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"Chris Moyles has thanked fans for their messages of support following the announcement of his departure from the Radio 1 Breakfast Show.  The 38-year-old DJ revealed live on-air during Wednesday&amp;#039;s (July 11) edition of the programme that he will be leaving the show in September after eight years.   &amp;quot;I know some kids wanted to be a professional footballer or a fireman but not me, I&amp;#039;m a geek,&amp;quot; he stated. &amp;quot;I wanted to be on the radio.  &amp;quot;I wanted the biggest radio show you can get and eventually, I got it. And for the last eight and a half years, I&amp;#039;ve had the best time of my life.&amp;quot; Moyles has since taken to Twitter and admitted to his 2.5 million followers that he felt &amp;quot;humbled&amp;quot; by the reaction he received. &amp;quot;I would like to say Thank You for all the comments about me, the team and the show,&amp;quot; he wrote.  &amp;quot;Really appreciate it and have been quite humbled. Thanks.&amp;quot;  Nick Grimshaw has been confirmed as the new Radio 1 Breakfast Show host. Recalling the moment station controller Ben Cooper revealed the news to him, Grimshaw said: &amp;quot;I thought I was in trouble. So I went in and I was complaining that I got up early. &amp;quot;And he&amp;#039;s like, &amp;#039;Well, you&amp;#039;re going to have to start getting up a little bit earlier&amp;#039;.&amp;quot; Moyles will go on to play King Herod in the upcoming arena tour of Jesus Christ Superstar, which also stars Mel C and Tim Minchin. Photo gallery - Chris Moyles&amp;#039;s career in pictures:  "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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