This month, one of the biggest shows in Australian radio was suddenly pulled off air.

For years, Kyle Sandilands and Jackie “O” Henderson have been treated as untouchable – a breakfast radio juggernaut that could pull huge audiences, generate endless headlines, and weather scandal after scandal.

So much so that the Australian Radio Network handed the pair a $200 million deal – one of the biggest contracts Australian media has seen – betting Sydney’s most popular breakfast show could go national.

But that bet turned shaky: The show struggled to win over Melbourne, controversies kept piling up, and the regulator repeatedly found it in breach of broadcasting standards.

Now, after an on-air rupture that blew apart the partnership at the centre of it all, the future of that enormous deal is in doubt.

Today, Sandilands and Henderson’s former boss and host of the Game Changers Radio podcast, Craig Bruce, on what happens when the most expensive bet in the radio business falls apart.

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