Steve Wright (DJ)

Steve Wright MBE
Wright in the BBC Radio 1 studio
Born	Stephen Richard Wright (1954-08-26)26 August 1954 Greenwich, London, England
Died	12 February 2024(2024-02-12) (aged 69) Marylebone, London, England
Other names	DJ Silly Boy, Wrighty
Occupation(s)	Radio personality, disc jockey
Years active	1976–2024
Known for	Steve Wright in the Afternoon The Radio 1 Breakfast Show Steve Wright's Saturday Show Sunday Love Songs Steve Wright's Summer Nights Pick of the Pops
Spouse	Cyndi Robinson ​ ​ (m. 1985; div. 1999)​
Children	2
Career
Country	United Kingdom

Stephen Richard Wright MBE (26 August 1954 – 12 February 2024) was an English disc jockey, radio personality, and occasional television presenter, credited with introducing the morning zoo format to British radio with a humorous collection of personalities. He presented Steve Wright in the Afternoon for 12 years on BBC Radio 1 and 23 years on BBC Radio 2, two of the BBC's national radio stations. He continued to present his Sunday Love Songs on Radio 2 until his death and, in October 2023, he took over as the host of the long-running Pick of the Pops chart show. On BBC Television, Wright hosted Home Truths, The Steve Wright People Show, Auntie's TV Favourites, Top of the Pops and TOTP2.^[1]

Wright won 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. He was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2024 New Year Honours for services to radio. He was described by Paul Gambaccini as being "among the all-time greats of radio".^[2]