Jul 31, 2026 – 9.00amThere was no solid plan for lunch with Kyle Sandilands beyond, and I quote, “Maccas drive-through in his Rolls-Royce”. So it was impossible that all three Kyle fans we met in the 90 minutes that followed were staged. The first one, though, could have been. I can’t be sure.“Can’t wait for your latest,” the bushy-bearded tradie gushes through the window as I step into the black behemoth of a car.Subscribe to gift this articleGift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe.Subscribe nowAlready a subscriber? Sam Buckingham-JonesMedia, marketing and telecommunications reporterSam Buckingham-Jones is the media, marketing and telecommunications reporter at The Australian Financial Review. Send tips about the media and the telco sectors via encrypted messaging platform Signal (@samebjones.18) or email.Fetching latest articles
Unsellable to advertisers, Kyle Sandilands banks on 100,000 tradies
Six months ago, the shock jock was riding high and expected nine more years of guaranteed, $10 million-a-year pay he could fritter away. Then he was sacked.
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