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The latest radio listening figures, for three months from January, are almost completely pre-covid, with total reach largely unchanged year on year. If there is a switch, it's from BBC Network Radio to National Commercial Radio - a trickle away of around 1m.

The two BBC speech breakfasts, Today and 5Live are off the top, year on year. LBC, led by Nick Ferrari at breakfast is up half a million, year on year. Classic FM has added nearly 200k; Radio 3 has lost 60k.  At Radio 2, Zoe Ball is down a million, but perhaps can take heart from the news that the Chris Evans' effect at Virgin is slowing down - figures for the station up just 200k year on year. 6Music and The Asian Network are the only BBC services that aren't in negative territory year on year.