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Draft:Brooklyn Ross

Brooklyn Ross is an Australian radio journalist and newsreader. He works with ARN Media as a newsreader on KIIS 106.5 and is known for his long-running role on The Kyle and Jackie O Show.[1][2][3] His work has also included news talent development for ARN, founding the LGBT-focused online radio station OX Live, and guest appearances on Seven News and triple j.[2][4][5][6][7]

Early life and career

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Ross grew up in country New South Wales. He became involved in radio while still at school, including work experience at 2RG Griffith and volunteer work at Moruya community radio station 2EARFM.[8][1]

He later worked at 2EC and Power FM on the Far South Coast, becoming a full-time journalist at the age of 18.[1] Ross also worked in Canberra radio before moving to Sydney, with Radio Today reporting that he had worked at 2CC before joining KIIS.[9]

KIIS and ARN

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Ross joined KIIS 106.5's breakfast program The Kyle and Jackie O Show in the mid-2010s. In November 2019, About Regional reported that he had spent five years on the program.[1] A 2018 Radio Today report described him as the usual KIIS 106.5 breakfast newsreader when he filled in for Kyle Sandilands alongside Jackie Henderson.[10]

In 2023, ARN Media expanded Ross's role to include news talent development while he continued his on-air duties with KIIS. Mediaweek reported that the role involved helping bring regional news talent into metropolitan radio markets.[2]

Following the end of the Sandilands-Henderson broadcast partnership in 2026, ABC News and 9Celebrity described Ross as having worked on the program for more than a decade.[11][3]

Other media work

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Ross founded OX Live, an online LGBT radio station. In 2013, Star Observer reported that OX Live, described as Sydney's only gay internet radio station, had moved into a live studio area at the Stonewall Hotel on Oxford Street, Sydney, and identified Ross as the station's founder.[4] Radio Today later described the service as a network of app-based LGBTI radio stations in Australia, while Gay Nation reported that it had debuted in early 2012 and later expanded to include localised stations for Australia, the United States and the United Kingdom.[9][12]

In 2017, Independent Australia profiled Ross in connection with OX Live, describing the project as a growing online radio network operated alongside his radio news work.[5]

Ross has also appeared in industry, television, radio and digital media settings. Selected appearances include:

Year Program or event Role Notes Sources
2018 Blind Date Contestant Appeared on the Network 10 dating game show hosted by Julia Morris. [13][14]
2022–2025 Hack: The Shakeup Guest commentator Appeared across multiple years on triple j's current affairs panel segment, with ABC listings identifying him as a journalist or KIIS FM newsreader. [7][15][16]
2024 The Latest Guest panellist Appeared on a Seven News weekly panel segment. [17]
2024 SXSW Sydney Industry speaker Appeared with ARN Head of News and Information Fiona Ellis-Jones in a session about audio news, local journalism and emergency information. [18][19][20]
2025 The Debrief Guest panellist Appeared on Seven News current affairs panel segments across 2025. [6][21]

During the COVID-19 pandemic, Ross received media attention for a video encouraging younger adults to consider the AstraZeneca vaccine. ABC Media Watch discussed the video in 2021 and identified him as a KIIS newsreader.[22] Radio Today later reported that ABC Media Watch had praised Ross, Kyle Sandilands and Ray Hadley for helping reduce vaccine hesitancy.[23]

Media coverage

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Ross has been named in wider media coverage of The Kyle and Jackie O Show. In 2022, Sandilands' comments about gay men and mpox were later investigated by the Australian Communications and Media Authority. The Guardian Australia reported that the comments referred to Ross and his vaccination status, while ABC Media Watch included Ross's on-air response in its coverage of the segment. The ACMA found that the broadcast breached decency rules under the Commercial Radio Code of Practice.[24][25][26]

In March 2026, ABC News reported that Sandilands had hosted the program with Ross while Jackie Henderson was absent, shortly before the end of the Sandilands-Henderson broadcast partnership.[11] After the show's end, 7NEWS quoted Ross's public comments about his time on the program, in which he described being part of the show as one of the greatest privileges of his career.[27]

Subsequent media coverage identified Ross as part of the continuing KIIS breakfast team after Sandilands and Henderson were taken off air. In April 2026, news.com.au reported that KIIS FM remained Sydney's top-rating FM breakfast station in the first radio ratings survey after the pair's departure, with the breakfast program hosted by fill-in presenters alongside Ross and Intern Pete Deppeler. 9Celebrity also reported the result as an unexpected ratings win for KIIS Breakfast, while Radioinfo Australia reported the Survey 2, 2026 results for Commercial Radio Australia.[28][29][30]

In May 2026, Mediaweek reported that KIIS FM was continuing to reshape its breakfast programming after the end of The Kyle and Jackie O Show, with Ross remaining one of the familiar on-air names from the former program's team.[31]

Personal life

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Ross became engaged to Damien Dirienzo in September 2024.[32][33] The couple married later that month in Las Vegas. The wedding was covered by 9Celebrity, which reported that Kyle Sandilands walked Ross down the aisle.[34] The ceremony was also broadcast as part of The Kyle and Jackie O Show podcast coverage.[35]

