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BBC Radio boss non-committal about Moyles’ future
By CMU Editorial | Published on Monday 1 November 2010
Want more speculation that Chris Moyles will leave the Radio 1 breakfast show when his current contract expires next year? Well, why not read something into comments made by BBC radio chief Tim Davie during an interview on 5Live last week?
Asked about Moyles’s future with the nation’s favourite, Davie said: “I want to keep him on the BBC, he is in contract, that’s what he’s doing”.
Asked for clarification, and whether Moyles would still be on Radio 1 in two years time, the BBC exec twice said: “I hope he will be working with the BBC”, before adding: “You know as well as I do that I wouldn’t talk about people’s plans and what network they are going to be on. I will give you the company line – he is doing a great job and he is staying at the BBC”.
As much previously reported, many reckon Moyles will quit – or be pushed out of – Radio 1 breakfast next year and that it will be hard to find the presenter a new slot on the BBC network, despite his current show still having impressive (if declining) audience figures. Many reckon a move back to commercial radio is likely, though Global Radio has denied rumours it is talking to him about a gig on the new look Capital FM when it launches nationwide next year.
