Alan Jones’ on-air future in doubt
Alan Jones’ employer, Macquarie Media, is looking to cut the controversial broadcaster loose, according to a report in the Sydney Morning Herald.
Jones’ current contract, worth a reported $4.5 million a year, expires at the end of June.
Peter FitzSimons, writing in the Sydney Morning Herald, said Jones had become a liability for Macquarie after a year of high-profile scandals and a costly legal loss.
Jones was admitted to Sydney’s St Vincent’s Hospital earlier this month suffering from severe back spasms that started after his broadcast from the Melbourne Cup on 6 November.
He missed his 2GB and 4BC breakfast show on November 12 and 13. At the time, 2GB said the host would be off air indefinitely.
The hospitalisation coincided with revelations that Macquarie had disciplined Jones over a series of incidents this year.
What do you think? Will you be glad to see the back of Alan Jones or will you miss him from the airwaves?
Our area doesn't get the Jones etc station but I have heard some of his work from time to time. He tends to bully people when they don't agree with him and although some of his ideas have merit, a lot are very parochial and are only applicable to a very few. What I find interesting is the man who wears a bandana to cover his circumcision scar having the gall to comment on others. Apart from criticising everybody and everything, what has he done of note to give him the right to comment on those who have achieved so much. Jones' work as a football coach and his charity work far outstrips anything bandana man has done.