Chris Moyles

Chris Moyles, born on February 22, 1974 in Leeds, is a British radio DJ and presenter of The Chris Moyles Show on BBC Radio 1. He began his career in radio at the age of 16 when he joined local station Aire FM. Over the next six years he worked on several other stations including Capital FM and Radio Luxembourg (as Chris Holmes). In 1997 he was voted as one of the Faces for '97 by Sky Magazine.

Moyles joined Radio 1 on January 28, 1997, labeling himself as himself as 'The Saviour of Early Morning Radio' he took the early morning 4-7am slot. Within months, in May 1998, Moyles' work was recognised as he won the Silver Sony Radio Academy Awards DJ of the Year award, and in just over a year he was already progressing through the Radio 1 ranks with a Saturday mid-morning slot.

His next promotion came in October 1998 when he took control of the afternoon show. Moyles chose writer and sidekick David "Comedy Dave" Vitty, producer Will Kinder and broadcasting assistant Lizzie Buckingham, plus regular guests such as impressionist Jon Culshaw, and together they took the nation by storm.

After a successful first year, Moyles was awarded 'DJ of the Year' by readers of The Sun. More recent additions include Big Brother addict Aled who (when the TV programme is running) informs listeners of the goings on in the Big Brother house, later replacing Lizzie as broadcasting assistant, and new producer Rachel after Will left to produce for the terrestrial television channel five. Will has since returned as 'daytime producer'.

After 5 years fronting drive time, on January 5, 2004, Moyles started presenting Radio 1's flagship programme The Breakfast Show, switching places with Sara Cox in an attempt to increase the ratings for the show, which he promptly did, in the first quarter of 2004 he put on an extra 700,000 listeners. However, since then listening figures have dropped slightly by 140,000.