RIP Wrighty 😭

I’d take Steve and Tony Blackburn’s style over most of the dross that passes for radio here. It might be my demographic in fairness but there is another thread in these parts on A252 with clips of the guys from there and it’s just great radio IMHO. The more of these characters are lost the more radio is just background noise. At a time when most people can bypass live radio in favour of podcasts and online music stations, it’s more important than ever to have these types of strong radio presenters.

I was wondering if he had a few POTPs in the can for broadcast. Really I’d love a ‘best of’ show with some of his funny intros to songs from various years he’d done so far, although there aren’t many shows to choose from yet.

Read this on the pop itch bailout just now.

Tributes to Steve Wright this week have been uniformly glowing, many making a point of the ease with which he conducted his big celebrity interviews. If you're curious to know how Steve managed to strike up such effortless repartee with the stars, we know his secret.

According to one loose-lipped contributor to the show, his technique was simple. Steve would simply slag off his previous guest in front of the current one, while flattering them to the hilt.

A system that worked perfectly – as guests didn't realise they too would be chucked under the bus shortly after leaving the studio.

One year, Children in Need wanted to do a live throw to Steve Wright's radio show. A request which resulted in Steve frantically having to round up staff to cram into his studio to whoop and applaud. All to maintain the illusion that the applause sound effect he played at the beginning of each show was real.

Gary Davies doing POTP today with a tribute show. It’s funny POTP is a show I’d have thought they’d have done several at once so would have had shows in the can but it seems not. Then again it might be too painful to play out any Steve had prerecorded now.