breakfast DJ

[chirpychirpy]

who's been your favourite breakfast DJ ever on a British national radio station?

[Craftypig]

I have always been a fan of Chris Moyles, however I utterly detest the majority of the music that is played on his show. Its not an age thing I'm just sick of the cancerous rubbish that is called "hip hop" "rap" "street music" with its constant references to consumerism, alcohol, drugs, sex, weapons and above all the debasement of females.

[nannybooby]

I used to like Noel Edmunds as a girl also I liked John Gaunt ,but he wasnt a DJ but a chat show host on radioo

[vulcan]

This will show my age but some people will remember the great Ray Moore.

[nannybooby]

Think I remember Ray Moore didnt he used to be on poll early in the mornings Vulcan

[vulcan]

He did nannybooby, he was on before Terry Wogan. I always thought he was a very witty man,still sadly missed.

[Milvus]

Kenny Everett on Capital Radio

[seshat]

I agree, it just HAS to be Kenny Everett!

[Postdog]

I'm with Kenny too - was often late for work because of him. If I remember right I even used to set the tape to record what I could after leaving for work

[saxy_jag]

Sad I know, but I used to love drive to work to the sound of Terry Wogan, not the least because my journey time usually coincided with the 'Janet & John' stories and I'd often turn up at work still laughing at that morning's story.

[andy-hughes]

Everett was always the one to beat in every format.

I do enjoy Moyles - his technical skill and timing are fantastic, but you only notice them if you pay attention. i have worked in local radio, so i always notice the timing of vocals over links and jingles, and CM is a master.

The list of who I have not liked is far longer - top of which is Wogan.

By the end of his far-too-long tenure, he had joined with Jimmy Young, being someone whose vocal inflections are utterly unlike anyone else on this planet.

He swoppped between his sotto voce (I'm quite sexy reallyu aren't I) blarney mumblings to his whaler-in-a-gale yelling, sometimes in the same sentence.

Fair enough, no-one could ever approach the utterly weird speech patterns Jimmy Young evidenced before he was booted out, but Wogan was having a good go at it!

I do like Chris Evans as well - great ideas, and good team.

[erin-x]

Chris Moyles has to be my favourite. I think it's funny though, it used to take me half an hour to get to college and most mornings i never heard one song lol. His banter with Dave and the rest of the crew is great :) x

[mushroom25]

the question was for "national" station DJs, but since Kenny Everett has been allowed (Capital Radio, very definitely limited to a particular region), then why not also allow Les Ross - if only because his show on BBC WM in the seventies was one of the first to use the "zoo radio" format with his partner John Henry.

[annieigma]

Has no one heard of Tony Blackburn??? He was the man in the days when music was music, the beatles, stones, kinks,procul harem,manfred mann etc. Got to be the top man, corny jokes and a happy voice.
Annie.

[Maydup]

Chris Evans, and I don't care what anyone says!

[vodkancoke]

Chris Moyles and Scott Mills for me.

[ELVIS68]

Has to be Noel Edmunds back in the glory days of Radio One, used to listen to his wind ups just before going to school :o)

Radio One had the best line up back then, Simon Bates "Our Tune", not forgetting the Radio One Roadshows with "Bits and Pieces"

They are not called DJs anymore as they spend most of the time babbling on to some woman sidekick

[douglas9401]

Yup, Blackburn. :)