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| Chris Moyles signed off from the BBC Radio 1 breakfast show with his lowest audience for six years, beaten in the ratings by Radio 4's Today. | Chris Moyles signed off from the BBC Radio 1 breakfast show with his lowest audience for six years, beaten in the ratings by Radio 4's Today. |
| Today programme presenters, including John Humphrys and Evan Davis, took bragging rights over Moyles with an average weekly audience of 6.94 million listeners in the three months to the end of September this year, according to the latest official Rajar figures published on Thursday. | Today programme presenters, including John Humphrys and Evan Davis, took bragging rights over Moyles with an average weekly audience of 6.94 million listeners in the three months to the end of September this year, according to the latest official Rajar figures published on Thursday. |
| Moyles, who left the breakfast show on 14 September after a record-breaking eight years in the job, had 6.73 million listeners, his lowest audience since the beginning of 2006 and just over 200,000 behind Today. | Moyles, who left the breakfast show on 14 September after a record-breaking eight years in the job, had 6.73 million listeners, his lowest audience since the beginning of 2006 and just over 200,000 behind Today. |
| Radio 1 controller Ben Cooper, under pressure to retune his station to a younger audience, replaced Moyles, 38, with the station's former late night DJ, 28-year-old Nick Grimshaw. | Radio 1 controller Ben Cooper, under pressure to retune his station to a younger audience, replaced Moyles, 38, with the station's former late night DJ, 28-year-old Nick Grimshaw. |
| The new presenter's first full quarter audience figures, for the final three months of 2011, will not be available until early next year. | The new presenter's first full quarter audience figures, for the final three months of 2011, will not be available until early next year. |
| Figures for the Radio 1 and Radio 4 breakfast shows were reflected in the overall audiences for the two stations. Radio 4 had an average weekly reach of 10.85 million listeners, up 2.7% year on year and just short of its biggest ever audience. Radio 1 was down 5.5% year on year to 11.19 million. | Figures for the Radio 1 and Radio 4 breakfast shows were reflected in the overall audiences for the two stations. Radio 4 had an average weekly reach of 10.85 million listeners, up 2.7% year on year and just short of its biggest ever audience. Radio 1 was down 5.5% year on year to 11.19 million. |
| When Moyles took over Radio 1's breakfast show in 2004, the station had fewer than 10 million listeners, with just 5.5 million tuning into the breakfast show previously hosted by Sara Cox. | When Moyles took over Radio 1's breakfast show in 2004, the station had fewer than 10 million listeners, with just 5.5 million tuning into the breakfast show previously hosted by Sara Cox. |
| Moyles, who once said he could "absolutely kick anybody's arse on breakfast, ever" had nearly 8 million listeners at his peak. But he was unable to achieve his ambition of presenting the most country's most popular breakfast show, beaten first by Sir Terry Wogan on Radio 2 and then by Wogan's successor, Chris Evans. | Moyles, who once said he could "absolutely kick anybody's arse on breakfast, ever" had nearly 8 million listeners at his peak. But he was unable to achieve his ambition of presenting the most country's most popular breakfast show, beaten first by Sir Terry Wogan on Radio 2 and then by Wogan's successor, Chris Evans. |
| It is unusual, but not unprecedented, for the Radio 1 breakfast show to be beaten by Today. Moyles lost out to Radio 4's flagship news programme when he was new to the job in the first quarter of 2004. | It is unusual, but not unprecedented, for the Radio 1 breakfast show to be beaten by Today. Moyles lost out to Radio 4's flagship news programme when he was new to the job in the first quarter of 2004. |
| The biggest winner among the BBC's national stations in the three months to the end of September was BBC 6 Music. The digital station, once earmarked for the chop by BBC management, grew its audience by nearly a third (31.8%) year on year to 1.62 million. | The biggest winner among the BBC's national stations in the three months to the end of September was BBC 6 Music. The digital station, once earmarked for the chop by BBC management, grew its audience by nearly a third (31.8%) year on year to 1.62 million. |
| It was one of three BBC digital stations to soar to record audiences, including BBC Radio 4 Extra, up 11% to 1.69 million, and the Asian Network (which, like 6 Music, was also reprieved from the axe), up 15.2% to 584,000. | It was one of three BBC digital stations to soar to record audiences, including BBC Radio 4 Extra, up 11% to 1.69 million, and the Asian Network (which, like 6 Music, was also reprieved from the axe), up 15.2% to 584,000. |
| Radio 2 remained by some distance the country's most popular radio station with an average weekly reach of 13.9 million. Evans' breakfast show also remained number one, despite losing more than 300,000 listeners year on year, with an audience of 8.55 million. | Radio 2 remained by some distance the country's most popular radio station with an average weekly reach of 13.9 million. Evans' breakfast show also remained number one, despite losing more than 300,000 listeners year on year, with an audience of 8.55 million. |
| Despite the London Olympics, news and sport station BBC Radio 5 Live's audience fell back 2.2% on the same period in 2011 to 6.09 million. Digital spin-off station 5 Live Sports Extra also slipped back, down 12.6% year-on-year to 1.01 million. | Despite the London Olympics, news and sport station BBC Radio 5 Live's audience fell back 2.2% on the same period in 2011 to 6.09 million. Digital spin-off station 5 Live Sports Extra also slipped back, down 12.6% year-on-year to 1.01 million. |
| The BBC said the total reach of all three 5 Live stations, including its bespoke Olympics station 5 Live Olympics Extra, was 7.77 million. | The BBC said the total reach of all three 5 Live stations, including its bespoke Olympics station 5 Live Olympics Extra, was 7.77 million. |
| Digital audio broadcasting (DAB) radio continued to increase in popularity. A total of 20.4% of all radio listening was via a DAB radio, up from 18% the third quarter of 2011. | Digital audio broadcasting (DAB) radio continued to increase in popularity. A total of 20.4% of all radio listening was via a DAB radio, up from 18% the third quarter of 2011. |
| But digital's overall share of the audience slipped back to 31.3% from 31.5% the previous quarter (up from 28.2% a year ago). | But digital's overall share of the audience slipped back to 31.3% from 31.5% the previous quarter (up from 28.2% a year ago). |
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