Steve Wright
Summary
Stephen Richard "Steve" Wright (born 26 August 1954 in Greenwich, London) is a radio broadcaster in the United Kingdom. He presents the afternoon show on BBC Radio 2. He rose to prominence in the early 1980s while working with Peter Dickson on BBC Radio 1. The son of a company director, Wright was educated at Eastwood High School, Essex. He started broadcasting in 1976 on Reading's Radio 210 alongside Mike Read. In 1979 he joined Radio Luxembourg, and then BBC Radio 1 in 1980, presenting a Saturday evening show, then Saturday morning before moving to Steve Wright in the Afternoon from 1981. In 1984, Wright took over a Sunday morning show entitled Steve Wright on Sunday, which meant he presented weekday afternoons Mondays and Thursdays only, with Mark Page and Paul Jordan presenting Friday afternoon's show.
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Book review: Johnny Beerling - Radio 1 the inside scene
Call it "Wonderful Radio 1" or "1FM", and remember it for Mike Smith, the Hairy Cornflake or Smashie and Nicey: we all grew up with BBC Radio 1. Johnny Beerling worked there from launch to 1993 - spending the last eight years as the station's Controller. His autobiography, written in 2008, is an interesting read.
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Clare Balding to front her first radio show on Radio 2
BBC Olympics and Channel 4 Paralympics presenter to replace Aled Jones on faith programme Good Morning Sundays.
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Hearst Magazines sells Psychologies
Kent magazine publisher Kelsey Publishing adds woman's glossy and home interest title Coast to stable.
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How the free press captivated me with stories about our so-called celebrities
Channel 8's chief executive casts his eye over some press tales about Steve Wright, Stacey Solomon and Danny Cohen.
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Has Radio 2 become a scrapheap for Radio 1 rejects?
Does 'Dangerous' Dave Pearce's move to R2 show that the station is becoming just a resting place for R1 cast-offs?.
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TalkSport's Matt Forde and the best radio rant, ever
Is this the best radio rant ever? "On behalf of 90%, maybe more, 99% of the listeners of TalkSport I'd just like to tell you that we don't like you, we don't want you and we never wanted you to come back," TalkSport listener Jonathan from Swansea told the station's late-night host, Matt Forde.
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Growing DAB radio usage in the UK. Confused? You should be!
"Digital listening at an all-time high," shouted the headline of one online news story. Yes, it was the quarterly RAJAR radio ratings, offering opportunities for some journalists to pitch their stories just about any which way they wanted.
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Steve Wright’s coming to The Radio Festival
We’ve just confirmed that the legend that is Steve Wright will be hosting the ‘Best at Breakfast’ session with Elvis Duran, star of Z100 in New York.
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Steve Wright: victim of the latest tabloid feeding frenzy
Why is the Daily Mirror so unhealthily obsessed by the mundane details of Radio 2 DJ Steve Wright's diet and 'bizarre' life?.
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Top Gear cleared over anti-Mexican comments
Ofcom says depiction of Mexicans as 'lazy, feckless, flatulent [and] overweight' was justified by Top Gear's irreverent style.
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