Abrasive, divisive, kind, charitable, devoted, influential, and an excellent hater with a long memory.
Perhaps not enough words to summarize shock jock Alan Jones, whose sometimes caustic broadcast style moulded the minds of his loyal conservative fan base as he aired individual grudges and spoke constantly in favour of climate modification deniers.
Jones– who announced his retirement on air today— might make and break political leaders from both sides, consisting of then prime minister Malcolm Turnbull who he mercilessly wared in the leadup to the 2018 leadership coup.
He attacked Labor prime minister Julia Gillard in 2012 suggesting her late father, John, “passed away of pity” and suggested she must be “put into a chaff bag and thrown into the sea”.
Jones’s departure is the most recent in an overhaul at 9 Radio where 2GB was once controlled by an all-male line-up and conservative shock jock opinions filled the airwaves.
Because Nine’s takeover last year, ladies had gradually started appearing, such as Deborah Knight and Brooke Corte, to take popular on-air positions.
Slowly, the world of shock jocks is altering as dissentious viewpoints get more expensive.
