Kyle Sandilands claims celebrity presenter is set to replace KIIS show

Kyle Sandilands has claimed a celebrity presenter will be replacing his axed KIIS FM breakfast show, five months after it was taken off air.The celebrity podcaster, 55, revealed on Sunday on his new show Kyle Sandilands Live that a very surprising veteran presenter is set to take over the now vacant slot once held by him and former co-host Jackie ‘O’ Henderson.’I’ve got an announcement to make, a little bit of sneaky information I have got. Dr Chris Brown… No one has a bad opinion of him,’ Sandilands revealed.’He’s going to be the new me!’Sandilands finished by saying Dr Chris would be co-hosting the new breakfast show alongside current KIIS weekend presenter Amy Gerard.However, KIIS FM denied Sandilands’ claims, saying a replacement has not yet been signed.  Kyle Sandilands has claimed a celebrity presenter will be replacing his axed KIIS FM breakfast show, five months after it was taken off air ‘Incorrect. We haven’t signed him,’ KIIS FM said in a statement to news.com.au.’We’re not commenting on any of the speculation. We’ll let you know when we have something to share.’ In March, KIIS FM terminated the contracts of long-time presenters Kyle and Jackie O, following a massive on-air fallout.Sandilands has since launched his own weekday morning podcast show. Last week, his return to broadcasting hit another snag, with the shock jock’s first week back on air ending in embarrassment after technical issues forced producers to scrap Friday’s show.The highly anticipated subscription venture was pulled off air before it could properly begin, leaving paying subscribers in the dark as producers scrambled to contain the fallout.In a video message posted to the broadcaster’s app, executive producer Jaimee ‘Mayo’ Blazquez and newsreader Brooklyn Ross apologised to fans after the platform suffered a major technical meltdown.’We were scared this day might come,’ Ross admitted, revealing Sandilands was ‘very stressed right now’ as the problems unfolded behind the scenes.[embedded content] The celebrity podcaster, 55, revealed on Sunday on his new show Kyle Sandilands Live that a very surprising veteran presenter is set to take over the now vacant slot once held by him and former co-host Jackie ‘O’ Henderson ‘I’ve got an announcement to make, a little bit of sneaky information I have got. Dr Chris Brown… No one has a bad opinion of him,’ Sandilands revealed. ‘He’s going to be the new me!’Blazquez said the team was devastated by the failure.’We’re so sorry that the tech has failed us today because the show that we had planned would have been incredible,’ she said.The pair explained that after multiple failed attempts to get the show running, they ultimately made the call to abandon the broadcast altogether rather than continue frustrating listeners.’We’ve tried a few times, and I think we’re just going to upset you more if we keep coming back and then disappearing again. So we’ve decided today to not take the show to air,’ Blazquez said.Subscribers who paid $99 a year for access to the platform were assured the team would spend the weekend fixing the issues before returning next week. ‘Monday we’ll be back with new equipment, because we’ve ordered everything, and hopefully we don’t have these issues again,’ Blazquez said.Notably absent from the apology video was Sandilands himself.