chrismoyles.net
- Mon May 22, 2006 8:30 am
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From Media Guardian:
BBC Radio 1 DJ Chris Moyles failed to turn up to present his breakfast show this morning.
Listeners' help was sought in the search for the missing DJ and early morning breakfast show hosts JK and Joel stayed on after their shift to present a makeshift show with Moyles' team.
The BBC later claimed it was an elaborate stunt and by the end of the programme Moyles himself phoned in to say he had earlier left a voicemail message on the producer's phone.
Other sources, however, said the Radio 1 team was unaware of the stunt
The fact that Moyles, a Leeds United football fan, had been in Cardiff yesterday to watch his team miss out on a place in the Premiership to Watford may have had something to so with his no-show, said the on-air team.
According to a Radio 1 spokesman, listeners had been on the end of an elaborate joke: that Moyles going AWOL was pre-planned as a "gag" and that everyone involved - from station controller Andy Parfitt to JK and Joel and Moyles' team - knew in advance.
"It was a bit of fun with the audience," said the spokesman. "The show and everybody involved knew he wasn't coming in."
The mystery came just days after Moyles was accused by actor Halle Berry of having a "racist moment" .
The DJ often arrives at the station in the nick of time to present his show and is occasionally late, but has never before failed to turn up.
Moyles' row with the Hollywood actor has been erased from the DJ's podcast.
Introducing the segment, which also included an interview with Berry's X-Men co-star Hugh Jackman, Moyles said she was "very tired, grumpy and to be honest I didn't bond with her".
However, he made no mention of Berry's accusation that he was having a "racist moment", nor his impression of a "big, fat black guy" that prompted her remark. The entire exchange was deleted although the BBC has insisted Moyles' comments were not racist.
Moyles' podcast is one of the BBC's most popular, and is currently number two in the iTunes charts, behind Ricky Gervais.
BBC Radio 1 DJ Chris Moyles failed to turn up to present his breakfast show this morning.
Listeners' help was sought in the search for the missing DJ and early morning breakfast show hosts JK and Joel stayed on after their shift to present a makeshift show with Moyles' team.
The BBC later claimed it was an elaborate stunt and by the end of the programme Moyles himself phoned in to say he had earlier left a voicemail message on the producer's phone.
Other sources, however, said the Radio 1 team was unaware of the stunt
The fact that Moyles, a Leeds United football fan, had been in Cardiff yesterday to watch his team miss out on a place in the Premiership to Watford may have had something to so with his no-show, said the on-air team.
According to a Radio 1 spokesman, listeners had been on the end of an elaborate joke: that Moyles going AWOL was pre-planned as a "gag" and that everyone involved - from station controller Andy Parfitt to JK and Joel and Moyles' team - knew in advance.
"It was a bit of fun with the audience," said the spokesman. "The show and everybody involved knew he wasn't coming in."
The mystery came just days after Moyles was accused by actor Halle Berry of having a "racist moment" .
The DJ often arrives at the station in the nick of time to present his show and is occasionally late, but has never before failed to turn up.
Moyles' row with the Hollywood actor has been erased from the DJ's podcast.
Introducing the segment, which also included an interview with Berry's X-Men co-star Hugh Jackman, Moyles said she was "very tired, grumpy and to be honest I didn't bond with her".
However, he made no mention of Berry's accusation that he was having a "racist moment", nor his impression of a "big, fat black guy" that prompted her remark. The entire exchange was deleted although the BBC has insisted Moyles' comments were not racist.
Moyles' podcast is one of the BBC's most popular, and is currently number two in the iTunes charts, behind Ricky Gervais.
