Originally Posted by bwfcol:
“I hardly think producing one other show is not being dedicated, on the show Dave has mentioned being away at weekends so he was probably covering, I doubt a 6 day week will be happening for him every week.
Jon Holmes seems massively bitter from some of the stuff I've read, I mean I don't listen to him but I've read a few things about digs at Moyles.
I don't think he's bothered to have lost the slot, it's more that he lost it to Chris that irks him.
There's always been a massive radio/media snobbery against Chris and people who think they are 'real/proper DJs' and Chris isn't don't like it when Chris arrives. A lot of it is from his early R1 days with stories how he upset John Peel and a few of the overblown stories that the media constantly rake up (Charlotte Church, the 'gay' ring tone, Will Young, not being paid rant and probably his Auschwitz comments being the main ones). It's a bit sad that he isn't more respected, obviously some people do but surely the most successful breakfast DJ at R1 would be respected by most in the industry? Sadly, this isn't the case.”
Moyles rubbed a number of people up the wrong way when he first hit the big time.
When he was on late nights at Capital FM, he would often disappear from his own show for periods and go into the Capital Gold studio with Caesar the Geezer, where he would be a character impressionists.
When he was on early breakfast on Radio One, Ian Collins, who was presenting the 'Creatures of the Night' show on Talk Radio at the time, had an ongoing rift with Moyles, who he accused of stealing content and ideas from his show.
Of course, Moyles and Collins work in the same building now, albeit at opposite ends of the day.
Moyles is a man of considerable talent but he needs to wind his neck in a bit on times with stuff like the payment rant.