Chris Moyles to leave Radio 1 breakfast

11/07/2012 - 08:27 | 12 Replies More

After almost nine years at breakfast, Chris Moyles is to leave the flagship show on BBC Radio 1.

He is contracted to the station until 2014, and it’s not known at this stage where on the schedule he will move to. A replacement is due to be announced at 10:30am today.

This morning, Radio 1 controller Ben Cooper said: “I’d like to thank Chris. Quite simply he’s been the most successful breakfast show host in Radio 1 history. He’s done it for more than eight and half years and he’s been fantastic.”

Moyles paid tribute to his team when he made the announcement this morning, saying they are all leaving the show in September. Chris will take a break to play villain King Herod in the stage musical Jesus Christ Superstar before returning elsewhere in the line-up.

During a four minute announcement after 8am, Chris said “We’re going to leave the breakfast show. I’m just wanna give you a heads up and tell you that we’re gonna to wrap it up”

“For the last eight and a half years I’ve had the best time of my life.. When I started I wanted to do the show for 10 years and everybody thought I was nuts.”

Already Chris has been joking about who will replace him, suggesting Johnny Vaughn and even Tim Westwood!

“Breakfast Show” “Chris Moyles” and “Radio 1″ are currently trending worldwide on Twitter. Reaction so far includes Olly Murs “Awwww man I dunno what to do… @ChrisMoylesShow is ending!! I’m devastated!! What a show!! This can’t be true…” and Andi Peters “Gutted that @CHRISDJMOYLES is leaving Radio 1′s Breakfast Show.”

Chris has just over seven million listeners according to the latest RAJAR figures, and became the longest serving Radio 1 breakfast presenter in September when he broke the record previously held by Tony Blackburn. Over his eight and a half years, he’s won two Sony Gold awards too.


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  • Tina murf

    Radio one is about to lose 7 million listeners !!!! Shocking news and I’m gutted !!!!! What’s Radio Ine going to do now … Start sounding like any other boring breakfast show !!!! Big mistake !

  • @hirstycapital listener

    Hooray! I might start listening again in September.

  • Craig

    Awwwww sad day for all! (Hope Scott Mills gets it though!!)

  • Matt

    Just so you can correct it, the announcement was after 8am, not 7am…

  • Mark

    put you money on over tall and over boring Greg James!

  • http://twitter.com/wondermouse Mark Phillips

    Give it back to Tony Blackburn! The original and best :-)

  • http://www.musicradiocreative.com/ Mike Russell

    Chris Moyles, a fantastic broadcaster and self confessed radio geek. He will be missed in the mornings!

  • Adam

    Such a shame that nick grimbore has got it

  • Eric Stout

    I am surprised that anyone really cares who transmits the noise Radio 1 calls music?

  • carlyboy

    Chris who?

  • http://www.facebook.com/oliver.j.leonard Oliver James Leonard

    The Best Breakfast Show By Miles…….Will Be Missed From September

  • http://www.geodigital.biz/blog Stu Mitchell

    He had to leave sometime but now isn’t the time. There isn’t the replacement waiting in the wings yet. Grimmy will suffer for a year until he gets a grip of it, but that may be too late. He has massive boots to fill.

    Worse than this is that there isn’t really an alternative to CM at the minute.

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