[wireman2004]

i don't know if the daily star are stiring us trouble. But todays paper bbc is saying that they are looking too save 20 million this year and 2.2 billion by 2011. The highest earners are too recieve a 25% pay cut when their contracts are up for renewable.
Examples being.
Jonathan ross. 1.2 million off his 6 million contract.
Terry wogan. About 250,000 off his 800,000 contract.

And chris moyles. About 130,000 off his 630,000 contract.

My question is that will chris stay on when his contract come up for renewal.

Personally. I think that chris will stay on. He has the job he's always wanted. And the money that he's on. I think that dropping his salery too half a million will not be too much of a dent in his pockets. He is on more than than what us average joe's will be on in 20 years. Personally. With the rest of the team. They will all stay on if chris stays on as well.

Any thoughts anyone has on this.

[Dogmatix]

Its easy to say that from your point of view, but everybody adapts their lifestyle to the income that they have, his expenditure each month might be massive, and dont forget a lot of that salary will go in tax.

[Munki Bhoy]

Its easy to say that from your point of view, but everybody adapts their lifestyle to the income that they have, his expenditure each month might be massive, and dont forget a lot of that salary will go in tax.

Yup. If someone cut my salary by 20% (I know you said 25% but Chris' cut would only be 20%) there's no way I'd be wanting to hang about. I couldn't afford to because my life has adapted to the money I make. I mean, it was only a couple of years ago I WAS on 20% less than I am now. I know we're talking about very different sums of money, but why should that matter? Wouldn't you spend more if you had more?

[Console]

But todays paper bbc is saying that they are looking too save 20 million this year and 2.2 billion by 2011.

They want to cut 2.2 billion in two years, and the first year they're only cutting 20 million; so, they'll do the other 2.18 billion next year, right? Baby steps, baby steps...

[wireman2004]

i understand that if you reduce peoples salerys by 20-25% they would struggle. I would. Certainly you would. But i believe that with a average 3 or 4 bed house. A decent car. A good salery too have it all would probably be about 50,000 too live comfortably.

I'd say that anyone who earns anything 75,000 plus maybe less would have money too burn.

I'm guessing that chris hasn't blown his money. I'm sure as i'm sure many people are. That if your earning a good wage. You'd take care of your money. And put things too the side for future life.

[Dogmatix]

Has not blown his money? You do remember him buying a R2D2 thingy yeah?

Nah I am sure that he has advisers for these sort of things.

[bradcali]

i don't know if the daily star are stiring us trouble. But todays paper bbc is saying that they are looking too save 20 million this year and 2.2 billion by 2011. The highest earners are too recieve a 25% pay cut when their contracts are up for renewable.
Examples being.
Jonathan ross. 1.2 million off his 6 million contract.
Terry wogan. About 250,000 off his 800,000 contract.

And chris moyles. About 130,000 off his 630,000 contract.

My question is that will chris stay on when his contract come up for renewal.

Personally. I think that chris will stay on. He has the job he's always wanted. And the money that he's on. I think that dropping his salery too half a million will not be too much of a dent in his pockets. He is on more than than what us average joe's will be on in 20 years. Personally. With the rest of the team. They will all stay on if chris stays on as well.

Any thoughts anyone has on this.

I think he will.I dont think Chris does it for the money(althugh I'm sure he's happy to accept it!).Chris sounds really commiitted to Radio One to me.I dont think he would ever leave voluntarily.

[bwfcol]

Firstly, how do we know this is true? The Daily Star is hardly a paper that speaks the truth. Chris is freelance so he could say "My fee is this, take it or let one of your most popular DJ's leave". Knowing the BBC they'd probably let him go.
Also, it's spelt salary .

[Andy B]

I don't get why they are proposing cuts if the bloody licence fee isn't going down. As for if he'll stay on I don't know and don't care. I'll still listen to him on any station he's on. But it's up to him.

[Ed Pummelon]

i don't know if the daily star are stiring us trouble. But todays paper bbc is saying that they are looking too save 20 million this year and 2.2 billion by 2011. The highest earners are too recieve a 25% pay cut when their contracts are up for renewable.
...

You don't happen to write for the Daily Star yourself do you?

[thenamesarnold]

I don't get why they are proposing cuts if the bloody licence fee isn't going down.

That’s a point, the BBC is publicly funded therefore as long as people have to pay for it
I don’t see how the credit crunch can massively affect the bbc's budget. Unless the BBC is
spending more money on contracts. Why not just freeze wages as it’s proven the BBC can work
with its current level of funding.

Just my opinion,
Oh and I hope that the Credit Crunch hits the Daily Mail and the other Rumour Spreading Tabloids.

[Sunny So Cal]

Why are we discussing his 'salery' in the first place?

[DannyBoy]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/7858064.stm

[Munki Bhoy]

Bang goes the "Daily Star stirring it" angle of this thread then.

[MK Chris]

I really, really wish 'wireman2004' (shouldn't he get himself up to date?! Why on earth do people use the current year in usernames when they register for things if they intend to use it beyond that year) would learn how to construct a proper sentence and when to use commas instead of full stops.

I wish he'd learn to spell too, but one thing at a time.

[Bonanzoid]

No-one cuts me celery!

[ladbroke]

I wish he'd learn to spell too, but one thing at a time.

I was struggling to make any sense of it too. It's amazing how using 'too', when 'to' should've been used makes reading it very tiring.

[Ed Pummelon]

I wish he'd learn to spell too, but one thing at a time.

I was struggling to make any sense of it too. It's amazing how using 'too', when 'to' should've been used makes reading it very tiring.

That's what really pisses me off about people who use the excuse that spelling and grammar don't matter as long as what you write is understandable.

9 times out of 10 poor spelling and grammar doesn't make something unintelligible, it just makes it harder to read. I usually take the view that if you can't be arsed to write it properly then I can't be arsed to read it.

[Nicola_Red]

Has not blown his money? You do remember him buying a R2D2 thingy yeah?

My flatmate looked at that online. It's £1,500. When he said "but the remote control is the Millenium Falcon!" I just gave him a stern stare. He hasn't bought one...yet!

[Zoot]

Has not blown his money? You do remember him buying a R2D2 thingy yeah?

My flatmate looked at that online. It's £1,500. When he said "but the remote control is the Millenium Falcon!" I just gave him a stern stare. He hasn't bought one...yet!

But... the remote control is the MILLENIUM FALCON!!!!!!!!!!!

[Boboff]

It's like your cousins, nieces, nephews, aunties and uncles isn't it.

Its all relative.

Market forces dictate salaries in this and all other sections of the economy. If the Beeb can get the talent for less then there is less pressure to raise license fees and to invest in other quality programming. It's a reflection of our celebrity obsessed society that we get to here about these but not about the 1000's of city bankers whose earnings have been slashed, Directors whose bonuses and share options are worth shit all, and people who have seen the value of their pensions fall by 2/3rd's. These reductions in salary are small compared to most of these people. In some ways it's good in that it will make houses more affordable in the long term, but bad in that these people were paying 40-50% of what they earned in taxes, which will mean less money to spend on Nurses and Local Planning Authority personnel.

[Yudster]

And we all know how much you love Local Authority Personnel.

[foot-loose]

I would have thought that Moyles would be able to get a bigger paycheck at another station anyways but he wouldnt be able to do the show he wants to do.

It's maybe not all about the money.

[Andy B]

Not that it's any of our business but I'm sure I heard somewhere that his pay is linked to his audience figures somehow so when they go up he gets a raise and vice versa. Or did I just dream it?

[Sidders]

I don't really think Chris leads a glam lifestyle. Didn't he say a while back that his mum looks after his money?