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- Mon Jan 05, 2004 3:14 pm
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From The Guardian.
Radio 1's 'saviour' kicks off in combative mood - Owen Gibson
Chris Moyles, the self-styled saviour of Radio 1, today kicked off his first morning as presenter of the station's waning breakfast show with a specially recorded gospel chorus that poked fun at his predecessors.
The five-minute jingle, played as the show opened at 7am, concluded Goodbye to Zoe [Ball], see you later to Cox, your contract has expired so get back in your box.
Moyles, the 29-year-old DJ who joined BBC Radio 1 from Capital FM in 1997, has previously boasted in interviews that he could absolutely kick anybody's arse on breakfast, ever.
The comments infuriated Cox, who was dropped from the breakfast show slot earlier this year by Radio 1 chief Andy Parfitt and handed Moyles' previous slot in the afternoon.
Moyles today took over from Cox in the flagship slot in an effort to reverse the ratings slide that saw the show lose 430,000 listeners in the three months to June.
With Moyles having continually boasted, with his tongue only slightly in his cheek, that he was the saviour of Radio 1, Parfitt will be banking on the laddish loudmouth to bring listeners to the key slot, which is the most important on the station as it sets the tone for the rest of the day.
He will be up against Christ Tarrant's replacement on the Capital FM breakfast show, former Big Breakfast host Johnny Vaughan, but boasted in an interview today that he wasn't worried by the competition.
I'd rather go up against Johnny Vaughan than Chris Tarrant. That'll do me quite happily, thank you very much. Johnny doesn't bother me at all, Moyles told the Guardian.
My main competition in London will be Kiss for the young kids, and Heart, I suppose. Because it's such a powerful force, even though Jono's a bit rubbish.
However, Moyles' afternoon show itself lost 700,000 listeners in the year to October, according to the latest figures from official audience measurement body Rajar.
Following the opening jingle, which also took an affectionate sideswipe at Tony Blackburn, Dave Lee Travis, Noel Edmonds and Simon Mayo, Moyles' first record was Flowers in the Rain by The Move, which is over 35 years old.
He followed it with more conventional choices by U2, Justin Timberlake and, appropriately enough, God is a DJ by Pink.
Moyles joked with sidekick Comedy Dave that they were on a learning curve because they would now have to tell the time and things like that.
Features on the new show included one called Buzz Off where Moyles played a record from his own personal collection and listeners voted on when it should be taken off.
His first choice, Change by the Lightening Seeds, lasted just 30 seconds with Moyles telling listeners they had no taste.
However, he showed no signs of curbing his laddish tendencies in the earlier timeslot, joking that he had married Britney Spears over the weekend and declaring female singer Pink a bit rough.
His near-the-knuckle comments have frequently landed him in trouble with broadcasting watchdogs.
There was the infamous Charlotte Church incident, where he offered to take her virginity when she turned 16, in which the Broadcasting Standards Commission ruled he had exceeded acceptable boundaries for the time of transmission.
In the five years to July 2002, the BSC received complaints about 34 separate programmes and upheld five. He was found to have exceeded acceptable boundaries by making offensive comments about an actor's wife on his Radio 1 show.
In his previous job at Capital Radio, the BSC upheld a complaint about his aggressive and sexually suggestive comments to a young female caller.
Moyles has been a radio enthusiast from an early age, getting his first job at Radio Topshop when he was just 16 before graduating to local radio, Capital and then Radio 1.
However, a foray into television last year proved disastrous when he was axed as the presenter of Channel Five's Live With...Chris Moyles after just three months.
The live daily show, produced by Chris Evans, was a ratings flop and Moyles was replaced by XFM DJ Christian O'Connell before being cancelled altogether.
Radio 1's 'saviour' kicks off in combative mood - Owen Gibson
Chris Moyles, the self-styled saviour of Radio 1, today kicked off his first morning as presenter of the station's waning breakfast show with a specially recorded gospel chorus that poked fun at his predecessors.
The five-minute jingle, played as the show opened at 7am, concluded Goodbye to Zoe [Ball], see you later to Cox, your contract has expired so get back in your box.
Moyles, the 29-year-old DJ who joined BBC Radio 1 from Capital FM in 1997, has previously boasted in interviews that he could absolutely kick anybody's arse on breakfast, ever.
The comments infuriated Cox, who was dropped from the breakfast show slot earlier this year by Radio 1 chief Andy Parfitt and handed Moyles' previous slot in the afternoon.
Moyles today took over from Cox in the flagship slot in an effort to reverse the ratings slide that saw the show lose 430,000 listeners in the three months to June.
With Moyles having continually boasted, with his tongue only slightly in his cheek, that he was the saviour of Radio 1, Parfitt will be banking on the laddish loudmouth to bring listeners to the key slot, which is the most important on the station as it sets the tone for the rest of the day.
He will be up against Christ Tarrant's replacement on the Capital FM breakfast show, former Big Breakfast host Johnny Vaughan, but boasted in an interview today that he wasn't worried by the competition.
I'd rather go up against Johnny Vaughan than Chris Tarrant. That'll do me quite happily, thank you very much. Johnny doesn't bother me at all, Moyles told the Guardian.
My main competition in London will be Kiss for the young kids, and Heart, I suppose. Because it's such a powerful force, even though Jono's a bit rubbish.
However, Moyles' afternoon show itself lost 700,000 listeners in the year to October, according to the latest figures from official audience measurement body Rajar.
Following the opening jingle, which also took an affectionate sideswipe at Tony Blackburn, Dave Lee Travis, Noel Edmonds and Simon Mayo, Moyles' first record was Flowers in the Rain by The Move, which is over 35 years old.
He followed it with more conventional choices by U2, Justin Timberlake and, appropriately enough, God is a DJ by Pink.
Moyles joked with sidekick Comedy Dave that they were on a learning curve because they would now have to tell the time and things like that.
Features on the new show included one called Buzz Off where Moyles played a record from his own personal collection and listeners voted on when it should be taken off.
His first choice, Change by the Lightening Seeds, lasted just 30 seconds with Moyles telling listeners they had no taste.
However, he showed no signs of curbing his laddish tendencies in the earlier timeslot, joking that he had married Britney Spears over the weekend and declaring female singer Pink a bit rough.
His near-the-knuckle comments have frequently landed him in trouble with broadcasting watchdogs.
There was the infamous Charlotte Church incident, where he offered to take her virginity when she turned 16, in which the Broadcasting Standards Commission ruled he had exceeded acceptable boundaries for the time of transmission.
In the five years to July 2002, the BSC received complaints about 34 separate programmes and upheld five. He was found to have exceeded acceptable boundaries by making offensive comments about an actor's wife on his Radio 1 show.
In his previous job at Capital Radio, the BSC upheld a complaint about his aggressive and sexually suggestive comments to a young female caller.
Moyles has been a radio enthusiast from an early age, getting his first job at Radio Topshop when he was just 16 before graduating to local radio, Capital and then Radio 1.
However, a foray into television last year proved disastrous when he was axed as the presenter of Channel Five's Live With...Chris Moyles after just three months.
The live daily show, produced by Chris Evans, was a ratings flop and Moyles was replaced by XFM DJ Christian O'Connell before being cancelled altogether.
