Abbie Chatfield Guest Co-Hosts KIIS FM

0:00It's April 24th. This is Entertainment and Celebrity News today pop culture powered by AI. K-I-I-S FM is shaking things up in the breakfast slot after Kyle Sandylands and Jackie O'Henderson got the boot back in March. They've tapped controversial 30-year-old influencer Abby Chadfield to guest co-host Starting Monday for a full week. Show team up with Mike Etheridge and newsreader Brooklyn Ross, who've been holding down the fort. The stations encouraged by fresh rating showing a solid bump, 37,000 more listeners in both Sydney and Melbourne compared to the last survey. Overall they pulled in 673,000 years between early February and early April, up from 636,000 before. Abby's no stranger to the mic, hosting her hit podcast It's A Lot, which she just took independent with a cast after stints on rival networks. She's got radio chops too from her late night show on another station, but this gig spicy given her pass beef with Kyle back in 2022 over some on air drama.

1:04Meanwhile, Kyle's $100 million lawsuit against the network drags on, but sources say talks for his return are heating up and could wrap in two to three weeks. He might settle for business reasons, though matching his old 10 million a year deal is anyone's guess. As KIS hunts for permanent replacements, Abby's trial run keeps the energy high while the legal dust settles, stay tuned for how this radio shake up plays out.