Jordan North boosts Capital radio breakfast ratings

DJ Jordan North has added much than 400,000 listeners to the Capital vigor meal show's ratings successful his archetypal six months arsenic host, caller manufacture figures show.

The erstwhile I'm A Celebrity contestant near BBC Radio 1 successful February and joined the commercialized presumption successful April.

His amusement attracted 2.96 cardinal listeners successful the 3rd 4th of 2024, compared with 2.55 cardinal for the last 3 months hosted by his predecessor Roman Kemp.

North's meal amusement rival connected Radio 1, Greg James, enjoyed a akin boost, adding astir 400,000 listeners to scope 4.3 cardinal betwixt July and September, according to manufacture ratings assemblage Rajar.

However, the figures are not straight comparable due to the fact that James's amusement was extended by fractional an hour during this period, with its impermanent clip slot of 07:00-11:00 intended to drawback younger audiences waking up aboriginal successful the summertime holidays.

North hosts the Capital meal amusement alongside Chris Stark and Siân Welby from 06:00-10:00. The trio added 261,000 listeners successful their archetypal 3 months, and a further 151,000 listeners this quarter.

Their figures bash not see Capital Scotland, which has its ain meal programme and daytime schedule.

Burnley-born North antecedently worked with James connected Radio 1, hosting the station's drivetime amusement with Vick Hope. She present presents the programme with Made successful Chelsea's Jamie Laing.

Speech-based meal shows, including BBC Radio 5 Live Breakfast and BBC Radio 4's Today, besides saw an summation successful listeners successful a engaged 4th for news, which included the UK wide predetermination and an assassination effort connected Donald Trump.

The Today programme was up by astir 385,000 radical connected the erstwhile quarter, bringing its full fig of listeners to 5.85 million.

BBC Radio 5 Live's meal show, hosted by Rachel Burden and Rick Edwards, added 180,000 listeners to scope a full of 1.58 million.

Meanwhile, BBC Radio 3's meal amusement attracted 866,000 listeners, an summation of astir 115,000 connected the erstwhile quarter.

But determination was little bully quality for different meal shows.

BBC Radio 2's Zoe Ball dipped by 146,000 listeners to 6.28 cardinal successful the 4th that saw her unexpectedly instrumentality an extended interruption from the show.

Kiss breakfast, hosted by Jordan Banjo and Perri Kiely, besides went down by astir 218,000. Their assemblage is present 721,000.

Magic's meal amusement mislaid astir 170,000 listeners successful the 4th that Ronan Keating near the station, giving the amusement an assemblage of 890,000.

Ball's chap Radio 2 presenter Vernon Kay continued to person the astir fashionable vigor programme successful the UK. His mid-morning amusement accrued its assemblage successful the latest 4th to 6.8 million.