Chris Moyles this morning - 22/09/2010
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Chris was 5 mins late this morning but was in a stinking mood when he arrived.
He went off on a rant about not being paid for the last 2 months and even suggested what the BBC would do if he didnt turn up until he'd been paid.
Fascinating to hear, in particular the level of honesty (in fact, I think he shocked the rest of the team).
As usual it prompted quite a lot of negative text's.
His point was that he should get paid for what he does, regardless of how much he gets paid.
I agree completely - but its hard to feel sorry for someone who can wait for 2 months before making an issue of it.
He went off on a rant about not being paid for the last 2 months and even suggested what the BBC would do if he didnt turn up until he'd been paid.
Fascinating to hear, in particular the level of honesty (in fact, I think he shocked the rest of the team).
As usual it prompted quite a lot of negative text's.
His point was that he should get paid for what he does, regardless of how much he gets paid.
I agree completely - but its hard to feel sorry for someone who can wait for 2 months before making an issue of it.
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Come on BBC pay your wages bill.
joey will be doing cartwheels, when moyles said to listeners who were slagging him off by text......." go and listen to heart":eek:
They do that every morning, pretty much.
I think Chris's outburst at the texter is a bit out of order, as its what a lot of other listeners would have been thinking!
http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00trmcd/The_Chris_Moyles_Show_Wednesday_Sheridan_Smith_in_the_studio/
No presenter should think they're bigger than the station they work for.
No presenter should think their problems are bigger or more important than everyone else
No presenter should abuse their position to have a go at a particular department, especially in broadcasting.
As for ranting back at the texter .... this went way above the usual level of sarcasm and humour you'd expect from Moyles.
Regardless of his salary, it's completely unacceptable for a business to not pay their employees. It's a breach of contract. Perhaps Chris went a bit OTT on air, but see my above paragraph.
agree 100%
can you imagine anyone on a commercial station doing this?
the plug would have been pulled pretty rapidly, and said person would never have got a gig again!
As a one-off I wouldn't be too concerned, but if it was to become regular it would remind me of the last days of Chris Evans' breakfast show on Radio 1. He is in a fairly horrible situation as the show is really based on his life, and he's just gone through a massive setback.
As a footnote though, I agree with one of the posts on The Guardian website. Media companies can be an absolute nightmare at paying freelance staff - hell, I've been responsible for mistakes in the past myself. And it's incredibly frustrating.
We don't actually know the BBC's side of things though yet - maybe there were still a couple of contractual things that needed to be sorted out?
yes, but i doubt the supermarket worker would whinge to every customer about his predicament.
theres a time and a place for sensitive issues, especially finance.
Having said that, if I was a producer for Heart I might want to make a recording of Moyles telling people they could listen to Heart if they want.
Will be intresting to see what the BBC make of it, would he get his knuckles rapped for it?
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-11391959
What about the principle that the guy could probably quite easily go for a few weeks without the cash? Or the fact that paylsip cockups happen all the time to people in the real world? Or maybe he was just "connecting" with his audience?
My friend and her brother listen to him, and they said their going to change the channel. He's made himself sound like a bigger **** that he already is, and he's greedy. Fingers crossed he gets fired!
But none of us know what his money situation is like. He may have an expensive mortgage to pay off or other commits. Doesn't matter how much he earns, going for nearly 2 months without pay can affect even the best of them.
From the sounds of things it's not some "cockup" but instead an on-going issue around his contract.
Because he has over 8 million daily listeners and that number hasn't changed too much since he took the breakfast role. That is why the BBC hire him