Blackburn tops Radio 1 breakfast poll

Tony Blackburn has been named the country's favourite BBC Radio 1 breakfast presenter.

In a new poll from Online Opinion, Blackburn topped the rankings with 19%, beating current host Chris Moyles, who managed 15%.

The Daily Record quotes a survey spokesman as saying: "Chris Moyles is incredibly popular with the younger Radio 1 audience. It's probably fair to say a lot of current listeners under the age of 30 only know Tony Blackburn from I'm A Celebrity.

"But to those of a certain age, his voice is much better known than his face and represents a golden age of radio, even if it reminds others of Smashie and Nicey."

The full voting breakdown was as follows:

• Tony Blackburn (1967-1973) - 19%
• Chris Moyles (2004- ) - 15%
• Chris Evans (1995-1997) - 12%
• Sara Cox (2000-2003) - 11%
• Zoe Ball (1997-2000) - 10%
• Noel Edmonds (1973-1978) - 8%
• Steve Wright (1994-1995) - 7%
• Dave Lee Travis (1978-1980) - 6%
• Mike Read (1981-1986) - 5%
• Simon Mayo (1988-1993) - 2%
• Mark & Lard (1997) - 2%
• Mark Goodier (1993) - 1%
• Mike Smith (1986-1988) - 1%