Wright presented the afternoon show on BBC Radio 1 from March 30, 1981 to December 24, 1993, and then the breakfast show, Steve Wright in the Morning, from 10 January 1994 to 21 April 1995. He presented the BBC Radio 2 afternoon show from 5 July 1999 to 30 September 2022.
The English radio personality and disc jockey Steve Wright is credited for introducing the zoo format on British radio, with its zany, multi-personality approach.
Born in Greenwich, South London, on August 26, 1954, he is the elder of two boys in a working-class family, Wright was raised in New Cross. His childhood ambition was to work in the entertainment business.
He presented Steve Wright in the Afternoon for 12 years on BBC Radio 1 and 23 years on BBC Radio 2, one of the BBC’s national radio stations and the most popular station in the United Kingdom, ending on 30 September 2022.
Wright continues to present his Sunday Love Songs weekend mid-morning show on Radio 2. On BBC Television Wright has hosted Home Truths, The Steve Wright People Show, Auntie’s TV Favourites, Top of the Pops and TOTP2.
He has won awards, including Best DJ of the Year as voted by the Daily Mirror Readers Poll and by Smash Hits in 1994. In 1998 he was awarded TRIC Personality of the Year for his radio programmes.