# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/steve-wright
# Generated: 2026-08-12T22:43:46.645Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/steve-wright"
name: "Steve Wright"
slug: "steve-wright"
description: "Stephen Richard Wright 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, Steve Wright's People Show, Auntie's TV Favourites, Top of the Pops and TOTP2."
tagline: "English radio presenter (1954–2024)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/0/0d/Steve_Wright.jpg"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1954-08-26"
deathDate: "2024-02-12"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           49.16
  momentum:             0
  historical:           8.319993333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0942832/"
    handle:    "nm0942832"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio2/shows/wright/"
sources:
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/0aba9f41-cf84-4f6b-9a6e-2af70f05813a"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%8A%D9%81_%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%8A%D8%AA_(%D9%85%D9%82%D8%AF%D9%85_%D8%A8%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%AC_%D8%A5%D8%B0%D8%A7%D8%B9%D9%8A%D8%A9)"
    title: "ستيف رايت (مقدم برامج إذاعية)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Wright"
    title: "Steve Wright"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Wright_(DJ)"
    title: "Steve Wright (DJ)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://gd.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Wright"
    title: "Steve Wright"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Wright_(diskjockey)"
    title: "Steve Wright (diskjockey)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Wright"
    title: "Steve Wright"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D8%B3%D9%B9%DB%8C%D9%88_%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%A6%D9%B9_(%DA%88%DB%8C_%D8%AC%DB%92)"
    title: "اسٹیو رائٹ (ڈی جے)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%8F%B2%E6%8F%90%E8%8A%AC%C2%B7%E6%87%B7%E8%90%8A%E5%BE%B7"
    title: "史提芬·懷萊德"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1015589"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1144400"
    title: "Steve Wright"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump