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Listeners are switching off from all top BBC radio stations and tuning into rivals instead, official figures show.

The station has found itself at the centre of an ageism storm as commercial rivals playing more music from the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s saw their audiences grow.

BBC Radio Scotland has lost a fifth of all listeners in a year, according to the latest audience numbers.

BBC Radio 2 listeners got in touch to reveal why they are tuning out, with some accusing management of trying to get rid of us by trying to attract a younger audience.

DAN WOOTTON: Imagine being Paul OGrady, one of the countrys preeminent entertainers, flying high at 67 with a loyal audience of millions every Sunday afternoon on the wireless.

In the last quarter of 2022, its audience fell as Greatest Hits Radio, which has poached Ken Bruce, gained more than a million

Could losing half a million listeners to rivals, plus Vanessa Feltz and Ken Bruce leaving, signal trouble – or that the station is doing something right?

One source claimed that despite the desire to hang on to the DJ - Britains most popular radio host - a mix-up meant he wasnt told. This is said to have helped convince him to join Greatest Hits Radio.

FOR most listeners, radio is a habit. It might be a music habit or a news habit. It could be a devotion to Radio 4 or to Radio Clyde. We tend to…