Humphrys closes in on Moyles
Loudmouth Yorkshire DJ Chris Moyles is in danger of being overtaken in the popularity stakes by John Humphrys, according to new audience figures.
BBC Radio 4’s early-morning Today Programme pulled in 7.1 million listeners in the last quarter of 2011 – just behind Moyles’s Radio 1 breakfast show which had an audience of 7.2 million.
The agenda-setting Today Programme benefited from a leap in audience figures from 6.7 million in the previous quarter, while Moyles had a more modest improvement from 7.1 million.
Both were well beaten by Radio 2’s Chris Evans, whose show had a weekly reach of 8.8 million.
The figures were released by audience measurement body Rajar.