The Clash: Was 'ageist' BBC wrong to replace Steve Wright on Radio 2?
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I can’t stand Scott mills. I’m 33 I’d much rather listen to Steve.
The ✴rse is gonna drop out of the listening figure in the afternoons once Steve Wright , 66 , aka the "king of the afternoons" goes into enforced semi-retirement.
How the hell he got to where he is now...I'll never know...!!!
Scott Mills just another talentless box ticker, can't stand the gobby Northerner who replace Ken either.
@@richardarmed4847I don't get it either
People said the radio 2 breakfast show would be rubbish when Zoe Ball took it over.
They were right!
To be fair, I like Zoe Ball…. Possibly as a neighbour. She would be great as a neighbour! She’s light and fluffy. Everything is “ amazing “. “ Fantastic” She would be the one who would offer to look after your dog, tortoise, feed your much loved fish. Also now that she’s older, she would nt be having the loud raucous parties as much!
However….. as a broadcaster especially in the morning. I want a little bit of humour, great music, as well as someone who might not agree with the guest all the time. Or even disagree occasionally with the Traffic guy!
In other words. I don’t want vacuous continually!!
But according to the grate BBC ( I used the different spelling there, as that is what they are doing now- grating on me!) 🤷🏼♀️
BUT as I said before Zoe would be great as your neighbour!
That frightful Vernon 'Kurrr' last week was just as bad.
I love Zoe Ball herself. What I hate about her show is it sounds like she's got a whole classroom full of people in the studio with her. But maybe that's because I'm not much of a morning person!
@@Amperzand exactly. in the morning you need someone a bit more calm and low key to ease you into the day gradually.... not some one so in your face! it is a style that Chris Evans started. that's when I first switched off.
@@fossehigh For a million quid a year maybe.
Steve Wright is a wonderful chap, BBC should be ashamed of themselves 😠 😡
Every time Scott covered Ken or anyone else it's been a wooden disaster
Totally wrong. The BBC don’t realise how much a part of our lives these dj’s become, especially Steve Wright
And here we are, the great icon has departed this world. BBC didn’t deserve his talents.
RIP Steve. Thank you.
well said
@Rambo9700 the poor guy actually thought Radio 2 controller Helen Thomas was his friend & she shafted him. Some friend indeed !
Re-watching Nightingale & Wright passed on, Bruce now on GHR! All as hinted there on this interview!
Since BBC2 became available to us here in the US, we became daily listeners of Steve Wright in the Afternoon. We miss him dearly. His show was superior to anything we have in the US these days.
Steve Wright One of the greats!! Anyone with talent is disregarded. I will miss his talent and warmth.
Steve Wright is the best X 💛💚💕 won't be tuning in when he as gone , Steve is a genuine awesome human being whom as no idea how much he is loved and appreciated he is also very healing to many with his humour, intelligence,and fantastic music taste X 💛💕 love you Steve followed you for years on radio ,will genuinely miss you xxx
well said
And in the event of the last few days I think he was truly heart broken! god bless him
So non of them are happy WELL DNE BBC ballsed it up as usual totally out of touch ! The quicker the bbc are closed down the better
If the radio 2 boss Helen Thomas wants to make things different in the afternoons,she could go home and make the dinner
👍👏👏👏😂
Try writing/ e-mailing Helen Thomas about your views regarding this dumb-ass decision , but if you expect any kind of considered response/acknowledgement you've got more chance of being ra_(comment censored by TH-cam for legal reasons)_ope!
Helen Thomas is a damn fool.
spot on
😂😂😂
Well if this Scott Mills is as good as Zoe Ball, then that's another one to switch off for. Absolut rubbish.
feltz ball cox whiney outr crap
Oh and you are so right about the disgraceful decision to remove Sue Barker from A Question of Sport. I'm sure that's why her pride made her retire from Wimbledon commentary.
The trouble with Scott Mills is that he's more wooden than my coffee table!
