Source : PERTHNOW NEWS
Radio host Kyle Sandilands made his return to the airwaves on Monday, but the first episode of his new show had a shaky start.
The show — called Kyle Sandilands Live — is behind a paywall, with users required to pay for $99 for an annual subscription to access the new show described as “Kyle’s new home”.
After a lengthy montage recapping the collapse of his ARN career and the end of the Kyle and Jackie O era, Sandilands opened the show with the line: “The golden microphone is on.”
The former KIIS FM radio host had been hyping up his new show on social media in the lead-up.
But on Monday morning some listeners were left disappointed, as tech issues plagued the first episode.
“Kyle’s new radio show a complete shambles. Who would even listen?” one person commented on X.
Viewers and subscribers faced a rocky start when audio cut out completely and feeds froze just after 7am.
Sandilands openly admitted the show was off to a “clunky start” and fumed at his production crew over failing equipment.
“When I ask a question, am I supposed to hear her answer?” he asked.
“Why do you not understand how to use the microphone?”
Sandilands has recruited former KIIS FM staff Jaimee Blazquez, known as Mayo, and Brooklyn Ross for the new show.
“You put together a radio station in one month. Do you expect things to go smoothly?” Ross asked Sandilands during the first episode.
“Yes, I do Brooklyn,” Sandilands quipped back.
Ross’ return to working with Sandilands was one of the biggest surprises of the show.
“I didn’t know if I would be here actually today, Kyle,” Ross said.
“When you quit a job on Friday, normally you can’t work somewhere else the next Monday.”
Sandilands claimed he made a few “high end phone calls” to get things over the line.
NSW Premier Chris Minns visited the studio to cut a ceremonial ribbon, which the technical glitches failed to properly broadcast on the live video feed.
“Premier Chris Minns is here. Everyone, take a seat. Get the mics on. Get people in here putting mics on. Let’s go, go, go,” Sandilands said as Minns arrived.
The exchange quickly turned into a casual chat about a recent run-in in the Blue Mountains, where Sandilands said he had initially failed to recognise the Premier.
“I thought you were a meth head because you had the beanie on, you’re all rugged up,” he told Minns, before adding: “I don’t mean to be rude … you were still handsome.”
Minns laughed off the remark, joking he was “a handsome meth head”.