References

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  1. 1 2 3 4 Searson, Elise (23 November 2019). "Ex 2EC newsreader Brooklyn Ross celebrates 5 years with 'Kyle and Jackie O' show". About Regional. Retrieved 11 May 2026.
  2. 1 2 3 Connery, Tess (26 June 2023). "Brooklyn Ross on bringing the best of ARN's regional talent to the metro airwaves". Mediaweek. Retrieved 11 May 2026.
  3. 1 2 "Kyle and Jackie O newsreader says he 'doesn't know life without' radio show". 9Celebrity. 3 March 2026. Retrieved 11 May 2026.
  4. 1 2 Murphy, Troy (6 December 2013). "Sydney gay radio station moves into new home". Star Observer. Retrieved 11 May 2026.
  5. 1 2 "The boy from Brunei: How Gay Radio changed the world". Independent Australia. 4 March 2017. Retrieved 11 May 2026.
  6. 1 2 "The Debrief". YouTube. 7NEWS Australia. Retrieved 11 May 2026.
  7. 1 2 "The Shakeup: Logo cock-ups, political bullying and nude photo shaming". triple j Hack. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 18 March 2022. Retrieved 11 May 2026.
  8. ↑ Meyer, Kirsty (22 April 2015). "5 minutes with Brooklyn Ross". Radioinfo Australia. Retrieved 11 May 2026.
  9. 1 2 "KIIS 1065's Brooklyn Ross on why radio is one of the most accepting industries of LGBTI employees". Radio Today. 24 October 2017. Retrieved 11 May 2026.
  10. ↑ "KIIS 106.5 newsreader Brooklyn Ross co-hosts Breakfast with Jackie O". Radio Today. 26 April 2018. Retrieved 11 May 2026.
  11. 1 2 Gbogbo, Mawunyo (3 March 2026). "Listeners to Kyle and Jackie O noticed shift in relationship long before it imploded". ABC News. Retrieved 11 May 2026.
  12. ↑ "Australia's Gay Newsreader Brooklyn Ross Wouldn't Change a Thing". Gay Nation. 25 August 2018. Retrieved 11 May 2026.
  13. ↑ "KIIS FM's Gay Newsreader Confirmed As The Latest Reality Dating Star". Gay Nation. 17 October 2018. Retrieved 11 May 2026.
  14. ↑ "Brooklyn's Blind Date". DNA Magazine. 2018. Retrieved 11 May 2026 – via Pocketmags.
  15. ↑ "The Shakeup: WFH pay cuts, drying out and Barbie crazy". triple j Hack. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 14 July 2023. Retrieved 11 May 2026.
  16. ↑ "The Shakeup: red white and blueland, TikTok's gender divide + reality TV rise". triple j Hack. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 14 February 2025. Retrieved 11 May 2026.
  17. ↑ "The Latest: Weekly Panel". YouTube. 7NEWS Australia. 7 March 2024. Retrieved 11 May 2026.
  18. ↑ Manning, James; Buaya, Alisha; Baumann, Jasper (16 October 2024). "SXSW Sydney 2024 day two recap: From the ICC with The Growth Distillery to the Opera House with QMS and Jennifer Robinson". Mediaweek. Retrieved 11 May 2026.
  19. ↑ "ARN champions Audio at SXSW". Radioinfo Australia. 15 October 2024. Retrieved 11 May 2026.
  20. ↑ Patterson, Sarah (16 October 2024). "From the importance of news to digital audio myths: ARN series continues at SXSW Sydney". Radio Today. Retrieved 11 May 2026.
  21. ↑ "THE DEBRIEF: Clive Palmer's 'Trumpets of Patriot's' political party". YouTube. 7NEWS Australia. 18 February 2025. Retrieved 11 May 2026.
  22. ↑ "Vax push". Media Watch. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 9 August 2021. Retrieved 11 May 2026.
  23. ↑ Kelly, Vivienne (10 August 2021). "'FM bad boy' Kyle Sandilands, Brooklyn Ross & Ray Hadley praised by Media Watch for decreasing vaccine hesitancy". Radio Today. Retrieved 11 May 2026.
  24. ↑ Martin, Sarah; Lyons, Kate (19 November 2024). "Vulgar content in the Sesame Street time slot: how the Kyle and Jackie O show skirts decency laws". The Guardian Australia. Retrieved 11 May 2026.
  25. ↑ "Kyle's indecency obsession". Media Watch. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 14 August 2023. Retrieved 11 May 2026.
  26. ↑ "KIIS 1065 mpox comments breach decency standards". Australian Communications and Media Authority. 10 August 2023. Retrieved 11 May 2026.
  27. ↑ "Kyle and Jackie O staff devastated after collapse". 7NEWS. 4 March 2026. Retrieved 11 May 2026.
  28. ↑ Sharp, Annette (23 April 2026). "Good and bad news for KIIS FM as ABC Radio sheds listeners in shock ratings shake-up". news.com.au. Retrieved 11 May 2026.
  29. ↑ "Unexpected ratings win as KIIS Breakfast retains top spot". 9Celebrity. 23 April 2026. Retrieved 11 May 2026.
  30. ↑ "Radio ratings survey 2: The last results with Kyle and Jackie O on KIIS". Radioinfo Australia. 23 April 2026. Retrieved 11 May 2026.
  31. ↑ Lee, Natasha (8 May 2026). "KIIS FM announces new fill-in Breakfast host". Mediaweek. Retrieved 11 May 2026.
  32. ↑ "Kyle & Jackie O star Brooklyn Ross proposes, plans Vegas wedding". QNews. 14 September 2024. Retrieved 11 May 2026.
  33. ↑ James, Michael (14 September 2024). "Kyle And Jackie O Newsreader Brooklyn Ross Announces Engagement". Star Observer. Retrieved 11 May 2026.
  34. ↑ Oehlmann, Gabrielle (23 September 2024). "Kyle Sandilands walks newsreader Brooklyn Ross down the aisle for Las Vegas wedding". 9Celebrity. Retrieved 11 May 2026.
  35. ↑ "Brooklyn's wedding LIVE from Las Vegas!". Apple Podcasts. The Kyle and Jackie O Show. 23 September 2024. Retrieved 11 May 2026.
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