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Why is Radio 3 still leaderless?

<p class="p1">The BBC's vital classical service has fallen behind 6 Music in the ratings, and we need to know when its new boss will arrive</p>

16 August 2014

9:00 AM

16 August 2014

9:00 AM

It’s happened almost by stealth but the number of listeners to 6 Music has now overtaken Radio 3, creeping up to 1.89 million per week (just .05 million more than the classical-music station). Actually the margin between them is probably greater because 6 Music has no analogue signal and can only be heard digitally.

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