Chris Moyles drive time show (from September 1998 to December 2003), before presenting the breakfast show from 5 January 2004 to 14 September 2012. In September 2009, he became BBC Radio 1's longest serving breakfast presenter. Moyles has become famous for his maverick broadcasting style on BBC Radio 1 and has been embroiled in numerous controversies, including accusations of sexism and homophobia, due to statements he has made on the air and in the press. He frequently made appearances on several television shows including "Hotel Babylon", a celebrity version of "Dale's Supermarket Sweep", "Top Gear", "The Charlotte Church Show", "The F-Word", "The
BBC Surrey Sussex's breakfast show) and Tim Humphrey moved to breakfast, while Steve Watts moved to Drivetime. Jonathan Wills, later a presenter on ITV's London Tonight, joined the station, first as a travel presenter, before moving on to news reading and then sports presenting. During 1993 Phil Kennedy became a regular stand-in on BBC Radio Surrey's Drivetime and lunchtime shows. Following schedule changes in July 1993, BBC Radio Surrey was gradually wound down. From September the station was identified on air as 'BBC Radio Sussex and Surrey', although some programmes remained split between the two counties. The merger was complete on 7