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Originally Posted by furball
It's incredibly difficult to be a top radio presenter and it's not until you work in some form of radio that you can truly understand that. A lot goes into radio shows - you can never turn up unprepared if you want to hold onto listeners - and you can't afford to make mistakes, ever. You need to be creative enough to come up with good ideas for links (the time between tracks) and to have decent features. You need to be organised so that you don't overrun your slots and can fit everything in - e.g. news on the hour and half-hour, adverts set for designated times, etc.
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I've no doubt hes got a demanding job; very few people could do what Chris Moyles does. However the difficult part of his job isnt being a DJ, its being able to entertain listeners with banter. The actual music-related aspect of his job is trivial, which is why I think it makes more sense to call him a presenter/entertainer than a DJ.
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It's incredibly difficult to be a top radio presenter
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Depends what you mean by 'top'. If you mean listening figures, then sure. But if youre a radio presenter at a station which is mainly about actual music rather than inane banter, then the 'features and links' aspect of the job becomes a lot less important.