chrismoyles.net
- Fri Jul 01, 2011 4:13 am
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From The Sun
MOTORMOUTH DJ Chris Moyles will clock up a DECADE on the Radio 1 breakfast show after signing a £1.25million new deal last night.
The 2½-year contract will take the 37-year-old presenter up to New Year 2014 and will end with his tenth anniversary on the show.
The deal, which starts next month, will stun hopeful rivals who have been hoping he would get the chop for years and make way for them.
But Radio 1 bosses were keen for outspoken Chris - who pulls in 7.5million listeners a week - to mark his tenth anniversary and "go out with a bang". An insider said: "Whatever anyone says about Chris Moyles, he does the numbers and the listeners love him.We've been thinking long and hard about the breakfast show going forward - and all roads lead back to Chris.
"He loves doing the show so it would be daft to take it off him."
A station source added the extension would give them bosses "breathing space" to find a suitable replacement.
While emerging R1 names such as Matt Edmondson and Greg James are seen as possible heirs, they are said to be still too "green". Fearne Cotton, who follows Chris at 10am on weekdays, has also been talked about as a contender. Scott Mills, 37, would love the job - but he will be too old by 2014.
An R1 spokesman said: "We're pleased to confirm that we've signed a new contract with Chris."
R1 boss Andy Parfitt said: "Chris is a real talent and I believe he has a long future ahead of him here at the BBC."
Moyles, who also presents Chris Moyles' Quiz Night on Channel 4, joined the breakfast show in January 2004.
Last year he was criticised by predecessor Chris Evans, who claimed he was too old for the station.
From The Sun
MOTORMOUTH DJ Chris Moyles will clock up a DECADE on the Radio 1 breakfast show after signing a £1.25million new deal last night.
The 2½-year contract will take the 37-year-old presenter up to New Year 2014 and will end with his tenth anniversary on the show.
The deal, which starts next month, will stun hopeful rivals who have been hoping he would get the chop for years and make way for them.
But Radio 1 bosses were keen for outspoken Chris - who pulls in 7.5million listeners a week - to mark his tenth anniversary and "go out with a bang". An insider said: "Whatever anyone says about Chris Moyles, he does the numbers and the listeners love him.We've been thinking long and hard about the breakfast show going forward - and all roads lead back to Chris.
"He loves doing the show so it would be daft to take it off him."
A station source added the extension would give them bosses "breathing space" to find a suitable replacement.
While emerging R1 names such as Matt Edmondson and Greg James are seen as possible heirs, they are said to be still too "green". Fearne Cotton, who follows Chris at 10am on weekdays, has also been talked about as a contender. Scott Mills, 37, would love the job - but he will be too old by 2014.
An R1 spokesman said: "We're pleased to confirm that we've signed a new contract with Chris."
R1 boss Andy Parfitt said: "Chris is a real talent and I believe he has a long future ahead of him here at the BBC."
Moyles, who also presents Chris Moyles' Quiz Night on Channel 4, joined the breakfast show in January 2004.
Last year he was criticised by predecessor Chris Evans, who claimed he was too old for the station.
(albeit not for a while)
