Steve Wright
- January 9, 2024
- Radio Personality
Quick Facts
Full Name | Steve Wright |
Occupation | Radio Personality |
Date Of Birth | Aug 26, 1954(1954-08-26) |
Age | 70 |
Birthplace | Royal Borough of Greenwich |
Country | United Kingdom |
Birth City | England |
Horoscope | Virgo |
Steve Wright Biography
Name | Steve Wright |
Birthday | Aug 26 |
Birth Year | 1954 |
Place Of Birth | Royal Borough of Greenwich |
Home Town | England |
Birth Country | United Kingdom |
Birth Sign | Virgo |
Parents | Richard Wright |
Siblings | Laurence Wright |
Spouse | Cyndi Robinson |
Children(s) | Lucy Wright, Tom Wright |
Steve Wright is one of the most popular and richest Radio Personality who was born on August 26, 1954 in Royal Borough of Greenwich, England, United Kingdom.
In the early 1970s Wright worked behind the scenes at BBC Radio 2, as a Gramophone Librarian. He returned to Radio 2 in March 1996, where he began presenting Steve Wright’s Saturday Show (1996-99) and Steve Wright’s Sunday Love Songs (1996-), and his afternoon show beginning in July 1999. Wright is said to earn £440,000 a year at Radio 2.
Born in Greenwich, South London, 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. His father, Richard Wright, was a tailor and the manager of the Burton’s store in Trafalgar Square. Wright was a quiet child, and never very scholarly. He was educated at Eastwood High School for Boys, near Southend-on-Sea, Essex. Steve occasionally broadcast a nascent radio show over the school speaker system from the school stock cupboard. He started broadcasting in 1976 at Thames Valley Radio Radio 210 in Reading, Berkshire alongside Mike Read. In 1979 Wright got his big break at Radio Luxembourg, where he presented his own nightly show, presenting a Saturday evening show, then Saturday morning.
Steve Wright Net Worth
Net Worth | $5 Million |
Source Of Income | Radio Personality |
House | Living in own house. |
Steve Wright is one of the richest Radio Personality from United Kingdom. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Steve Wright 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)
Stephen Richard Wright (born 26 August 1954) is an English radio personality and DJ, credited for introducing the zoo format on British radio, with its zany, multi-personality approach. He currently presents Steve Wright in the Afternoon and Steve Wright’s Sunday Love Songs on BBC Radio 2, one of the BBC’s national radio stations and the most popular station in the United Kingdom. On BBC Television Wright has hosted Home Truths, The Steve Wright People Show, Auntie’s TV Favourites, Top Of The Pops and TOTP2. Wright has won awards, including Best DJ of the Year as voted by readers of The Sun, 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.
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Who is Steve Wright Dating?
According to our records, Steve Wright married to Cyndi Robinson. As of December 1, 2023, Steve Wright’s is not dating anyone.
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Wright and his Posse moved to The Radio 1 Breakfast Show in 1994. He resigned from the Breakfast Show in 1995 due to differences with the BBC Radio 1 management, he was unhappy with the plummeting listening figures of the station due to its restructuring under new controller Matthew Bannister, which led to many of the more established DJs leaving, or being sacked, around this time.
Facts & Trivia
Ulla Ranked on the list of most popular Radio Personality. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United Kingdom. Steve Wright celebrates birthday on August 26 of every year.
In mid 1999, following a shake-up at Radio 2, Steve Wright in the Afternoon was revived, with Wright taking over this slot from Ed Stewart. Jonathan Ross took over Wright’s Saturday morning slot.
Is Steve Wright in a relationship?
But the irony is that work leaves 64-year-old Steve with no time for a romance of his own. His marriage broke up 20 years ago, and he says there is simply no time to find a new partner.
Who did Steve from Survivor ex NFL?
Trivia. Steve’s former NFL teammate Gary Hogeboom competed on Guatemala, eleven seasons before Steve himself did so.
Was Steve Wright good in the NFL?
No. 73, 66
Undrafted:| 1981
Career history
What is Steve Wrights net worth?
Net Worth: $6 Million
Gender:| Male
Profession:| Radio personality
Nationality:| United Kingdom
Where is Zoe ball today?
What happened to Zoe Ball? Fans are used to hearing Zoe present the BBC Radio 2 breakfast show weekday morning between 6.30am and 9.30am. Zoe has been presenting the show since January 2019, when she took over the all- important slot from Chris Evans in January 2019.