Nick Grimshaw to replace Chris Moyles on BBC Radio 1 Breakfast

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Originally Posted by BBC Newsbeat

Chris Moyles is to leave the Radio 1 breakfast show at the end of September.

The 38-year-old has been presenting the show since 2004 and will be replaced by one of the station's current specialist DJs, Nick Grimshaw.

Announcing the news, he said: "We're off. I wanted to let you know. A couple more months of us, then it's someone else's turn. Thank you for listening."

Chris Moyles is contracted at Radio 1 until New Year 2014 after signing a new two and a half year deal last July.

There's been pressure on the new Radio 1 controller Ben Cooper to make the station's audience younger.

Read more on Newsbeat: http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/18792684

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Any Moyles fans? Any Grimshaw fans? I've never listened to Nick Grimshaw but I found Chris Moyles highly amusing. He's done wonders for the Breakfast Show on BBC Radio 1 so its a shame to see him leave. Moyles manages to get around 7.10 million listeners, which is quite a substantial amount considering there's only 63 million of us in the country. I know Cooper is trying to appeal to a younger audience, but I'd tune into Moyles over another DJ any day.

Thoughts? :)

maybe chris moyles can come and rescue hxl

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Originally Posted by Robbie

maybe chris moyles can come and rescue hxl

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I thought we wanted it to get better

The problem with radio 1 is its trying to appeal to a younger audience but I feel it's not actually trying to find out what a younger audience wants. It's basically a group of adults, probably business suit guys, deciding what the young people want to listen to and what they don't.

no no no! Nick Grimshaw is fine for the early hours of the morning when the students are coming home from clubbing or what have you but not an early morning breakfast show. moyles has always been a personal favourite and I doubt (if I ever get up before 6.30...) I'll be tuning in any more. cries

Personally, I don't like Nick Grimshaw and I like Chris Moyles.
Seems like a stupid idea.

chris moyles is an idiot
dont listen to radio 1 anyway

I don't tend to listen to the radio much anymore but I know Chris was great for the breakfast show. I heard that he may be doing a new show though so its not all bad!

whenever I listened to radio it was always chris moyles and he's a legend

never listened to nick but he can't be anywhere near as good as chris :P

shame :(

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Originally Posted by BamitsElfie!

I thought we wanted it to get better

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touché.