Summary
BBC Radio 2 saw a drop of more than 360,000 listeners after Zoe Ball left the breakfast show in December, with Scott Mills taking over in January. Despite this drop, the station still has the UK's most popular breakfast show and an overall weekly audience of 13.11 million listeners.
Key Facts
- Zoe Ball left BBC Radio 2's breakfast show in December after six years.
- After her departure, the breakfast show's audience decreased by over 360,000 listeners.
- Scott Mills became the new host of the show at the end of January.
- BBC Radio 2's breakfast show still has the largest audience in the UK with 6.45 million listeners.
- Overall, the station's weekly audience fell from 13.65 million to 13.11 million.
- Changes in the lineup included Trevor Nelson taking over Mills' afternoon slot and Vernon Kay continuing to host a popular mid-morning show.
- Among commercial stations, Heart's breakfast show, led by Jamie Theakston and Amanda Holden, increased its audience by 250,000 to 4.3 million listeners.
