When did Steve Wright’s Sunday Love Songs start?

Stephen Richard Wright MBE was an English disc jockey, radio personality, and occasional television presenter, credited with introducing the morning zoo format on British radio, known for its zany, multi-personality approach.

When did Steve Wright’s Sunday Love Songs start?

After a brief stint hosting the Radio 1 breakfast show for a year in 1994, Wright left to join Talk Radio but rejoined the BBC in 1996. He began presenting a Saturday program and Sunday Love Songs on Radio 2 in 1996, before relaunching his afternoon show in 1999, a slot he would keep until 2022.

He joined BBC Radio 2 in March 1996, where he began presenting Steve Wright’s Saturday Show (1996–1999) and Steve Wright’s Sunday Love Songs (1996–present), and his afternoon show beginning in July 1999.

The show had its distinctive zoo format, featuring contributions from Wright’s on-air “posse”, as well as celebrity interviews and entertaining trivia featured in his Factoids segment.

Scott Mills took over the afternoon program during a string of schedule changes at the station in 2022, but Wright stayed with Radio 2, continuing to present Sunday Love Songs as well as a series of specials and podcasts.