BBC Radio suffers major blow as Ken Bruce's Greatest Hits Radio overtakes in figures war

Ken Bruce on leaving the BBC Commercial music station Greatest Hits Radio, home to several ex-BBC DJs including Ken Bruce and Simon Mayo, has outperformed BBC Radio 1 in the latest listening figures. The station recorded an average weekly audience of 7.69 million from January to March this year, a 14% increase from the previous quarter's 6.75 million and a staggering 50% jump from 5.12 million the previous year. The success of Greatest Hits Radio is largely due to big-name …