'Makes me feel sick!' BBC blasted for 'DUMPING' Steve Wright | 'BBC should APOLOGISE!'
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- čas přidán 13. 02. 2024
- ‘It makes me feel sick! It’s shabby and hypocritical.’
Liz Kershaw says the BBC should apologize for ‘dumping’ Steve Wright from his Radio 2 show following the death of the 69-year-old DJ.
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The bbc booted him off his radio 1 show in the early 90s even though ratings were huge, the bbc booted him off his radio 2 show in 2022 even though ratings were huge. There's a nastyness within that corporation.
bbc always gets ride of the publics favourites and keeps the rubbish , which is why they lose their audiences and relevance
Correct... that's why Question of Sport went downhill after they changed the format..@@oldshiny3012
Don't forget, this is the corporation, dear old Auntie Beeb,that sheltered the likes of one J Savile... Good Judgement isn't one of its finer strengths!
Legend 😢
Steve Wright, didnt , tick the boxes, for the woke scum. Defund the BBC
Dumped Steve Write (Sorry, WRIGHT), loved Jimmy Savile... that's the BBC for you. And that's why I will never give the BBC one single penny.
Well said, same here. Vile organisation.
But no doubt you will carry on moaning about it over and over and over etc.
Nigel you sound like a typical Nigel
@@nigelground283 Nigel may be a nonce?
@@nigelground283numpty Nigel....Steve wright had a saying for people like you ..... Muppet 🤭
Steve Wright in the afternoon was the best thing on radio. I stopped listening to radio 2 when the idiots sacked him.
Things move on ,he had done his time and the afternoon slot needed someone new.
@@nigelground283
BS
@@nigelground283 New isn’t necessarily better. It’s just…new.
But then better is subjective.@@genny9026
I did exactly the same
Nice fella. He sat behind me in my class at school. Was in the school hockey team for a while when I was Captain. Remember on his 16th Birthday he got a Lambretta scooter and brought it to school in the new term. His uniform was always spotless, cheerful lad, and of course he ran the school radio....lovely 60's stuff. As we all did, he loved aeroplanes cos we next to the airport and frequently went over there with his air band radio. No one had a bad word to say about him. RIP Steve from an old school chum.
Beautiful 🥰 thanks for sharing that one....🙏💯
Steve Wright God bless his SOUL🙏💯🇬🇧💪😇
That’s nice to hear thank you ❤
Lovely tribute, thanks
that's a nice post...who knew he had a lammy!...
Oh wow ! Great memories mate . Brilliant .
Steve Wright was the best ever DJ to have lived & Steve Wright in the afternoon was the best ever radio show. God bless you, Steve, we’ll all miss you and RIP. ❤️❤️❤️
Awfull. Did you sleep through Mark and lard?
??????? Amateurs the pair of them
I agree.. what a loss
@@richardgallagher4880sleeping through Mark and Lard was the only thing to do
We?
Millions of British households no longer pay the bbc poll tax, why not join them?
Crushing news - my wife told me yesterday evening when she got in from work, as we stood in the kitchen. I made a pretence of busying myself with drying some mugs, but I was just not wanting her to see the tears welling up.
This man was a prominent part of my youth through the 80's - from my late teens and into my twenties - especially fond memories of listening to his show whilst down at the beach. His show reflected the carefree attitude of that decade, when everything seemed less stressful, the media didn't have a stranglehold on public life, the high streets were a myriad of wonderful and varied shops and businesses, people enjoyed life and got on with things, no one stressed over stupid things like words or 'pronouns'. Life was for living. And Steve Wright's shows reflected that, but also celebrated that fact, and made us laugh, putting folks in a better mood regardless of what kind of day they'd have.
Steve Wright, along with the likes of George Michael, and many others I could mention, were a gift to the people. I feel blessed to have been around during a period of life when everything was fresh, new and exciting, and life felt like it had a future that was bright and full of promise. Now, as I fast approach my 60th birthday, I reflect on all the wonderful people we have lost publicly, and those on a personal level who have left my life, and realise it was the best time to be alive - maybe that's why we are so despised by a certain generation who refer to us as 'boomers'? Jealousy, maybe?
