Kyle and Jackie or violate the rules of decency of radio: ACMA

The denunciant made the report after listening to the show mention a series of sexually explicit terms while listening to his car immediately after 6 in the morning when the program started.

In his response to the ECMA, Kiis said he believes that he did not violate the standards of decency, with his basic audience composed of a “demographic band for adults of large mentality”, used for robust, uninhibited and real comic discussions, which include “sexual references and descriptions of sexual activities”.

The content of Sandulands and Henderson was in the spotlight for the best part of one year, following the launch of the show to Melbourne in April last year, part of a 10 -year contract with the owner of Kiis Arn, who gives the couple $ 10 million every year.

Yet their content did not resonate with the melburians, who tuned from the station, Until today, delivering poor assessments in their polls. They continue to perform well in their native Sydney.

The show assessed last against their main commercial rivals in the latest rating survey published on Thursday, with a share of 5.1 percent, despite an important marketing campaign based on the couple now “behaving” after a directive from the management of the station to remove Smut from the show.

During the “Tradie vs Lady” segment, two competitors were introduced and the information was provided to the public on them, including their name, age, weight, favorite sexual position and a anecdote about their past sexual experience.

Some of these discussions were of “graphic sexual nature,” said Acma.

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“The ACMA recognizes that each of the segments was presented in a carefree and the general tone has been mild. However, the ACMA does not consider that the tone of the segments has sufficiently reduced the impact of language and explicit sexual themes that have been transmitted.”

Kiis already uses a censorship in the show to monitor the content that broadcasts and make sure it complies with the transmission codes. He agreed to do it in 2023 after he thought he had violated the standards of decency again on the comments made in a segment on the Paralympic, in which Sandulands reported him as “special Olympics”, among other comments made by the couple.

The show staff also agreed to undertake sensitivity training, but not ACMA has said that it does not seem that the active censors “have proved proactively the potential risks of discussing issues of a sexual nature with competitors”.

ACMA discovered that the show had not violated a separate code, 2.4, which governs against explicit sexual themes as a “main component” of the program. He said there were numerous other non -sexual segments of nature during the four -hour show.

Based on ACMA powers, response measures can agree on a violation of the code before taking some applicable actions. ACMA can impose further license conditions for the violations of the code; However, his powers are limited and, based on his legislation, he does not have the power to issue civil sanctions or fines for violations of the transmission codes.

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