WEBVTT - Listeners desert KIIS FM after Kyle & Jackie O exit

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<v Speaker 1>Today's biggest News from the Australian Unclair Harvey with the

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<v Speaker 1>Front's afternoon headlines. The first full radio ratings since the

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<v Speaker 1>implosion of the Kyle and Jackie oh Show are in

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<v Speaker 1>and its bad news for Kiss FM and its parent

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<v Speaker 1>network ARN. Just over one hundred and thirty thousand listeners,

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<v Speaker 1>or about twenty percent of the total audience, have tuned

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<v Speaker 1>out of the coveted and highly competitive breakfast slot since

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<v Speaker 1>ARN tore up the contracts of Kyle Sandalan's and Jackie

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<v Speaker 1>Henderson in February. The parties are still locked in litigation

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<v Speaker 1>over that, with Henderson saying AARN dismissed her unfairly, Sandaland's

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<v Speaker 1>claiming he remains willing to provide the services for which

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<v Speaker 1>he was contracted, and ARN caught in the middle and

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<v Speaker 1>facing the prospect of paying both of them tens of

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<v Speaker 1>millions of dollars, a prospector that would probably send the

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<v Speaker 1>whole company under The numbers suggest listeners have jumped to

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<v Speaker 1>FM radio rivals Gold one oh one point seven, Triple M,

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<v Speaker 1>Nova and Smooth FM. Australians aren't not on board with

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<v Speaker 1>the data center boom. That's according to the Commercial Real

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<v Speaker 1>estate giant JLL. They say communities around Australia are worried

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<v Speaker 1>about environmental and noise pollution from the centers which power

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<v Speaker 1>large language models like Chat, GPT and Claude, and that

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<v Speaker 1>they'll push energy prices even higher. JL is worried about

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<v Speaker 1>this because they're in the business of selling property and

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<v Speaker 1>data centers are looking for land where they can build

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<v Speaker 1>giant tech sheds with reliable power supply. Jll's National director

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<v Speaker 1>for Data Centers says social media community campaigns are spooking

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<v Speaker 1>AI companies away from investing here. It's one of the

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<v Speaker 1>biggest stories in our economy right now. The AI giants

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<v Speaker 1>say they'd be busy building many more data centers here

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<v Speaker 1>in Australia and letting us get in on the Artificial

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<v Speaker 1>Intelligence Act, but in return they want the federal government

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<v Speaker 1>to rejig copyright laws so they don't have to pay

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<v Speaker 1>creators of music, journalism and literature for everything they're hoovering up. Meanwhile,

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<v Speaker 1>the government says AI data centers put so much pressure

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<v Speaker 1>on the electricity grid they must reinvest in renewable power

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<v Speaker 1>sources if they want approval. Tim Ayre's the Minister for

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<v Speaker 1>Industry told the conference on Thursday. Data centers are often

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<v Speaker 1>hyped as the new gold rush, but just like every

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<v Speaker 1>other resources boom, they have huge potential to distort the

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<v Speaker 1>economy with quote labor shortages, capital misallocation, and pressures on

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<v Speaker 1>social cohesion. Check out those stories live right now at

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<v Speaker 1>the Australian dot com dot a U and come back

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<v Speaker 1>to the front first thing in the morning for our

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<v Speaker 1>look at a spectacular legal brawl, this time between sitting judges.

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<v Speaker 1>That's right here, Friday morning,