Game Changers Radio

Game Changers Radio

Hosted by Irene Hulme and Craig Bruce — two of Australia’s most experienced radio minds. Each week they break down standout moments and big ideas from the best radio and audio creators in Australia and around the world. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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June 12, 2026 29 mins

In this episode, we discuss the fall out from GfK survey 3 and the potential plans for ARN to build a new breakfast show in Sydney with multi-platform TV stars.

According to reports, CEO Michael Stephenson is looking at TV talent for his next KIIS breakfast move. Will it work? We have our concerns.


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Is it possible to lose 130,000 listeners and be happy with the result? That is potentially the case for ARN today. Whilst a portion of the audience have left KIIS breakfast, it’s not exactly clear where they’ve gone.

Irene and Craig dissect GFK survey 3 results.


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Commercial Radio Australia released national revenue numbers recently showing a slight decline in metro radio revenue, but a 9% increase in digital audio. The winds are blowing in one direction, towards a digital future, and the question on every creators lips is “how do I make money from my podcast?”.


Matt Johnson from the brilliant Two Doting Dads podcast takes us inside the creator economy and shows us where the m...

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In this week’s episode, we preview the next round of GfK survey results which are released June 11. The expectation is that Kyle and Jackie’s audience will leave - but how big will the losses be and which stations will benefit most? We have 3 scenarios for you to ponder.


We’ll also discuss ARN’s next moves in Melbourne and why they seem to have so many more options for a new breakfast show in that market...

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May 29, 2026 29 mins

In this episode, we discuss the potential fall-out from ARN’s request for documents from Jackie in their case against Kyle. What will we see in her communication with Gemma and others preceding and following the Feb 20 blow-up.


Also this week more on Bianca Dye, your feedback has been loud and clear - you’d like to hear more from her, will ARN give her another chance to show her wares. We discuss the delicate dance t...

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The Australian Audio Awards happened in Sydney on Thursday night and in this episode we talk with ex Kyle and Jackie O producer, Josh Fox who won the independent podcast of the year award as well as best independent podcast host.


From driving the social media for the Kyle and Jackie O show, to being one of the biggest podcasters in Australia, Josh has a media career that is going from strength to strength.



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The Kyle and Jackie O break up has been a dream story for so many content creators. Leading the charge is Bella Frizza, a self confessed Kyle and Jackie super fan and radio host on the Gold Coast. 


We find out what she makes of the story so far and her predictions of what might happen next. 


Keep up with Bella's take on Kyle & Jackie O @bellafrizza


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In this week’s episode, we discuss the Daily Telegraph article from last week claiming that Jackie had been slowly breaking up with Kyle over a 5 year period in the lead up to their Feb 20 on-air clash. Is it possible that she could have been thinking about ending the show whilst also signing a 10 year agreement to continue with Kyle? Also this week we review Bianca Dye’s co-hosting role on KIIS breakfast and why Irene ...

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Massive news form ARN with the announcement of “the Long weekend” a brand new radio show coming to the Gold network from June 19 and hosted by Karl Stefanovic and Eddie McGuire. How will it sound, and how will it work? We have lots of questions.

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In this episode, we discuss the move of Intern Pete from KIIS 1065 breakfast to Gold, where he’ll work alongside Christian O’Connell.

Will ARN look to replace him on KIIS or do they have other plans? The KIIS breakfast line-up continues to evolve, with new guests entering the ring, we discuss whether the line-up is close to completion with a crew of familiar voices being the pathway forward post Kyle and Jackie O.

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In this episode, we talk with one of Australia’s best content creators, Matt Johnson from the Two Doting Dads podcast, about why Kyle needs to immediately activate his "Kyle Live" project.


Matt believes that the time is now and that every day Kyle is not online and in the social feeds of his audience, he will be losing relevance with them.


In the creator economy, time waits for no man.


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May 8, 2026 33 mins

In this episode a chance meeting in Toronto with Kris Fade has given us the inside track on whether he’s a front runner for the KIIS breakfast show. Craig has all the details of his one on one conversation with the man who everyone is talking about.


Also this week, we discuss the fallout from Abbie Chatfield’s 2 week guest role on KIIS and we ask the question - does being a mother on the radio really create an advant...

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In this episode we talk with Michael Byrnes our legal expert about this week’s mega dump from both Kyle and Jackie O with all the detail and controversy from their new court filings. 


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Tim Burrowes from Mumbrella joins us to decode what ARN were really saying between the lines.


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In this episode, we reflect on the 2 year anniversary of the launch of Kyle and Jackie O into Melbourne. What was meant to be the beginning of a journey that would eventually realise Kyle’s national ambitions became the beginning of the end for K and J.


We’ll take you through all the gory details, and trust us, most of the audio is not for little ears.


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In this episode we bring you up to speed with everything you need to know about the Kyle and Jackie O legal battle with ARN. Our legal expert Michael Byrnes from Swaab gives us a full 360 degree view of the biggest legal fight in Australian media history.



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In this episode, we discuss the fall-out from the GfK survey 2 ratings, has KIIS dodged a bullet or is there still another ratings show to be fired? We’ll talk about the potential of a soft landing for KIIS breakfast in Sydney and what that means for ARN. 

A massive week in court, with ARN stepping into the ring and presenting their side of the story - suddenly a case that looked in favour of Kyle and Jackie is not so cle...

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Plenty to discuss from today’s court proceedings with our legal expert Michael Byrnes, including a new date being proposed for both cases to be heard concurrently or consecutively.


Listen now for the latest legal insights.


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Sydney’s radio results are in and the results are a massive sigh of relief for Kiis with the breakfast show sitting at number 1 in the rankings.

We have all the details on why and how the Kyle and Jackie audience have stayed loyal, for the moment.


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Details from ARN’s statement of claim in their defence of terminating the contracts of Kyle and Jackie O have been made available today, we talk with our legal expert Michael Byrnes about the key points from their case.

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