Talk:Chris Moyles

message: Time to request semi-protection? -- 9cds(talk) 16:19, 22 January 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: hmm - I'm hoping that it'll die down afte the weekend. At the moment the vandalism is regualr but not unmanagable; there seems to be a fair few editors coping with it. Robdurbar 16:44, 22 January 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Though I'm beginning to think that you're right Robdurbar 14:18, 23 January 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Protection 

message: I've just been through the article and replaced the inline links with proper referencing.
Unfortunately, the first two external links in the Work outside of radio section (1 and 2) no longer seem to work. link #1 is dead, and link #2 has been redirected to a set of forums... 1 2
Could somebody please either find these sources via archive.org or find a different source for the relevant statements. :) --Crimsone 08:46, 24 September 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Sourcing 

message: Did he not start on the 5th January(or there abouts) 2004, not in 2003 as it says in that little box at the bottom? I know Sara Cox finished mid december, and then Scott Mills filled in until the show launched properly. Or does it go by the date the last presenter finished?? Appologies if I am incorrect. SFadam 11:47, 27 September 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I changed it to 2004 as that is when he started Anon Dude 09:59, 21 October 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Breakfast show presenter error? 

message: I've just added an unsourced paragraph to the section on accusations of transphobia with regards to OFComs response. Unfortunately, the message has not yet been added to the archive, and so cannot be linked. When it can be (which will hopefully be soon, but it is the chrismas period after all), I shall put it in (unless somebody else gets there first). Crimsone 14:24, 21 December 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Added unsourced paragraph

message: Does nobody in Britain have a REAL camera anymore? That cell phone picture is no better than having NO picture. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 24.87.70.91 (talk) 07:43, 29 April 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Picture? 

message: I've deleted the setion on transphobia. He may have ben accused by the PFC but Ofcom found no breach of "section 2 of their code relating to harm and offence". It seems a bit a of a nothing section 84.69.159.234 20:31, 8 June 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Transphobia? 

message: The section on Chris' team needs an edit I feel, as the use of grammar is poor and the sources are uncredited. 212.158.111.130 08:39, 10 September 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  The Team 

message: Can somebody add Chris to the category : Parody musicians? Thanks  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.145.240.76 (talk) 16:56, 26 November 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Parodies 

message: They no longer run the golden hour but I don't know the date that it was discontinued. Does anyone else have details?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.27.95.134 (talk) 10:12, 6 February 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Golden Hour 

message: On two occasions in the past few weeks Chris has claimed on his show, to be only 24. Is this some ongoing gag that I've missed or is he seriously trying to make out he's only 24  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 58.165.239.250 (talk) 11:25, 19 December 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Bit of both really! He isnt 24 though!Squirrel684 (talk) 08:53, 15 January 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Age? 

message: What was the tune that he described as 'gay'? It is relevant to the article, and the accusation of him being homophobic - if, for example, it was Relax by Frankie Goes to Hollywood, then it would have been accurately described as gay. Nietzsche 2 (talk) 23:24, 29 January 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: No, it isn't relevant, since that wasn't Moyles defense. As explained in the article, Moyles used the word "gay" to describe something as "rubbish", and was not commenting on the ringtone in the manner as you describe. The issue was if it was homophobic to use the word "gay" in the derogatory sense of "rubbish". The panel felt on the one hand that it could offend some listeners, and counseled caution on its use, but then said that Moyles was keeping up with developments in English usage and was not being homophobic. Also, anthropomorphism aside, a song cannot be homosexual, so a song cannot accurately be described as gay, unless you're using the older definition and saying the song could be characterized by cheerfulness.  cswpride (talk) 03:29, 2 February 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Some songs, such as Relax, have a homosexual theme, hence such a song can be described as gay. Why isn't the name of the song stated in the article, so that the reader can make up their own mind whether it can be described as gay as in having a homosexual theme and / or as in (widely considered to be) lame? For a controversy to omit a piece of info that is central to it is censorship. Nietzsche 2 (talk) 01:42, 29 March 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Ringtone

message: Is it really necessary to mention his Twitter account? And is it really necessary to count his number of followers each day?Startstop123 (talk) 16:32, 20 March 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Twitter? 

message: Chris Moyles, brought up as a Catholic likes to think of himself in messianic terms.  When he arrived at the Radio 1 breakfast show - a slot that has traditionally been accorded a quasi-mystical significance - he styled himself "The Saviour of Radio 1"; and his autobiography, published in autumn last year, has the title The Gospel According to Chris Moyles. http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/profiles/chris-moyles-snap-cackle-pop-448486.html
Despite this Chris Moyles spoke honestly about his views on church in the UK on his breakfast radio show about the BBC televised Pentecost service: 'That's The Spirit!' from Kingsgate Community Church (Peterborough) shown on BBC1 for Pentecost Sunday (31st May 2009). Chris Moyles Talks Up Church on Youtube  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Stevejay2005 (talk • contribs) 20:37, 30 June 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Chris Moyles and religion 

