The BBC Radio 2 breakfast show in the UK, hosted by Chris Evans, has lost just over one million listeners in the past three months.
Industry body Rajar stated the show had 8.48 million listeners per week which was down from the record of 9.53 million who tuned in last quarter.
However, this lower figure was still the second highest total of listeners recorded by Rajar for a show.
Rajar said Evans had added more than one million listeners to the breakfast show in May after he replaced Sir Terry Wogan at the beginning of 2010. Evans’ show broadcasts for 30 minutes more every day than Sir Terry’s did.
“This is another good set of figures for the radio industry” said director of BBC Audio & Music Tim Davie.
The BBC Trust had earlier rejected plans to close digital station 6 Music and their decision was justified after it recorded a record 1.19 million listeners, a figure that doubled last year’s audience.
The general election period also saw BBC Radio 4 and 5 live record their biggest ever audiences, with the “Today” programme also attracting a record number of listeners.
Radio 4 reached 10.4 million people per week, an increase from last quarter’s figure of 10 million while the “Today” programme attracted an extra 540,000 weekly listeners.
5 live pulled in 6.76 million listeners per week.
“I’m delighted to see our speech networks attracting record audiences”, Davie said “fuelled by interest in the general election and illustrating the public’s enduring demand for high quality news, analysis and discussion on radio”.
However, despite the record figures, BBC radio’s overall reach dipped slightly from 34.88 million in the last quarter to 34.59 million.