God bless the rest of my fellow 'boomers' out there reading this, I feel your pain, but also share your happiness in what we've lived through and experienced.
See you on the other side someday. Stay strong.
Perfectly put. ❤
@@johnkitching2248
There sayeth the sad geezer who can't put 2 sentences together!
Suffering a little bit of the green man are we??😂😂😂
Well said @simianrougue.
Spot on in everything you said buuut, I have to add, you would have loved the '60s & '70s had you been around at that time too.
We had a blast during those decades too, from the swinging '60s through the strike ridden '70s.
Music and great DJs was our salvation (along with a few scoops).
Don't listen to the green man, he's obviously only jealous he never got to experience what you and so many of us lucky folks did👍🏻👍🏻
RIP Stevie boy, you gave us a blast❤
Absolutely spot on well said
Absolutely spot on with your comments and agree entirely. Steve's show on radio 1 was so funny. RIP Steve.
Radio 2 is a shadow of itself
Whoever is in charge of programming is an idiot.
Losing djs like Wrigtht, Mayo, Bruce etc has made radio 2 more like radio 1. No thanks
Same.
Mayo and Bruce are on Greatest Hits Radio now. Just tune in to that instead.
You clearly haven’t listened to radio 1 recently . It’s crap .
@@danielward7008
Can't get it in the Midlands but I do listen to them at work in London 👍🏻👍🏻
Ken Bruce seems to be 'rushed' somewhat in his new role, not as relaxed.
And the bloody adverts🤬🤬🤬🤬
Heard a bit of Radio Two the other night, thought I was listening to Radio One.
Steve Wright/ Paul O,Grady both great radio presenters abandoned by the Bias Broadcasters. 🤬
Steve brought us Ask Elvis 🤣
R.I.P. Great man. 😢👏👏👏Thank You.
Back in the 70s, Radio 1 was the station to listen to, Tony Blackburn, D L T, Kid Jensen, Simon Bates, the great STEVE WRIGHT, Gary Davies the list goes on. Good times never to be repeated. RIP STEVE.
Gary Davis is a woke sycophant now.
BBC should fund itself and leave the money of the British public alone, and then they can do what they want.
The BBC is the voice of the British Public. Obviously you haven't seen what happens in Europe where most large countries have their State TV directly taxed and is about the same cost as the BBC with far less professionalism and if you think the US version of broadcasting is better you are delusional!?!
Just stop watching/listening and cancel the license, I did. I don't miss the tell-lie vision at all....
Stop paying their tax. Easy...
Even though Steve had the top afternoon slot until his late 60s, he still worked for the BBC making great shows after. Such as the Christmas Peter Kay special.
BBC is a Dinosaur!
I stopped listening to radio two after they dropped his program and replaced him with a untalented complete and utter nobody. Those BBC bosses should be ashamed of themselves their hypocrisy makes me sick...
,, Steve Wright was a national treasure, I will miss him 😞. God Bless, RIP
Well said❤❤❤
He was funny in the 80s - Mr Angry and so on. In recent years he was just going through the motions - so right decisioin to let him go. Having said that, his replacement is no better.
He’s not actually
no he wasnt.
Well said, Liz.
Liz, bitter because she got booted for being rubbish too
@@gardeninc5156 shame on you
Bollox
Steve dies pretty soon after leaving the BBC. Shabby is exactly what it was. The BBC reached another low, quite appalling. Liz said it all here.
He got over weight and his diet wasn’t great..the BBC didnt kill him🙄
@@ianwatson3315 He was still on the BBC as well. Some real revisionism going on here
@@ianwatson3315 yup ! A sedentary lifestyle and not eating properly would not help .
Did you want him to die on air?
@@user-uv7up4vg6i Plus, he was bouncing doing Pick of the Pops the Saturday before. I reckon he had a sudden and catastrophic heart attack.
time for antiquated bbc to just give it up. if people want it, they will subscribe.
As the BBC is the biggest broadcaster in the UK if not the World ...Don't you think you are rather talking out of your bottom.
