Of course Moyles may well have not wanted to do anything for the Jon Holmes show after some of the things Jon had said about him. Then again it's not like Moyles hasn't ever slagged off another presenter on air.

Today's was quite good, but it will be accused of having far too much 'laddism'.

Which strangely is what made him so good originally.

Neither are innocent when it comes to mutual slagging off.

It's been good to hear Jon Holmes back on a breakfast show this week. Although he's better when he has someone to bounce off, he can more than hold his own when flying solo.

I do agree that Chris Moyles might have been better off on Virgin than Radio X. The broader musical output and being the figurehead of a new station from a genuine standing start would have offered something to build from the foundations upward. While Radio X was launched as a 'new' entity it's still the continuation of the old XFM. Talk of doubling the listening figures accentuated that.

Which will mean absolutely nothing to 99% of the people listening.

Do you download the highlights podcast or the full 3.5 hour show ?

He's on a rant this morning!

I thought he was going to resign on air.

Lol just played "this is radio X" but cut the global bit off!

On his talkRADIO show yesterday, Jon Holmes mentioned the discussion here on Digital Spy:

https://my.pcloud.com/publink/show?c...igMJfXpRG3ykkV

What is Moyles ranting about this morning?

He has been banned by management from streaming the show on facebook as it doesnt fit with globals strategy

Bloody hell. His Facebook streams were perfect marketing material for the people who didn't know Moyles was back. And it's all free marketing too.

And looking at the numbers of some of them - there were more people seeing the Facebook Live stuff (and the fact it's stays up to watch later) than listen to the radio show on the actual radio.

Big mistake by Global there.

I can see this not ending well. This was how it ended with R1 Chris can't do what he wants. And he hasn't got a the ratings to turn around and say up yours.

Even though I listen to his show everyday, I have a fear that this could hapen, even though he on a 3 year contract i'm concerned he will resign.

I don't see why global would have a problem with him streaming, It brings in viewers who might not normally listen to the show. I wonder who's descison that was. Someone might be able to tell me but wasn't this one the reasons he left capital all those years ago, because he did not have freedom. Radio 1 always gave him that ability like talking for 45 minutes nonstop. And the golden hour where he played what he wanted.

Maybe it was all a wind up and he only started video streaming in order to generate a bit of controversy by saying he was told to stop.

Can't listen at the mo, anything interesting said?

Don't see that myself capital really aren't very good at the whole publicity thing. Before the Radio X changes there was no press release until after the show was announced,it was leaked into the papers before that. If it was the BBC they would of had all the loose ends tied up and a press release ready when the rumours were circulating.

That is truly awful if it's true, Chris thinking he's bigger than everyone but in reality he's struggling to get listeners on a tin pot radio station. How things have changed Chris .

It was during the "Dead or Alive" meat game and the question was "Dead or alive, the discussion about Chris Moyles on the geek website Digital Spy in the radio forum after I told a story yesterday about how Chris Moyles was once an arse to Paid Intern Cornelius"

Haha very much alive then!

It'll be a shame next week when the Breakfast + Afternoons (listen again drive) finishes!

My initial thought when I heard he was doing it was "Why isn't this on Global's website where they can sell advertising round it?" and I wonder if that's what's happened. Beyond that, if people aren't listening again to the show on the website and instead watching on Facebook, that's driving people to look at advertisers on Facebook, not Radio X's website. And beyond that, if someone watches this on Facebook does it count as a Rajar tick?

On the face of it though, these don't seem insurmountable issues and it may have been wiser to have a word with Chris and see how they could work with him on it rather than getting him to can it immediately.

It can go one of two ways. Moyles often responds well to management telling him not to do something, it often produces some really good radio. Alternatively, if things really aren't going to plan, this pushes things downhill faster.

The whole Jon Holmes thing - not that I'm saying Jon isn't up for winding people up himself, but it's a perfect example of the having to be nice on your way up issue. Jon having a go at Moyles on a relatively small radio station won't do Moyles any great damage, and us all going on about it here even less so. But how many people has Moyles pissed off over the years who could stop him getting decent positions now? That's not to say he's always been in the wrong, but you can imagine say Chris Evans' thoughts on a Moyles move to Radio 2.

It seems to have a similar trajectory to Evans' story - something will probably blow, Moyles will disappear for a bit, and then hopefully when the dust settles they can get him back in the way Evans was tried out - testing him out on smaller shows with a hook that if it works out they can look for something else. Commercial radio doesn't suit Moyles - if you look at the many radio stations he had to wade his way through to get to Radio 1, they never really got him.

If I remember right he was being lined up for a role on XFM had Capital been successful in buying it, but that was overruled. There was then no progress on him getting another show, and Radio 1 came calling.

Thanks p_c_u_k

Chris and Ashley Tabor have always been friends but I wonder if the relationship has broken down slightly, with rajar's no where near what they wanted.
After spending a lot of money on a rebrand perhaps they would of been better keeping it as xfm.