Major change coming to the Kyle and Jackie O Show after ACMA ruling trends now
The Kyle and Jackie O Show has been ordered to hire a new in-studio censor after host Kyle Sandilands was found to have breached the radio industry's 'decency' code with his remarks about Paralympians.
The KIIS 106.5 breakfast program now employs a second censor to assist the one it has already had on staff for years to monitor live broadcasts and make sure everything is compliant with the ACMA code of practice, reports Variety Australia.
This is in addition to staff being instructed to attend 'sensitivity training' classes.
While it is common practice for live radio shows to have a broadcast delay to prevent legally or ethically questionable content from going to air, Kyle and Jackie O take things further by hiring a full-time censor.
The censor is tasked with monitoring all content and censoring it when appropriate.
Sandilands and his co-host Jackie 'O' Henderson are alerted when they are censored by a light going off in the studio.
The presenters often speak to the censor on air, but the staffer does not usually reply because they do not have a microphone in their booth.
It comes after Sandilands shrugged off the ruling by the media watchdog over 'insensitive and hurtful' remarks he made on air about disabled athletes.
He was told to undergo sensitivity training after he compared the Paralympic Games to the 'Special Olympics' and said 'it's horrific some of the things' athletes do.
The Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) released a report on Tuesday finding the radio station had breached the code's 'decency provision' twice.
Speaking on air on Wednesday, Sandilands said he was unaware of the code breach until he read about it in the newspaper that morning.
While going through the headlines, newsreader Brooklyn Ross said to Sandilands, 'You're in there,' and the shock jock dismissed the story as 'bulls**t'.
It comes after Sandilands shrugged off the ruling by the media watchdog over 'insensitive and hurtful' remarks he made on air about disabled athletes
'Yeah, I'm in there. Some sort of bulls**t in there about something I didn't even know about. Still don't know about. One day I'll find out,' he said.
His remarks suggest he has not started the sensitivity training ordered by ACMA.
Later in the broadcast, Sandilands joked his staff needed sensitivity training after a blow-up between executive producer Pedro Cuccovillo and guest booker Jaimee 'Mayo' Blazquez.
He also made several jokes about his new 'sensitive era' following the ACMA report, and admitted at one stage: 'I can't keep a straight face.'
ACMA released a report on Tuesday finding KIIS 106.5 had breached the code's 'decency provision' twice. Speaking on air on Wednesday, Sandilands said he was unaware of the code breach until he read about it in the newspaper that morning, and called the story 'bulls**t'
The first breach happened when Sandilands and his co-host Jackie 'O' Henderson (pictured) were speaking about Paralympians on September 1, 2021. Sandilands compared the Paralympic Games to the Special Olympics and
