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Magic 105.4 has higher audience share but rival Global Radio station gains its biggest audience for eight years

Capital FM had more listeners than any other London commercial station in the first three months of 2012, but was overtaken by rival Magic 105.4 in terms of audience share.

Global Radio's Capital had 2.27 million listeners each week on average in the first quarter of 2012 – its biggest audience for eight years – and a 5.3% share of the London audience, according to the latest official Rajar figures published on Thursday.

Bauer Radio's Magic came second in terms...

Breakfast DJ has biggest-ever lead with an average weekly reach of 9.23m listeners compared to Radio 1 rival's 7.1m

BBC Radio 2 DJ Chris Evans has surged ahead of his Radio 1 breakfast rival Chris Moyles with his biggest-ever lead of more than 2 million listeners.

Evans had an average weekly reach of 9.23 million listeners in the first three months of 2012, ahead of Moyles's 7.1 million, according to official Rajar figures published on Thursday.

It is Evans's biggest lead over Moyles – who has had talks with Radio 2 about presenting a show on...

Group's new 60s and 70s services boost healthy figures for main station, but its noughties offering loses audience

Absolute Radio's total audience came within a whisker of 3 million listeners on the back of its new 60s and 70s digital stations – but there was a big drop for its noughties-themed offering.

The Absolute Radio group of stations had a total average weekly audience of 2.98 million, with its main Absolute Radio station up 15.6% year on year to 1.61 million in the first three months of 2012, according to the latest official Rajar statistics...