Steve Wright presented the afternoon show on BBC Radio 1 from 30 March 1981 to 24 December 1993, and then the breakfast show, Steve Wright in the Morning, from 10 January 1994 to 21 April 1995.
Steve Wright is an English radio personality and disc jockey, credited for introducing the zoo format on British radio, with its zany, multi-personality approach.
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 September 30, 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 programs.