The major European countries state TV is directly taxed and costs as much as the.....BBC, nobody but nobody wants the US model unless you are dim-witted!?!
What part of we're NOT INTERESTED IN THE BBC don't you understand !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!@@nigelground283
People should always have a choice, I consider the subscription model to be the way forward. BBC has been captured by global interests and the wokerati, if you want this tosh pay for it by choice.....@@nigelground283
Why would we be surprised by the BBC behaving badly
What a wonderful tribute by Liz.
Absolutely 👍
Totally genuine lady
Disgraceful comments going missing 🆘🇬🇧😢
Top Lady is Liz 👍
Liz told the truth my heart goes out to her and steves family
“Ask Elvis” was just magnificent….Steve was brilliant
Yea that was hilarious.
Forgot that one hilarious
It was, so was Mr angry, Legend!
Yes ! I have no idea who was doing that Elicis impression but it was phenomenal and funny as heck ! Blimey❤
@@suededogs9670 It was Mitch Benn.
We have lost a radio legend
The BBC has a lot to answer for, kicking off DJ's from their prime time slots when their ratings are sky high. After 40 years you'd expect a little loyalty from your employer and a sense of gratitude for doing a really top job without any controversy. Paul O'Grady went in the same year as did Ken Bruce and Simon Mayo a year or so earlier. None of them ever put a foot wrong, and were loyal BBC employee's, I really think the BBC should be ashamed of themselves, Stress is the number one killer in this country and a precursor to so many other serious conditions!
Doesn't keeping a 69 year old on say something about radio ?
I listen to Steve a lot when he was at radio one nice to see Liz as well hope she is in good health
No loyalty in any company, we're all just numbers.
Come on, a gold watch is a thx after 50 years etc or a mini buffet in the office like loyalty is bliss NOT.
Losing his job probably contributed to Paul O'Grady's death too. 😢
Says more about the man actually. @@sprinter1boy
Disgusting how Steve wright was treated along with Ken Bruce ... Sack the bosses of of the BBC now .RIP Steve 🙏
Hypocritical BBC paying 'tribute'....I miss Steve's warm-hearted show and was hoping he would go to Greatest Hits radio like Simon mayo and Ken Bruce so we could continue there. I no longer bother with radio 2 at all....
That's exactly what I have done
The Scott Mills show on Radio 2 that replaced Steve is a disgrace. 2 hours of absolute s.hit
Never listened to it.
its just radio 1 crap music. pale replacement. shocking decision. I was gutted. Lost a friend.
Couldn't have put it better, just another box ticking exercise
Wright replaced bi mills,uttr shite
BBC be ashamed. I stopped listening to radio 2 as soon as Steve went. Can't belive he's gone, grew up with him. Steve was fantastic. Miss him !!!
Only the BBC could throw out highly talented, much loved staff. Radio 2 was the very best station on the air and they ruined it for what? Defund the BBC now. RIP Steve. You were the best of the best.😢
@daveworthing when James Moir became Radio 2 controller in the mid-90's, he did a fantastic job in catering for listeners who had been neglected by the bulldozer effect Matthew Bannister did to to Radio 1 around this time.
And then Helen Thomas got the controller job at Radio 2....need I say more
He was dumped from his afternoon show. The bitch that runs radio 2 only let him keep his Sunday love songs show out of supposed goodwill.
Thanks for all the great listening Steve true legend of the radio r.i.p
Everything is Lady said was true. Everybody felt the shock when the changes happened last year and the radio has just not felt the same loyalty works both ways and if it’s not broke why try and fix it the public of the ones that really appreciated him not the baby say Money grabber wouldn’t surprise me, but if they put Gary Lineker in his spot next week it’s not what you know it’s who you know
Heaven help us
Well said Liz Kershaw.
Spot on Liz .Helen Thomas is a hypocrite she's murdered radio 2 .R.I.P Steve sadly going to miss your voice 💔
Helen Thomas was selected because she brought a "fresh and clear vision". We all know what that means.
I don't listen or watch the BBC... Woke all of them.. !!
