The Radio 1 Breakfast Show and Mollie King. The first breakfast show presenter was Tony Blackburn, who spoke the first words on Radio 1 and remained in the slot for nearly six years. Other DJs who have hosted the breakfast show for more than five years are former host Nick Grimshaw, Mike Read, Simon Mayo and Chris Moyles. Moyles is the longest-serving Radio 1 breakfast show presenter, having hosted "The Chris Moyles Show" for eight-and-a-half years. Nick Grimshaw replaced Moyles as host of the breakfast show on 24 September 2012. Features include "Call or Delete" – a game carried on from his previous show on
Laurie Mayer (news presenter) Laurie Mayer (news presenter) Laurie Mayer (born 28 November 1945 in Eastbourne, East Sussex) is a British journalist who had a 23-year career with the BBC on radio and across most television news programmes. His last main presenting role was of South East Today for BBC News, until he resigned in 2002, citing a culture of bullying at the BBC in the South East News department. Mayer's radio career started on BBC Radio London in 1971 mainly presenting the station's breakfast show "Rush Hour". Between 1973 and 1979 he was one of the presenters on the BBC Radio 1 news