Chris Moyles returns to breakfast radio as new voice of XFM
Former Radio 1 DJ Chris Moyles is to make a high-profile return to morning radio this September after being signed up to host the XFM breakfast show.
Moyles fronted Radio 1’s own breakfast show slot for eight years until his departure in 2012, gathering audiences of as much as 7.06m.
By mounting a return to the key prime time slot Moyles would be going head-to-head with his successor at Radio 1, Nick Grimshaw, for listeners.
The Sun on Sunday, which broke the story, quoted an unidentified source as confirming the move who said: “It's a massive coup for XFM to be able to sign Chris. He was enjoying not having all of the usual pressures and early starts that come with breakfast radio so bosses were well aware that they had to offer him a great deal to entice him back.
"He plans to spend the next two months developing ideas for the new show and how he wants the format to be. Chris will also take a networking trip to LA.”
XFM’s current breakfast time programme is fronted by comedian Jon Holmes.