The BBC dumped every presenter worth listening to despite their huge popularity and paid the price in lost listeners. People like Steve and Ken Bruce entertained and knew their audience inside out. Their voices and shows were unmistakable unlike the interchangeable, anodyne rubbish that has replaced them. I never listen to BBC radio any more whereas radio 2 used to be my constant.
We still have to suffer Vine...radio's answer to Lineker
The same.
Look at Helen Thomas. One of those who got rid of Steve. Then you'll see the kind of things the Beeb have got making these changes.
@@williamrae9954 I thought he was leaving when I stopped listening when Ken Bruce started at Greatest Hits, along with Zoe Ball before that.
Ummmm wrong, they kicked off the ones with falling audience figures
Loved his shows. He fell victim to the ageism at BBC Radio 2.
I don’t listen anymore. Radio 2 is just an extension of Radio 1 and that’s just wrong.
Steve Wright, Terry Wogan, Ken Bruce, Simon Mayo, "Diddy" David Hamilton, Paul Gambuccini, Chris Evans (and many others) - replaced by Zoe Ball, Scott Mills, Ryland Clarke, Owain Wyn Jones, Michelle Visage, Vernon Kaye, Michael Ball etc.
Seasoned "real" DJs replaced by "celebrities" - that's why Radio 2 is now shyte !
David Hamilton is still DJ ing - he is on Boom radio 12 - 2pm
That camp weatherman/drummer.../dj 😮....whats going on...radio 2..is finished look at the ratings!!...rip Steve.. like fluff..kenny Everett..not forgetting the dark Lord Alex Lester...the genius voices...all brilliant 👏
@@garygrimmett7945 Was Alex Lester on Radio 2, I don't remember that, he's on Greatest Hits first thing in the morning now.
@@andyaccountI've never heard him on radio 2. I know he is on greatest hits radio during the night
Simon Mayo is as woke as it's possible to be from his BBC licence fee-payer-funded ivory tower...not missed at all. Funnily enough, he was slagging off GBNews the other day on his movie review show with Mark Kermode.
So true, he was fantastic. Came over as a very talented nice man, a friend even. BBC need to go, along with the compulsory license fee!
First thing I thought of when I heard of his death was the shabby way the BBC treated him for not ticking the appropriate diversity boxes.
He wasn't gay , black or a woman so out the doo
Steve was part of my life for so lng, what a DJ he was!!! He was the best ever, without a doubt.
I can't help feeling that the BBC decision had something to do with his early departure from our lives. And they never even asked the listeners for their input. What a disgusting organisation it is.
It makes you wonder who is making the decisions at the BBC? What are they getting paid (for losing listeners) I wonder?
Well said Liz
The way the BBC treated Steve was disgraceful, they also did the same to many very highly regarded presenters such as Ken Bruce, and to many at a local level also.
Now that their audience is shrinking, they are talking about new stations aimed at older listeners, who they turned their back on.
Now they are trying to salvage a damaged reputation when its already too late.
Ah but for balance let's remember they treated Jimmy Saville very well
Yes and only for the purposes of diversity not quality ! 😏👍
Commercial broadcasters ruthlessly dump those who don't bring in the dosh. Especially in the USA .
Thousands are made redundant each year with little if nothing in the bank. Steve died a wealthy man. Where are the gushings of sympathy for those made redundant who ended their lives due to it? Nowhere. Yet all this crying for a radio 'celebrity'.
Paul O'Grady ken Bruce and Steve All dumped by the appalling BBC I hope they're listening audiences to zero
All the crap booted. Now much better
In the mid-1980s I used to listen to "Steve Wright In The Afternoon." Great characters like Malcolm from the Arts Council, Gervais the hairdresser, etc. Steve Wright was inventive and a breath of fresh air.
Ask Elvis😂😂😂
“Uzi 9mm” it’s Arnie 😂
Radio 2 has been my radio station for 30 years. I dont know this station anymore. They have replaced quality with pap!
I was listening to Steve one afternoon when working on a building site back in the mid-80s. Suddenly, he tells a story of my best friend from school Chris Booth changing his name by deed poll to include 'Telephone Booth'. That's the sort of nonsense that went on back in the day.
