[3][4] Between 1986 and 1988, he worked at BRMB Radio, Birmingham and presented overnight, late night and early morning shows.
During 1995, he moved to Rock FM, as a Preston Music DJ on the Sunday evening, post Network Chart show along with two weekend overnight shows and presented a live current affairs and lifestyle phone-in on BBC Radio Newcastle in 1995 and 1996, breaking several stories which were picked up by national press.
Gayle took over from Peter Smith and presented for three years before being succeeded by Jasmine Lowson, but returned to the show for its final broadcast in 2002.
[8] In 1998, he co-presented an original broadcast pilot of Find A Fortune on ITV, surprising people with inheritances they did not know about, providing situation updates throughout the show and presenting recorded reports in the field.
[12] In 2001, Gayle moved to rival broadcaster ITV and had a major role in the show That's Esther, where he was the on-the-road reporter for the half-hour consumer affairs and human-interest series.
[18] In 2021, as part of Channel 4's Black to Front campaign, Gayle returned to The Big Breakfast to read the news during a one-off special of the programme.