Chris Moyles
Chris Moyles was born on 22 February 1974 in Leeds, the son of a post-office worker.
Chris Moyles went into radio DJ-ing from the ripe old age of 14 when he presented on hospital radio.
From 16, Moyles worked at various radio stations including Aire FM, Radio Luxembourg and Capital as well as DJ-ing at Top Shop before joining Radio 1 in July 1997 and working on the 4.00 - 7.00 am slot.
The following year Chris Moyles was given the higher profile late afternoon slot and growing popularity led to him taking over the coveted Breakfast Show from Sara Cox in 2004.
In the three months before Moyles's arrival the show had lost an estimated 400,000 in audience.
Chris Moyles succesfully boosted Radio 1's audience figures and proved popular with listeners and pundits alike. In 2006, Chris Moyles won the Entertainment Award at the Sony Radio Awards.
Chris Moyles had less success at TV with shows like Live With Chris Moyles on Channel 5, however he is proving a hit in the new media formats of the blog and the podcast.
In 2006 it was revealed that Chris Moyles earned £630,000 per annum at the BBC
In 2007, Chris Moyles was the first guest host of Big Brother's Big Mouth.