Steve wright in the afternoon was amazing kept me and my friend in fits of laughter during our time working at butlins he even came to do a radio 1 roadshow! Great times
I'd listened to the Steve Wright in the afternoon show for years and stopped as soon as they dumped him for the "box ticker" Scott Mills who is absolutely shite by the way and keeps mentioning his "Husband". RIP Steve you were the best. 🙏
Well said.
@jimbo6693 absolutely spot on
Scott Mills has been on the radio for decades, he's hardly a box ticker. He's a pro through and through. Don't call him just because he's a gay.
@@mclarenrob2 Who's called him.?? Regardless of what he is or isn't he's shite and it's like listening to a baby crying. Now then my little keyboard warrior go and put your pack of homophobic cards away. Your welcome 🤡
@@mclarenrob2I wouldn't say he has been on there for decades. He's not 40 yet
RIP Steve. You were too good for the new BBC.
Wonderful DJ, helped me through many a dark work day.thank you Steve 🕊️🕊️🕊️
Proof the BBC hasn't got a clue, they cancel his show and keep the clique crap like Ball etc. The most entertaining DJ I've ever heard, Voice Over Man and ask Elvis were hilarious, he had me in tears laughing.
As soon has the BBC.. hypocrites.. sacked Steve.. I stopped listening ..
Me too .... Ken Bruce and Wrighty gone .. so was I
Radio 2 is dead to me !
I can remember putting the radio on and steve wasnt on. I was gutted to find out his show had been axed, and shocked because it was pure brilliance
Rest in Peace, Steve ! ❤
Best DG of his Time - totally revolutionary and made Radio come ALIVE ! Steve Wright in the Afternoon - "We don't want anyone blàisè here !" was his famous Line ! He wanted People to enjoy the listening and he really respected the Public ! And he understood People really well as a DG ! ❤
REST IN PEACE, DEAR STEVE WRIGHT 🙏
Well said Liz 👏👏
Well done to Liz for speaking the truth. Steve was innovative, unique and so talented. Rest in peace Steve.
The BBC's radio show's are finished.
Steve was brilliant on radio 1 .... mr angry ,dave double decks and the pub singer. Never listened to him on radio 2 . RIP Steve you made me laugh and thx for that .
I remember loving and laughing along with the Steve Wright radio show. He was a brilliant dj who knew how to capture and KEEP an audience. RIP Steve ❤️
So well said Liz, Kershaw ❤😢
I totally agree
Another one of those Sudden Deaths there reluctant to talk about for some reason .
He was a one off. A beautiful human being. Every one of his guests were like friends to all. Absolute class. Rest in Peace Sir.
Liz Kershaw..what an amazing tribute. We loved him more than words can say. 💔💔💔💔
They lost so many listener's when they took out the greats & replaced them with Zoe ball, jo Wiley, & Sarah cox
Is that a coincidence Balls, Willy and cox…?
All satanic Masonick media-entertainment industry created,
womb-less, gender inverted biological males, that have been deliberately mocking, gaslighting and misleading the good public by masquerading as female entertainers, allegedly ?
Well said I couldn't have put it across any better
I was born in London 3 months b4 Steve and when you are no longer "in the loop" and life goes on without you, it can leave you feeling empty, especially, if you, like Steve, have so much still to offer and there is no outlet for it.
Liz is spot on , rest easy steve
steve will always remind me of 4 o,clock in the afternoon coming home from work and having a good laugh with him and his great team thankyou steve rip mate
Well said Liz, saying what a lot of the nation is thinking. Dear Steve Wright RIP❤🙏
I wonder if he had the safe and effective?
Probably died of a broken heart,he was afternoon radio,he lived radio, shame on the BBC
Another British icon who i grew up with , he brightened up so many of my days on building sites through many years . RIP Steve for so many great memories .