message: I have removed a sentence under "Pay controversies".  I did this for the following reasons;
* The cite supplied makes no mention of any "controversy".
* The cite supplied says £630,000 a year, it does not say £810,000 or an extra £75,000 for extra listeners.
* The comparison to Jo Whiley in the cite is not in line with the quoted £810,000 in the article
* There is little point in citing The Sun in the article, as the supplied cite is not The Sun.  So it's little better than third hand hearsay.  --Escape Orbit (Talk) 14:58, 18 January 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Contract 

message: Chris moyles article:
After five years on afternoons, on 5 January 2004, Moyles started presenting Radio 1's flagship programme The Breakfast Show, switching places with Sara Cox. He had been appointed to increase the ratings for the show and did so, putting on an extra 1,000,000 listeners to the audience in the first quarter of 2004. By 2005, Moyles and his team had succeeded in hugely increasing the morning audience, with his programme's audience swelling to 6.5 million.
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Sara cox article:
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The number of listeners grew from 6.9m to 7.8m over her first fifteen months in the job.
The tide turned however, and by August 2002 numbers had dipped back under 7m. In August 2003, the BBC again denied rumours, reported in the Daily Mail, that she had been given 10 weeks to increase ratings, or to face replacement. However just two months later the BBC announced that Cox, whose listening figures had slipped to 6.6m, would be replaced by Chris Moyles in January 2004.''
Doesn't seem to me that these numbers match up? If the audience was 6.6m when sara cox left, how did chris moyles add 1 million listeners and get to 6.5M?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Dwyatt 101 (talk --Dwyatt 101 (talk) 22:00, 22 September 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: That's not what it says.  It says they were 6.6m two months after August 2003, i.e. October 2003.  Moyles did not start until January 2004.  Presumably they were significantly down since October by then.  However, it should be noted that both the Sara Cox and this article are conspicuously uncited on this matter.  So neither can be verified.  --Escape Orbit (Talk) 22:22, 22 September 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Listening numbers 

message: I think this section should be moved to either The Chris Moyles Show or Comic Relief, and just have a single line mention here, as the finer details of guests etc are not about Chris Moyles the person. –anemoneprojectors– 10:33, 17 March 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Longest ever show 

message: While going over his statistics, i was a bit suprised that he describes his nationality as british, despite his strong links to ireland, from his mother being from dublin and his father's ancestors coming from the west of ireland, but that isn't why i am writing this.
what struck me even worse than the nationality is that the ethnicity written underneath describes 
him as being 'Anglo-Irish', which despite its relevance, its both historically and politcally incorrect. the anglo-irish were 'a privileged social class in Ireland, whose members were the descendants and successors of the Protestant Ascendancy.'
'The term 'Anglo-Irish' is often applied to the members of the Church of Ireland who made up the professional and landed class in Ireland from the 17th century up to the time of Irish independence in the 20th century.'
chris moyles is a catholic.
despite it being used informally, as to refer to joinly made flims or banks or whatever, it is not an ethnicity, well not in the broad sense, and if it did it would only refer to those of the aforesaid and their ancestors. he also constantly refers to his irish ancestory, which shows that he has a strong connection.
could an admin or advanced user please look over this and correct it. thank you.
--Johnny45irish (talk) 03:39, 21 August 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: Thanks for pointing it out.  I have removed this from the info box as it appears to be based purely on someone's estimation of what he may be based on what is known about his family.  Ethnicity is a minefield that shouldn't involve guesswork, so it shouldn't be listed unless we have a good cite, and preferable one where he self-describes.  --Escape Orbit (Talk) 15:12, 21 August 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Ethnicity? 

message: The article states:
:On 1 July 2011, it was announced that Moyles will remain within the BBC until at least 2014,[13] ending speculation that he would move to a commercial rival. The deal was estimated to be worth £1 million.[14] This would have allowed the presenter to reach his 10-year anniversary on The Chris Moyles Show. However, on 11 July 2012, Moyles announced that he would be leaving his show at the end of September that year.
What is left unexplained is why the change of plan. There is a lot about the increased listenership that Moyles brought relative to his predecessor in the breakfast slot, but it is not clear if the figures went into decline in recent years and Radio 1 management wanted to shake things up, bring in a younger presenter etc (I have heard Grimshaw will be playing more records - does this offer a clue that they think listeners want more music than they tend to get with Moyles?) or if he left for his own reasons and Radio 1 would happily have kept him on. Could this information if it can be found (presumably there is media comment about this) be put in this article and the one on Moyles's show? Also, I would have thought the episode in I think 2010 where he told listeners on the air that he hadn't been paid for a substantial period would merit a mention. It is quite striking to have a high-profile DJ go public with a complaint about station management on air. Credulity (talk) 18:07, 14 September 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: The bit about his contract is still valid, he hasn't left, there's no change of plan as far as his contract is concerned as he'll still be with the BBC at least until 2014, he's just stopped doing the Chris Moyles Show. The reasons he gave on air didn't seem to suggest he was pushed although, if he was, he's very unlikely to say so while still under that contract. We can speculate of course, as you have done, but there's unlikely to be any verifiable source for it. ~~ Peteb16 (talk) 18:47, 14 September 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Reasons for leaving R1 breakfast 

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message: Entered November 2022 80.47.28.164 (talk) 21:20, 9 November 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: Please clarify what you mean. S0091 (talk) 21:22, 9 November 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  I’m a celebrity