[wireman2004]

listening figures out in 5 minutes. Gonna miss it as i'm in work. Anyone able to post them for us. I'm hoping for a increase. There has been brilliant shows in the last 3 months. So hope we are the best show in britain.

[freddie]

Up 202,000 listeners to 7.24m.

Wogan leaves Radio 2 with 8.1m listeners, way ahead of Moyles.

[MK Chris]

If they did include the younger audience though, that would be over and above.

[Wykey]

There has been brilliant shows in the last 3 months. So hope we are the best show in britain.

Would this quarter's increase show in the next quarter's figures?

[dimtimjim]

Has anything been said about Evans listening figures? Just wandering how Evans figures compare against the real breakfast Chris....

Although I still think the whole method for radio listenin figures is pish.

[wireman2004]

the real battle will be now until may. Evans first breakfast figures will be in may. Let the battle commence.

[madhorse52]

hi

i thinks that is not fair that theres a age limit on this,

as radio 2 fans are older 40-99 they should have a limit too then to make it fairm

can some explain to me on what they said moyles has 7.2m people but over all they have 10.2m (or something)
so the other 3m people listen to a different show or wat?

[Console]

7.2 million listen to Moyles, 10.2 million (or something) listen to Radio 1.

[Munki Bhoy]

Evans figured won't be in this much. I expect Wogan's figures will have got a boost due to them being his last and more folk than usual listening to his final months.

[foot-loose]

So hope we are the best show in britain.

We?

[Jill]

Do the figures get counted for when someone sits in for him like Scott, i dont listen when Chris is on holiday.

[Yudster]

Has anything been said about Evans listening figures? Just wandering how Evans figures compare against the real breakfast Chris....

Won't know until the next quarter's figures.

Do the figures get counted for when someone sits in for him like Scott, i dont listen when Chris is on holiday.

Yes they do, the figures are for the show, not the presenter.

[anteater73]

The listenining figures are in fact an unmitigated disaster. 700,000 were lost in the last quarter which was put down to a seasonal blip - school/college/uni holidays. Only 200,000 of those have come back so where are the rest?

[Johnny 1989]

The listenining figures are in fact an unmitigated disaster. 700,000 were lost in the last quarter which was put down to a seasonal blip - school/college/uni holidays. Only 200,000 of those have come back so where are the rest?

It's not really an unmitigated disaster, if the figures had gone down even further, then yes it would be, but it's still on the way back up.

As mentioned above, Wogan's audience was a bit higher than normal due to his show coming to an end, if anything that's probably where they have been for the last quarter. The next quarter's figures are the ones you would need to "worry" about (if indeed you would worry about such a thing) if they have gone down instead of up.

[Munki Bhoy]

The listenining figures are in fact an unmitigated disaster. 700,000 were lost in the last quarter which was put down to a seasonal blip - school/college/uni holidays. Only 200,000 of those have come back so where are the rest?

Ahh right, there was nothing seasonal in the last 3 months then... aye, okay.

[foot-loose]

The listenining figures are in fact an unmitigated disaster. 700,000 were lost in the last quarter which was put down to a seasonal blip - school/college/uni holidays. Only 200,000 of those have come back so where are the rest?

Twix or Kit Kat?

[anteater73]

The listenining figures are in fact an unmitigated disaster. 700,000 were lost in the last quarter which was put down to a seasonal blip - school/college/uni holidays. Only 200,000 of those have come back so where are the rest?

Ahh right, there was nothing seasonal in the last 3 months then... aye, okay.

It wasn't me that came up with the seasonal excuse. If you're going to go down that route then theres something seasonal in all 4 quarters depending on when easter falls which negates any reason for a blip.

[Aled]

The listenining figures are in fact an unmitigated disaster. 700,000 were lost in the last quarter which was put down to a seasonal blip - school/college/uni holidays. Only 200,000 of those have come back so where are the rest?

the blip was the quarter before. Last quarter rectified that blip and added to that the seasonal down. Those affected by the seasonal down are now back as expected.

Why though are we still fearing figures? Our ratings have been an incredible success consistently over 6 years. No-one has ever achieved this before on Radio 1. There's going to be a natural ceiling which we'll hover around give or take a few hundred thousand each quarter. (only a few books when you consider the size of the audience asked for the size of our audience base).