I remember a day sunbathing on a very packed Studland Beach on a very hot summers day with my then girlfriend in 1986 or 7 while listening to Wrighty, he would bang a gong every 30 minutes for everyone to turn over so as not to burn. The crazy thing is the amount of people who sat up and turned over on the gong was to my memory, virtually the whole beach. It seemed everyone was listening to the Steve Wright in the Afternoon Show. I use to howl with laughter at this show, the posse, the satire. Steve on Radio 1 was an era I will never forget. RIP Steve Wright ❤
@PaulNurse1 that underlines the difference between radio back then & radio today. Everyone who listened to Steve Wright In The Afternoon really did listen, it wasn't just background noise.
I get a laugh when I hear the likes of Global saying they get up to 6 million listeners tuning into Heart or Smooth Radio. What that really means is 6 million radios playing to themselves in the background of a workplace & nobody is listening to it !
THEM BBC grifters are a disgrace !!!!!!!!! I REMEMBER THE DAY HE MENTIONED THE DAY HE GOT THE SACK LIVE ON AIR . NEVER TUNED IN SINCE
Used to listen to him everyday when I was window cleaning. Such a loss to radio.
Steve had Britain laughing
Same with Paul OGrady
SHAME ON THE BBC
Totally agree !!
Both had plummeting audience figures
Rest in peace ❤
Shame on the BBC
This is such a sad and profound loss of such a lovely lovely guy...loved all of Steve's shows and especially my favourite Lovesongs and never missed....God bless you Steve.....You will be so so missed. Rest in Peace lovely Steve ❤❤❤❤❤❤💔💔💔
Losing your job, especially when its your life, is devastating and does cause a decline in health. I speak from experience.
Absolutely spot on Liz 👏🏻 👏🏻 👏🏻
I used to listen to ask elvis with my mate at work we used to roll around laughing our arses off legend steve wright r i p mate
He was far too loyal to the BBC who didn't deserve his loyalty. When they removed his afternoon show he should have moved to an independent radio station and proved he was bigger than the BBC. His show was like a comedy sitcom on the radio. He followed another great DJ in Kenny Everett.
My husband listened to this from his room at work in Kazakhstan it was a bit of home. BBC made huge mistakes in getting rid of Steve for sure just like Ken Bruce. RIP Steve , thank you for the memories, the laughter, the music .
Thank you Liz ...it needed someone like you too speak up for the great and late Steve Wright . I no longer listen too radio 2 . That station sounds tired and needs scrapping.
He doesn't care anymore. He's in a good place.
I never listened in the afternoon after Steve was replaced. No one could replace him. I will miss Sunday love songs😢 RIP Steve xx
Fabulous broadcaster. The word legend is used all too frequently, but Steve was exactly that.
I left radio 2 the day steve wright left 😢
Well said Liz 👏
Management in big corporations like the BBC have no humanity.
So sad to hear about Steve, I remember listening to him. Great DJ. Disgaceful the way BBC treated him. RIP Steve. 🌹 🙏
How dare they treat Steve that way. He was always at the top. ❤ Thank you Steve for all the laughs xxx
I am so sad. I have no words for the BBC. Except, that since the changes, I have deliberately not listened to BBC radio, and nor will I
Perfectly put.❤
Well said Liz 💔
Did he have the big pharma snake oil ? RIP Stevo !
Looks like it
🙌
It's the little perforations that does it.
Yes
WELL DONE FOR ASKING,, MY FIRST THOUGHTS EXACTLY!!!!
I loved the Steve Wright inthe afternoon, we used to listen every afternoon as we worked in the office.
Steve Wright will be so missed, bless this Guy. RIP❤
Same old story - no matter how much of yourself you give - your just a number at the end of the day! Sooo wrong! Soooooo sad 🥺🥺
Absolutely spot on, Liz! Steve was treated shabbily…so were Ken Bruce and Paul O’Grady. Radio 2 got it very wrong with all of them. In a nutshell, the Radio 2 bosses are ageist! Treating age as an issue in itself rather than looking at a person’s skills, capabilities,craft and connection with the listeners. Shameful errors in my view.
Liz is bang on
😢RIP STEVE a proper people's DJ he will be missed so much ❤
Sadly missed by everyone . Death of an era ? Not just a presenter ? A religion . Never to be repeated . Shame