By John Glenday

Chris Evans has cooked up a hearty lead over his breakfast show rival Nick Grimshaw at Radio 1, bringing home the bacon with 9.7m Radio 2 listeners whilst his younger upstart was left nursing cold porridge after slumping to a fresh audience low of 5.4m listeners.

The widening gulf marks growing interest in Evans ahead of the presenters Top Gear debut while channel neighbour Grimshaw struggles to gain traction after hitting a previous record low of 5.5m in the first quarter of 2015.

This means he is now lagging behind his predecessor Sara Cox, who managed to pull in 5.5m listeners during Read full story ›

Source: The Drum