Now that our point has been proved and that Chris is recognised as being a success shall we concentrate on the only important thing for our listeners? How good the shows are and how many young people enjoy the show.

[MK Chris]

I was going to say that - what were Sara Cox's figures in comparison? Or Zoe Ball's? Or Chris Evans'?

[anteater73]

It's a fair point the figures aren't the be all and end all but I am a little confused over Aled's last post. I thought the figures just released reflected the period October to December which would be the first period after the drop of last summer - July to September. Have there been any figures released between the 700,000 drop and the 200,000 just gained?

[Jill]

Well done Chris and the team - keep up the good work!


Twix

[Munki Bhoy]

It's a fair point the figures aren't the be all and end all but I am a little confused over Aled's last post. I thought the figures just released reflected the period October to December which would be the first period after the drop of last summer - July to September. Have there been any figures released between the 700,000 drop and the 200,000 just gained?

Right... I'll dumb this down for the hard of thinking.

January to March: Chris Moyles is right in the middle of the charity Kilimanjaro climb. As such, the Chris Moyles show has a HIGHER THAN NORMAL listener level. (Up several hundred thousand)

April to June: Kilimanjaro now behind them, the listener figures unexpectedly remain at that HIGHER THAN NORMAL level. (Up slightly)

July to September: The Chris Moyles show drops off the excess listeners, while also losing out in the usual summer holiday low. (Down the 700,000 you're obsessed with)

October to December: The Chris Moyles show is back to normal, having regained the missing listeners who are no longer on holiday (Up 200,000)

Got it now? The blip was the Kilimanjaro climb, the drop you're obsessed with was that correcting itself along with the summer holidays.

Aled's other point was the fact that the Chris Moyles show turned a dying Radio 1 Breakfast show around and made it compete with Terry Wogan's Radio 2 breakfast show for the first time in years. A position it has maintained for SIX YEARS now.

[Johnny 1989]

It's a fair point the figures aren't the be all and end all but I am a little confused over Aled's last post. I thought the figures just released reflected the period October to December which would be the first period after the drop of last summer - July to September. Have there been any figures released between the 700,000 drop and the 200,000 just gained?

Right... I'll dumb this down for the hard of thinking.

January to March: Chris Moyles is right in the middle of the charity Kilimanjaro climb. As such, the Chris Moyles show has a HIGHER THAN NORMAL listener level. (Up several hundred thousand)

April to June: Kilimanjaro now behind them, the listener figures unexpectedly remain at that HIGHER THAN NORMAL level. (Up slightly)

July to September: The Chris Moyles show drops off the excess listeners, while also losing out in the usual summer holiday low. (Down the 700,000 you're obsessed with)

October to December: The Chris Moyles show is back to normal, having regained the missing listeners who are no longer on holiday (Up 200,000)

Got it now? The blip was the Kilimanjaro climb, the drop you're obsessed with was that correcting itself along with the summer holidays.

Aled's other point was the fact that the Chris Moyles show turned a dying Radio 1 Breakfast show around and made it compete with Terry Wogan's Radio 2 breakfast show for the first time in years. A position it has maintained for SIX YEARS now.

Summed up perfectly there Munki. Chris Moyles' breakfast show has been a runaway success with the listening figures more or less been the same for quite a while now, they go up & down, yes, but that's natural for any show. As usual though The Metro states that Moyles is 68,000 down compared to the same period last year, but forget to mention the 200,000 increase from the previous quarter.

Sara Cox, who I used to dislike but really like these days, lost quite a lot of her audience by the end (although I believe the first 18 months they went up), Zoe Ball I'm not quite sure about TBH but I don't recall her making any significant gains or losses TBH, I think she only left because she was pregnant (correct me if I'm wrong on that point). Mark & Lard, as much as I though they were great on their Afternoon show, I believe their breakfast show flopped spectacularly.

Moyles has been the most popular breakfast show since Evans, or possibly even Mayo (I know Evans polarised people whereas Mayo didn't) & I don't think the BBC will force him out in a hurry if the show is still pulling in it's best audience figures since Mayo(1993)/Evans(1996)