Zoe Ball Loses 780,000 Listeners From BBC Radio 2's Breakfast Show

Zoe Ball has lost 780,000 weekly listeners to his Radio 2 breakfast show, according to the latest industry figures.

The presenter succeeded Chris Evans in January, after leaving the station to join Virgin Radio.

In the second quarter of 2019, Ball's numbers fell from 9.05 m to 8.27 m – but his breakfast show is still the most popular, said Rajar, an industry-based organization. .

Elsewhere, the new Scala Radio clbadical music station, hosted by Simon Mayo, attracted 250,000 listeners.

However, this does not appear to have begun to dampen the popularity of its main commercial competitor, Clbadic FM, which rose from 5.3 million euros in the first quarter of this year to 5.6 million euros in the second quarter.

The other new big channel to launch this year – Country Hits Radio – has recorded 208,000 listeners in its first three months of broadcast.

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The decrease in the number of Ball listeners means that Ken Bruce's broadcast on Radio 2, in the morning, becomes the most popular radio show in the UK, with 8.49 million d & # 39; listeners.

Bruce said: "After 34 years in the BBC Radio 2 family, I am amazed that the allure of my daily grumpy daydreams, badociated with PopMaster, continues to entertain.Thank you very much to listeners who have been suffering for a long time."

Greg James of BBC Radio 1 attracted 5.19 million listeners during this quarter – his highest audience figure since joining the breakfast show last August.

Nick Ferrari's LBC breakfast show also reached a new audience record of 1.4 million, while the station as a whole attracted 2.4 million listeners each week , his best figures so far.

Eddie Mair, who left the BBC last year, added 120,000 listeners to LBC's late afternoon show since he began presenting it in September. 2018.

Kisstory, which attracted 2.32 million listeners, is another station that has reached a new record. While BBC 6 Music dropped to 2.28m this quarter, Kisstory is now the most popular digital station in the UK.

Roman Kemp increased the hearing of Capital's breakfast to 3.8m. It was the first quarter where his show aired throughout the UK.

Previously, each regional station in the capital had its own breakfast show, which had collectively attracted 3.73 m in the previous quarter.

Chris Evans also made slight progress, raising his audience to Virgin Radio from 1.04 to 1.11m.

Tom Green and Daisy Maskell (Kiss), Ronan Keating and Harriet Scott (Magic) as well as Nicky Campbell and Rachel Burden (BBC Radio 5 Live) have also contributed to improving their audience.

The latest figures do not quite reflect Heart's new national breakfast show – Amanda Holden, judge of Got the Talent for Great Britain, has not joined Jamie Theakston as co-CEO. presenter before June.

Similarly, the breakfast recently launched on Hits Radio hosted by Fleur East, Greg and James will release their first audience figures next quarter.

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