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 Radio Bristol Morris worked for the station in the late 1980s, presenting and producing his own weekend show, "No Known Cure". He was fired from the station after "talking over the news bulletins and making silly noises".[13] One of the station's longest serving presenters was veteran local journalist Roger Bennett, who joined at launch as a reporter, before going onto present its flagship breakfast programme, "Morning West", from 1974 to 2003. He continued to freelance at Radio Bristol until his death in July 2005. Other past presenters include Susan Osman who also co-presented "Points West" for 14 years, and John Turner, who