MEDIA More listeners desert Radio 1

Radio 1's audience has dropped below 10 million for the first time following the departure of Chris Evans (right) from its breakfast show, according to the latest unofficial audience listening figures. Leaked figures show that Radio 1's audience dropped by 650,000 during April and May. The last published audience survey showed it with 10,278,000 listeners a week. In May its audience was down to 9,631,000, a fall of 6 per cent.

Paul McCann