Yes, he's rubbish and slow as hell. Listening to PopMaster when he does it is excrutiating. I bet he would not have got the afternoon show on R2 if he were straight. This is about the BBC wanting to be seen as woke and inclusive.
and you're coffee table is straighter
Sure he’s a nice guy , but is he a character? He’s just bland
You're absolutely right
So true...have you heard him do Popmaster?
Yes, Steve find another station and just carry on. Listeners will follow. Your fans really and you are a great DJ.
Indeed , I once met our Stevo out and about in the wild crazy streets of Dulwich (September 13th , 2017 , 'bout half past two) and said "Yo ! Lo and behold , look who t'ain't , as I live and breathe if t'ain't Steve Wright of afternoon fame. Howdy-doody bro? 's'app'nin' daddio? Dig the cool threads innit? Cosmic y'dig?" Steve , 5 8 , waved me out of the way , hollering : "p✴ss off you soppy dingbat! I'm busy , innit? " which though made him a wonderful human being. More power to his elbows.👍
Fact. Steve Wright much better than Scott Mills
Cometely unnecessary and unjustified...blandness taking over from old school sophisticated and humourous entrrtainment. The Management are the ones who need to be replaced
He is very funny.. there will be a mass turn off when he leaves.. Ask Elvis was one of the funniest things I've ever heard in my life!
It's a complete disgrace what the BBC have done to Steve Wright....him and Ken Bruce are the best two on BBC R2
Yes they are indeed too of course!! Thank you anyway!!
I'm 52, so my teenage years were the 80's, my Dad is in his mid-70's, and loves music from the 1950's to 1980's, and he has switched off from Radio 2 due to the music being "like Radio 1 - bloody awful". Yet the BBC don't offer an alternative - he loves pop music so doesn't want to listen to Radio 3 or 4, but at the same time, he doesn't want to listen to Pharrell, Tom Odell or Lil Nas X either.
The answer is don't listen to it.The public have the power
but they don't care who listens! as long as they get paid millions by the tax payer.
Steve Wright is brilliant will be sadly missed
I dread the day when they get rid of Ken Bruce, he's the only thing worth listening to on Radio 2 now.
Scott Mills is certainly no replacement for Steve Wright. I think we all know why he got the post, although it seems like something of a demotion from Radio 1.
The perfect replacement for Ken Bruce would either be BBC Radio London's Gary Crowley or Robert Elms...
@@_Ben4810 Good idea. And get rid of that annoying Vernon Kay
BBC need to stand up to their mistakes god bless and rest in peace Steve Wright and Paul Ogrady! How many listeners are now turning to greatest hits radio?
Steve Wright is the one show I can tune into and feel the world is not so bad, whatever the world throws at us, a few hours with Steve and the crew and it's all okay. I live in the Bay Area in California and I rarely miss my afternoon with Steve. Is there any way this terrible decision will be changed? Who is your new audience Ms. Thomas????? You have no idea....... - to take a British institution and discard him is despicable - hope you and your poor decisions are not long behind him. No one has even heard of Helen Thomas until she messes up with this move.
Exactly. Apart from f✳!#in' Ed Sheeran's 'Galway Girl ' which he plays all the time !!
AAAAAAHHHHHGGGGGGG!!!!
Poor old Helen Thomas has a tough balancing act, I still hope she will move Steve Wright to the excellent BBC Radio London station afternoon show, & he can still be listened to nationally & globally via BBC Sounds...
@Ben 4810 I hope yr right and then Thomas's Radio 2 can go swivel !
Stevie boi forever!!
Talent is what's missing not just on radio stations in all sectors of life.. youngsters are on the hole are talentless verbally, emotionally, and imaginatively sterile. It's the computer age that has taken away this gift I'm sorry to say...
Go to Boom Radio
In a country of 60 million people there are plenty of young talented people. And they deserve a chance.
Steve you are too modest, You have plenty of fuel in the tank...Your program is AGELESS and so are...!
