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.

[1] Wright won Best DJ of the Year, as voted by the Daily Mirror Readers Poll and by Smash Hits in 1994.

He was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2024 New Year Honours for services to radio.

[4] After the family moved to Essex, Wright attended the Eastwood High School for Boys near Southend-on-Sea,[5] where he broadcast a nascent radio show over the speaker system from the stock cupboard.

[5] He joined the BBC staff in the early 1970s working as a returns clerk in the Gramophone Library in Egton House, opposite Broadcasting House in London, before leaving to start broadcasting in 1976 at Thames Valley Radio Radio 210 in Reading, Berkshire.

The show had a cast of telephone characters created and performed by Gavin McCoy, Peter Dickson, Richard Easter and Phil Cornwell.

[11] In later years, the style changed, dumping most of the characters and instead having a "zoo" format with spoof guests and comedy sketches.

The song's lyrics about the event finished; "Hang the DJ" and this slogan appeared on a promotional T-shirt above a picture of Wright.

He resigned from the Breakfast Show in 1995 due to differences with the BBC Radio 1 management and a fall in ratings.

[15] He also presented a Sunday morning show, which was heard on a number of GWR radio stations around the UK.

[20] Wright presented his Radio 2 version of Steve Wright in the Afternoon on weekday afternoons from 2pm to 5pm, alongside Tim Smith and Janey Lee Grace, who have both also occasionally appeared as relief presenters on the station, as well as traffic reporter Bobbie Pryor.

[21] Smith and Wright would regularly present "factoids", described as "gleaming nuggets of information so incredible that they really shouldn't be true, but are!

Wright would remain on Radio 2 to continue hosting Sunday Love Songs, along with a new Serious Jockin' podcast, seasonal specials and other projects.

[28] The show continued with temporary host Nicki Chapman from 25 February, and it was announced that Michael Ball would be taking over the programme on 2 June 2024.

[34][35] Wright won awards, including Best DJ of the Year as voted by the Daily Mirror Readers Poll and by Smash Hits in 1994.

[1] Wright was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2024 New Year Honours for services to radio.

[54] Friends of Wright have suggested that he struggled to come to terms with ex-wife Cyndi's death in 2020, at her home in Midhurst, West Sussex during the COVID-19 pandemic.

[55][56][57] His death was first reported on BBC Radio 2 during 13 February's 5pm bulletin, by newsreader Mike Powell who regularly read the news on Steve Wright's afternoon show.

[59] BBC director-general Tim Davie described Wright as "...a truly wonderful broadcaster who has been a huge part of so many of our lives over many decades....