- Sara Cox's opening months hosting the BBC Radio 2 breakfast show saw listenership remain stable, drawing an average weekly audience of 6.44 million between July and September.
- The programme remains the UK's most popular morning radio broadcast, while Radio 2 maintained its position as the nation's most listened-to station overall with 12.67 million weekly listeners.
- BBC Radio 4's Today programme suffered a drop to 5.29 million listeners, recording its lowest quarterly audience total since research organisation Rajar resumed post-pandemic reporting in 2021.
- BBC 5 Live's breakfast show grew to 1.43 million listeners, boosted by coverage of the 2026 World Cup.
- The latest Rajar figures come as the BBC confirmed Radio 4 Extra will close next year as part of wider plans to save £500 million by 2028.
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