Steve Wright in the afternoon is a
National institution, big mistake bbc..
This was a decision for steve, not Clueless
idiots who dont give the listeners their view.....
I won’t be listening to ANY bbc radio anymore. In fact we’re seriously thinking about cancelling our license altogether. They are way to woke now and this is a bad decision by the bbc.
Cancel it. We cancelled ours, its easy to do and we havnt missed it one bit
Woke 😂😂😂😂
Cancelled mine 3 years ago .never looked back
Get steve on absalute 80s, Steve Wright in the afternoon forever
When the legend Steve Wright leaves Radio 2 the station will become strangled and die. Without this uniquely talented presenter this station in nothing. His effortless jingles and familiar tones have made our afternoons a better place to be in. RIP Radio 2
Who are you …..his mother ?
@@georgemorrison9280 no, his great Aunt from Clacton 🤣
@@georgemorrison9280 no, his great Aunt Madge from Clacton 🤣
@@suzannep8371 ….well if she is his aunt and he takes after her ….she wouldn’t be all that great .
@@georgemorrison9280 yeah right’O
Disgusting bbc. Scott Mills isn't fit to lace his boots.one of the best voices and characters ever to grace this shores airwaves.
Will NEVER listen to the afternoon slot ever again...Steve is a legend!!
Can’t believe how bad the BBC “management” have become. Steve Wright in the afternoon is the absolutely best presenter and show on the Radio. What an absolute shame. I’ve grown up with him 😭
Steve and Ken are the back bone of the BBC
don't forget Tony B.. he's the only one I listen to regularly.
What, then, is the point of Radio 1?! Surely that's the station for youngsters?! Radio 2 caters for older music fans...and we love all the older DJs like Steve and Tony!!
The problem, ironically given their ageist attitude, is that the BBC is a dinosaur that doesn't realise it's dead yet.
They are desperate, in fact perhaps obsessed with hanging onto youth culture, not realising that young folks today are going elsewhere for their entertainment. Spotify being a prime example.
So they chop, and change, and move things around hoping to find a magic formula to bring kids back to the station, and in the meantime piss off their true audience, older listeners.
It's no coincidence that Radio 2 blows Radio 1 out of the water in audience figures these days.
@Deedee-ee1sg I agree with you 100%+. It's a case of "you know it, I know it, but try telling Radio 2 boss Helen Thomas it". She is doing to Radio 2 what Matthew Bannister did to Radio 1 in the 90's....I.e :- screwing it all up
Scrap the BBC...simples....Sue Barker bit the same bullet....shame
I hope the BBC realise this ageist attitude is a huge mistake.They get rid of the best Steve Wright,Ken Bruce etc and we get people like Scott Mills and others who belong on Radio 1,we switch from Radio 1 to 2 when we stop wanting the frenetic presenting and want quieter, gentler kind of presenting. Steve and Ken both bring such humour to the airwaves. We don't want Rylan with his smutty humour talking to his thick boring mother.Who cares what she is having for dinner and what book she is reading etc. Shame on you BBC
Mike Read is 75.
Looks about 52!
I used to listen to him on the world radio in Denmark.
Mike Read rocks. The most talented breakfast DJ ever. Shame he's most famous for banning Relax. But he has always had the best sense of humour, and a lot of common sense, and never afraid to speak his opinion.
but where is he now?
@Amperzand I believe he was forced into doing that by Radio 1 controller Derek Chinnery because he & the other BBC bosses weren't comfortable at him playing Relax & also presenting Saturday Superstore on TV at the time.
Typically it caused a backlash against the BBC & eventually leading to the said Radio 1 controller stepping down
This is a strange one. I used to listen to Steve Wright in the afternoon on radio 1. When he switched to radio 2, I'd already found myself listening to this station as it had already adapted and moved to accommodate my age and taste. So it was great that I could listen to Steve again who was playing more of the music I'd grown up with.
