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Audiences for BBC breakfast DJs Chris Moyles and Terry Wogan are continuing to rise, according to the latest figures from radio industry body Rajar. | |
Wogan, known to his Radio 2 fans as the Togmeister, now has 8.1m listeners, while Radio 1's Moyles has 7.72m. | |
Radio 2 is still the UK's most popular station, with 13.63m listeners. | |
Rajar revealed that nearly one third of radio audiences use digital radio once a week, and that sales of DAB receivers rose by 40% over the last year. | |
Partly because of digital listening, BBC radio notched up a new listening record. | |
AUDIENCE FIGURES JAN-MAR 2008 Radio 1 - 11.06m (10.54m)Radio 2 - 13.63m (13.25m)Radio 3 - 1.79m (1.90m)Radio 4 - 9.56m (9.63m)5 Live - 6.02m (5.87m)Classic FM - 5.62m (6.03m)Virgin - 2.70m (2.44m) Source: Rajar Figures in brackets are for the same period in 2007 | |
In the first three months of this year, 34.22 million people tuned in to one of the corporation's stations each week - up from 33.46 million in the same period last year. | |
The most competitive radio market is in London, where Jamie Theakston and Harriet Scott's breakfast show on Heart FM remains number one with 893,000 listeners. | |
They beat Denise Van Outen and Johnny Vaughan on rival station Capital, despite a blaze of publicity for the former Big Breakfast presenters. | |
Capital - for many years London's leading radio station, has now slipped to fourth in the battle of the city's stations, having been beaten by easy listening station Magic in first place - which claims 1.92 million listeners each week - Heart, and dance station Kiss. | |
Digital doubts | |
In the first three months of the year, 18% of all listening was via a digital receiver, mostly through DAB sets. | |
BBC media correspondent Torin Douglas said Rajar's latest figures may help to quell doubts within the industry about digital radio. | |
GCap Media, the firm which owns Classic FM and local stations such as London's Capital and BRMB in Birmingham, has announced plans to close two digital stations. | GCap Media, the firm which owns Classic FM and local stations such as London's Capital and BRMB in Birmingham, has announced plans to close two digital stations. |
One of the stations, Planet Rock - which Rajar says has 563,000 listeners each week - has stayed on air while talks continue to sell the station. | |
And earlier this week, the BBC's director of audio and music, Jenny Abramsky warned that radio would die if there was not concerted action to enhance digital broadcasting. | And earlier this week, the BBC's director of audio and music, Jenny Abramsky warned that radio would die if there was not concerted action to enhance digital broadcasting. |
The Rajar figures are compiled on behalf of both the BBC and the commercial stations. |