New hosts of KIIS FM breakfast FINALLY announced after the collapse of The Kyle and Jackie O Show

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By MARTA JARY, SHOWBUSINESS NIGHT EDITOR, AUSTRALIA

Published: 14:40 BST, 7 September 2026 | Updated: 14:57 BST, 7 September 2026

ARN is working hard to mend the dire landscape of KIIS FM's breakfast radio.  

After the implosion of The Kyle and Jackie O Show back in March, both the Sydney and Melbourne breakfast slots have been left vacant. 

But now the Melbourne instalment has been filled, with TV Blackbox announcing on Monday night that radio star Ash London will be joining fashion personality Elliot Garnaut to take over the show. 

In a move that has been described as a return to ARN's local roots, the Sydney and Melbourne shows will go back to being two separate entities. 

It follows the failed experiment that was handing both slots to Sydney-based Kyle Sandilands and Jackie 'O' Henderson, whose arrival in the Melbourne market in 2024 was plagued by ratings woes. 

London's husband, Adrian Brine, will also be joining KIIS Melbourne as Content Director, TV Blackbox confirms. 

Radio star Ash London (pictured) is taking over KIIS FM's breakfast show in Melbourne 

She will be joining fashion personality Elliot Garnaut (pictured) 

London and her husband have departed MediaWorks in New Zealand, and moved back to Australia for their new gigs. 

The radio star is best known for her show Ash London Live, which aired on Southern Cross Austereo and Hit Network. 

She also co-hosted 2Day FM's breakfast show, Grant, Ed & Ash.

KIIS has spent several months searching for hosts to replace Kyle Sandilands and Jackie 'O' Henderson.

For now, KIIS FM's Sydney breakfast slot remains staffed by a carousel of guest presenters. 

The network has teased a complete overhaul of their programming, sharing a post on social media last week teasing new horizons.  

Pictured: Kyle Sandilands and Jackie Henderson

Alongside an image of several people's silhouettes, the network wrote: 'A new era is coming'. 

The development comes after an emotional Sandilands revealed he was left in tears after learning his former co-host Henderson had been diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder.

As Henderson battles her former employer in a lawsuit seeking $82million in damages, her PTSD diagnosis was referenced in a medical report prepared by Dr Jonathan Phillips.

In a sworn statement, Henderson said she was 'belittled' and 'humiliated' by her 'unpredictable and erratic' former KIIS FM co-host Sandilands.

Henderson's KIIS FM contract was abruptly terminated in March after a high-profile on-air argument between her and Sandilands.

Sandilands settled his own termination dispute with ARN for $12.09 million in June. 

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