Chris Moyles started his radio career at the age of 16 on Aire FM in Leeds and over the following six years worked his magic on several other stations including Radio Luxembourg and London’s Capital FM. By the beginning of 1997, people were beginning to talk - he was voted as one of the “Faces for ‘97” by Sky Magazine. His outspoken style took the capital by storm, and his no-holds barred approach brought him to the attention of Radio 1 bosses.

Chris joined Radio 1 on Monday, 28 July 1997 and styled himself as ‘The Saviour of Early Morning Radio’ taking the early morning 4.00am slot by the scruff of the neck.

In May 1998, after only nine months at Radio 1, he won the Silver Sony Radio Award for DJ of the Year. A successful stint on the summer Roadshow tour wowing crowds of up to 18,000 screaming fans was followed by the main compere slot at V98 (Leeds) in August.

In October 1998, Chris Moyles was allowed out to play in daylight, when he was promoted to front the late afternoon show. Chris is less than ably assisted by Producer Will and Comedy Dave. A successful year was crowned when Sun readers voted him DJ of the Year.

The show took to the road in 2000 for the One Big Belly tour hitting Scarborough, Hunstanton, Weymouth, Paignton and Newquay. It followed successful outside broadcasts from the Euro 2000 tournament in Belgium and Holland, with live performances from a host of celebs.

Summer 2001 and Chris was one of the main DJs fronting the One Big Sunday events, the networks mini festivals throughout the UK which reached about half a million people live. With the introduction of the new daytime Radio 1 schedule Chris’s weekday show was extended by an hour which gave him more of a chance to show off , belittle celebrities and lark about with Comedy Dave, Producer Will and Lizzy. Chris also has his own mini site as part of Radio 1 online giving a deeper insight into The Life of Moyles.

Chris and the team love a stunt and these have included impressionist Jon Culshaw fooling the nation into thinking Frank Bruno was repeatedly calling Lennox Lewis on the eve of Lennox’s big fight, with Lennox becoming more and more irate. In fact Jon was playing both parts and the show received a barrage of messages asking them to leave Lennox alone. Chris has also embraced the world of physical fitness this year saying he was “bored of being fat” and the teams personal trainer Gym Lady Jane gives listeners regular progress reports on the show.