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Presenting a special episode of Wrights Sunday Love Songs show this morning, Tarbuck said the show was going on but without the chief.

Throughout the special episode, which aired on Sunday morning, Tarbuck said the show would continue but without the chief before reading out heartfelt tributes from Wrights listeners.

Presenter choked up as he remembered late ‘broadcasting giant’

Some of the best-loved voices on the Beeb have been kicked off Radio 2, including Simon Mayo and Ken Bruce. Listeners are expected to tune in to their replacements without noticing the difference.

After the death of Steve Wright, from Tony Blackburn and Annie Nightingale to Janice Long and Mike Smith, this is what happened to radios most famous generation...

From helping nurses de-stress to giving advice to would-be DJs, Guardian readers remember the Radio 2 star whose humour and humanity lit up Britain

A rummage through some cardboard boxes has unearthed a treasure trove of photos from the glory days of Flicks nightclub in Brechin.

A statement shared to BBC News by Wright’s family said: ‘It is with deep sorrow and profound regret that we announce the passing of our beloved Steve Wright’

A statement shared to BBC News by Wright’s family said: ‘It is with deep sorrow and profound regret that we announce the passing of our beloved Steve Wright’

Steve Wright, who has died aged 69, hosted the anarchic breakfast show on Radio 1 for a year before switching to Radio 2, where he became a garrulous fixture on weekday afternoons with middle-of-the-road pop hits, interviews and features mixed with interjections from his regular on-air posse of equally mouthy subordinates, a format that became known as “zoo” radio.