A year of radio bombshells: Radio Today’s most read stories of 2025

Kyle Sandliands. Image: The Kyle & Jackie O Show

Love him or loathe him, one thing’s for sure: Kyle Sandilands is just about impossible to ignore.

In a year of bombshell radio headlines and revelations, Kyle & Jackie O remain one of the radio’s most talked about on-air teams. In 2025, barely a week went by without some mention of the KIIS duo – and the gargantuan amount of money ARN has riding on their success in Melbourne.

As we get ready to wrap up for the year, Radio Today takes a look back at 2025, with K and J featuring heavily in the most read stories of the year, along with Marty Sheargold’s unceremonious exit from Triple M.

The top ten most read stories on Radio Today for 2025 were:

1. “My whole life is going to change.” Kyle sets the record straight on his health

2. Ratings: first survey results for 2025

3. Hamish McLennan: “We’ve made a huge financial commitment to Kyle & Jackie O. We need to get payback on that”

4. Triple M’s Marty Sheargold offers public apology over comments on women’s sport

5. The price of a reckless pursuit

6. RIP Alison Drower

7. Nova 93.7’s Nathan Morris reveals reason for radio absence

8. Ratings results: 2024 Radio Survey 8

9. Keith Urban hangs up on Mix 102.3’s Hayley & Max

10.It’s over: Marty Sheargold parts ways with Triple M

This year, 670,000 readers visited Radio Today, viewing 2.14 million pages. The average time spent reading per visit was 1 min 28 seconds.

2026 will be a milestone year for our sister publication Radioinfo – which celebrates 30 years of reliable radio industry reporting, having started out as the AMT Newsletter back in 1996.

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