Chris Moyles
- Profession: DJ
- Place/Date of Birth: Leeds, 22 February 2020
A caller said a ’rude word’ during a phone-in quiz live on air, even though Channel Five said that all callers were warned not to say anything dubious. Producers may have to introduce a delay system so that this incident will not happen again. Chris apologised on air - and Channel Five said it ’regretted the incident’ and that ’casual swearing is commonplace among large sectors of the population’. Well, maybe where you live sunshine...
Channel 5 recommissions Live With Chris Moyles - 15/11/02
Channel 5 has ordered a second run of Live With Chris Moyles, the DJ’s new show before the first series is even half way through.
Live With Chris Moyles will return for a new series in its 7pm slot next year, despite attracting a mixed critical reaction. The programme is also BBC Radio 1 DJ Moyles’s first attempt at a peak time TV show.
Most irritating person on radio? - 23/10/02
Its official - Chris Moyles is the most irritating person on radio.
He has been voted this unhappy title by a survey by mobile phone service Shazam because he waffles on air and commits the cardinal sin that all listeners hate - and this is that he doesn’t name the tracks that he plays!
This leaves listeners to guess the tunes they want or do that really embarrassing thing of going into record shops and trying to hum the song you want to disdainful shop assistants. Hmm - maybe just me then. Its not just Chris that comes under fire - Radio One colleague Sara Cox and Radio 2 DJ’s Terry Wogan and Jonathan Ross also are named and shamed as is Capital’s own Chris Tarrant - hang on are there any DJ’s left? You can’t name them all you know!
Anita Dobson
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News & Features
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Keeping up with the WAGs...
Profiles: Film
Angelina Jolie
Keira Knightley
Tom Cruise
Profiles: Music
Britney Spears
Kylie Minogue
Madonna
Profiles: Fashion
Kate Moss
Naomi Campbell
Victoria Beckham
Within months of his employment he was awarded Sony’s DJ of the Year award and by the end of the year he had bagged the prestigious drivetime slot which saw him become one of the country’s favourite DJs. After five years he was finally given the most sought after Radio One job - the presenter of the Breakfast Show, swapping places with Sara Cox. Moyles, along with sidekicks such as Comedy Dave and Aled Haydn-Jones, managed to quickly push the audience up to over 6.5million.
Moyles has been regularly lambasted for his lack of political correctness and has come under fire for racism, sexism, homophobia and transphobia after comments made on air. He also hit the headlines over pay controversies - crossing the picket line during BBC strikes to present his show and pick up a £630,000 paycheque.
Updated October 2006
October 2007