- Station fell from 14.5m listeners at start of year to 13.5m from March until June
- BBC 2’s Breakfast Show with presenter Zoe Ball has also had a dip in listeners
Ken Bruce’s diehard fans vowed to go with him when he parted ways with the BBC earlier this year.
And it seems that many of them have stayed true their word, with a million listeners leaving Radio 2 in the wake of his departure.
The station dropped from 14.5 million listeners in the first three months of 2023 to 13.5 million from the period covering March until the end of June, according to Rajar, the UK’s radio audience measurement body.
The same period last year, when Bruce was still on air, also saw 14.5 million viewers tuning in on a weekly basis.
While Radio 2 is still the most listened to station in the UK, the dramatic drop in listeners coincides with the veteran broadcaster’s departure from the BBC after…
