Sonia Kruger Enters Ratings War (Of Words) With Alan Jones & Co.; Unlikely To Be Guest Of Honour At Mardis Gras

Just when you thought the only thing worth noting about these radio ratings wars we keep hearing about was whatever Kyle and Jackie O are doing, Sonia “Tina Sparkle” Kruger has thrown a bit of spice into the mix, lashing out – albeit in a relatively vaudevillian manner – at her Sydney breakfast radio rival, Alan Jones.

Evidently Kruger had a swipe at Jones’ worst-kept-secret/most-scurrilous-rumour in radio, and Jones’ 2GB cronies buddies were quick to jump to his defense.

The showbiz reporter, who registered a poor 4.4 per cent audience share compared with Jones’s 19.1, antagonised her rivals when interviewed about the survey results, joking: “Now we know the real queen of breakfast radio is Alan Jones.”

A furious Hadley told Confidential her comments were “cheap shots at a man who had done nothing but help her career”.

“I don’t know the woman and I don’t want to know the woman but she has shown she has no class or dignity, taking a cheap shot at Alan’s expense,” he railed.

On air earlier in the day, Hadley described Kruger’s Mix co-host Todd McKenney as a “pelican”, threatening to “put (his) hands around his skinny little throat”.

Right, so it seems the prerequisite for getting into radio (in Sydney, at least) is to be willing to take cheap shots at your competitors and to use stand-over tactics when things aren’t exactly going your way, all the while getting paid ridiculous amounts of money?

Where do we sign up!?