Steve Wright 1954-2024 - Printable Version

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RE: Steve Wright 1954-2024 - TVViewer256 - 18-02-2024

Agreed with the comments on here, Liza did a fantastic job.

Wonder what will happen next Sunday at 9am. Do they keep the Love Songs brand with a new presenter such as Liza again or go for something different? Difficult to say.

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RE: Steve Wright 1954-2024 - TVViewer256 - 23-02-2024

Looks as if Gary Davies will be doing Pick of the Pops again this week. Nikki Chapman’s said she’ll be covering Love Songs for a few weeks so it looks like the show’s continuing (good decision in my opinion).

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RE: Steve Wright 1954-2024 - lookoutwales - 02-04-2024

Michael Ball is taking over Sunday Love Songs as its new host.

https://radiotoday.co.uk/2024/04/michael-ball-is-new-host-of-sunday-love-songs-on-bbc-radio-2/ 

Paddy McGuinness gets his current slot of 11am-1pm, starting in June. He used to present a Sunday morning show for what was the Bauer City 1 network some years ago (though more often than not, it was his producer, Simon Greening, who actually led the show)

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RE: Steve Wright 1954-2024 - TVViewer256 - 02-04-2024

Can't think of a better choice for Love Songs really - I think he'll fit in well.

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RE: Steve Wright 1954-2024 - Brekkie - 02-04-2024

They seem desperate to find a slot for Paddy and that doesn't really feel like the right one. Would have made more sense to extend Michael Balls existing show and incorporate Love Songs into that.

Gary Davies remains the "interim" presenter of Pick of the Pops.

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RE: Steve Wright 1954-2024 - Keith - 02-04-2024

(02-04-2024, 12:32 PM)Brekkie Wrote:  They seem desperate to find a slot for Paddy and that doesn't really feel like the right one. Would have made more sense to extend Michael Balls existing show and incorporate Love Songs into that.

One could speculate the slot of Paddy might be in lieu of the lost work due to Top Gear being axed / indefinitely suspended by the BBC, in addition to QoS being axed.

The BBC press release can be found at https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/2024/radio-2-new-programming .

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RE: Steve Wright 1954-2024 - Omnipresent - 15-04-2024

Mark Goodier is the new host of Pick of the Pops:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/2024/mark-goodier-pick-of-the-pops-bbc-radio-2 

Quote:Mark Goodier, one of UK radio’s most familiar voices, is to return to BBC Radio 2 and BBC Sounds as the new host of Pick of the Pops, following the passing of Steve Wright, who previously presented the show.

From July each Saturday lunchtime (1-3pm), Mark will continue to count down two charts from two different weeks from the past seven decades. Pick of the Pops will continue to be produced by 7digital.

Mark says: “It’s an honour to host the iconic Pick of the Pops, although I wish it were in happier circumstances as I was friends with Steve for almost 40 years. I can’t wait to reminisce with Radio 2 listeners as we revisit two years in their lives, playing some of the best records ever made.”

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RE: Steve Wright 1954-2024 - Spencer - 15-04-2024

For Radio 2's core demographic, Mark Goodier was the voice of the charts on Radio 1 in their formative years. Seems like the perfect choice to me.

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RE: Steve Wright 1954-2024 - Brekkie - 15-04-2024

Great to see Radio 2 providing a home for DJs ousted by Greatest Hits Radio when they bring in fresh new talent. On paper a perfect choice.

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RE: Steve Wright 1954-2024 - VMPhil - 15-04-2024

Yes I'm happy for Mark Goodier that he's got a prominent gig after his weekday show on GHR ended due to Ken Bruce coming in*

*to be clear, I don't know how bothered or not he was by this, particularly as he promoted Ken's new show a lot in the last few weeks of his. Just happy for him to be chosen for this

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