remedy’ the breach, or else he faces termination.
Prior to the finals, Australian Idol was pre-recorded, with Sandilands absent for five episodes, replaced by fill-in judge Jessica Mauboy.
However, Sandilands will be front and centre for the live finals alongside fellow judges Marcia Hines and Amy Shark.
As the shock jock’s future at The Kyle and Jackie O show remains in limbo, Sandilands, 54, reportedly said he intends to buy up KIIS FM and the entirety of the Australian Radio Network, Sandilands’ former boss Craig Bruce (pictured) claimed
Bruce, who was previously program director at 2DayFM during Kyle and Jackie’s reign at the station, said in an Instagram post from his Game Changers Radio page that Sandilands made comments regarding a potential takeover of ARN during a recent taping of Australian Idol
With the situation unlikely to be resolved by the 5:30pm Tuesday deadline, there are reportedly concerns about how Sandilands might use the prime-time platform.
According to News Corp, insiders have claimed that ARN executives have ‘begun to fret’ about what the notoriously boundary-pushing radio star might say about the ongoing saga during Tuesday night’s live Idol broadcast.
Never one to shy away from pushing the envelope on-air, one radio insider said of Sandilands this week: ‘It’s his job to push the limits as far as he can go and for the censors to determine what is okay.’
‘If it comes out of the speakers, then the censors have signed off on it and it has management approval,’ they added to the publication.
To add to the intrigue, the series is broadcast on Channel Seven, which recently merged with ARN’s long-time rival Southern Cross Austereo (SCA).
Sandilands also made some pointed references to the saga during Monday’s episode, when contestant Charlie Moon performed With a Little Help from My Friends.
‘Great performance, great song choice, beautiful delivery and a great message, we all need to get by with a little help from our friends,’ Sandilands said.
In heartbreaking scenes, Sandilands then appeared to refer to Henderson directly.
‘This week has been tough for me. I had a falling out with a very close friend,’ he admitted.
Daily Mail has reached out to ARN for comment.
‘If he’s sacked on Tuesday, he’s going to buy the network,’ Bruce said. Sandilands is pictured with Jackie ‘O’ Henderson
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