Breakfast show rivals Chris Moyles and Terry Wogan have notched up record listening figures.

Wogan, 69, has 8.1 million listeners, up 370,000 from the previous quarter, but is in danger of losing his crown as the nation’s favourite breakfast DJ to Moyles on Radio 1.

Moyles, 34, has a record 7.72 million listeners, up 410,000 from the previous quarter, according to figures released by industry body Rajar today. Source: The Independent.

What does it say about 7.72 million people that they listen to the racist, sexist, homophobic Moyles. Here’s just a few examples.

When starting at Radio 1 on the 4-7am shift, he played soundtracks of passionate encounters in pornographic films, over which female newsreaders tried to read the weather forecast. Source: Wikipedia.

During his breakfast show, when handing presentation over to a female news presenter he referred to the presenter as a “slut” and then went on to make other comments about her as he attempted to defend his comment. Still only four listeners bothered to complain. Source: Ofcom.

Interviewing Halle Berry along with Hugh Jackman on his breakfast show, he at one point decided to adopt an American accent and, claiming he had a gun, demanded his guests “put your hands up in the air”. The host was clearly only joking but when Jackman called him a “Brooklyn Bond”, he retorted: “I’m a black American guy.” Oscar-winner Berry immediately pitched in with: “Are we having a racist moment here?” Moyles declared he had not intended to be racist. Source: Digital Spy.

Why does this loudmouthed arrogant twat still present one of the BBC’s most popular radio shows? I guess it’s a reflection of our society, sad – isn’t it.