Therefore, Scott Mills will I'm sure have his listeners from radio 1 follow him. I'm just saddened that my generation will be lost without Steve. So message to Steve Wright......wherever you go Steve, you will have a large following of listeners.
I agree, sound reasoning
What,a gent,love Steve,xx
Mills is pretty annoying and vacuous. So 50% balloon.
But more importantly he's a box ticker
I loved Steve Wright !!! Always have !!
radio 2 HAS never been the same since Wogan left. Zoe ball has far fewer listeners than Terry ever did. people are turning off in their droves. the BBC has already replaced Sue Barker on TV. that was ageist too. no question. they're shooting themselves in the foot. they are only interested in their own ambitions not in their listeners . about the only radio I listen to now is Tony Blackburn and his days are probably numbered.... then it's classic FM for me.
Remember young folk get old too! Radio 2 isn't just aimed at coffin Dodgers! it's natural progression......give it a few years and Greg James will be on there!
"We wanted to try something different" replacing a straight man with a gay man, that's not different it's just typical BBC !
Yay here comes the homophobe!
Scott Mills is gay?
@@tommycoopersmagiccarpetwea817
No. But his husband is!
I am totally inconsolable at Steve leaving the afternoon show. I have been listening to him for the last 42 years and I think he has years of quality presenting left in him. He totally outclasses the rubbish about nowadays and he's the only thing on the BBC that justifies the ridiculously high licence fee. Please BBC get real and realise there are some older people out there.
I adored Steve and his prog. I never listen in the afternoon now.
The BBC should remember who pays their wages,it is us the license payers 👎🏼
They've not cared what we think for at least a decade now... They are far too enamoured with their identity politics cult to worry about what mere consumers want.
This is why Boom Radio is doing well.David Hamilton can be heard there.
Hopefully Steve will be there soon and on after David 🙂❤️
@@colindowd9756 Excellent reply-- and I agree
I can see Tony Blackburn going there too eventually
Read and wright...both radio legends..as a youngster I looked up to them..wanted to be them
Shameful, could have accommodated both of them.
Why has someone nearly 70 got to listen to younger music, with a dj who hasn’t a clue what our age group likes . We won’t be switching on after he goes. Steve w right is a way of life. For those at home, retired. How old is Helen mills? Telling us what she wants??
It happened when jimmy young was pushed out to bring Jeremy vine in , an appalling way to treat jimmy , then we have the ghastly zoe ball and sara cox , Scott mills will not be able to fill Steve's shoes. R2 is nearly R1 now, only ken Bruce left , when he gets pushed out its its goodbye from me .
Agree wholeheartedly pal. Ken must be really wondering how long he has left. Bad move bbc I won’t be listening to Scot mills he’s as much personality as a damp rag
What I say is bring back the old radio1 school Tony Blackburn, Steve Wright, Mike Read, Neil Edmonds, Peter Powell, DLT,Dave Cash, Simon Bates,Bruno Brookes etc bring back the old days Make radio fun again.
Try listening to Tony Blackburn's Sunday evening show...BBC Radio Solent & Berkshire via BBC Sounds...he is still brilliant...👌
it hurt to hear that my afternoons will never be the same again
If I were Steve Wright I'd be negotiating a contract with Virgin Radio or Spotify. He has a loyal audience who have gown up with him, that's money in the bank! Look how well Chris Evans has done, on less talent. This is a woke decision rather than a logical one.
Good idea ….I don’t listen to either Virgin Radio or Spotify .
@@georgemorrison9280 Why are you telling us this?
My days of tuning in at 2pm are gone…. Bring back Steve Radio2
If it ain't broke don't fix it. Steve Wright might not be everyone's cup of tea, but he is professional and he does have a personality, as for his replacement, not so much.
Indeed Steve ain't broke and doesn't need fixing!
Apart from his unnatural obsession with one of the most annoying songs EVER committed to take . . . Ed Sheera n's God-awful 'Galway Girl ' AAAAGGGHHHHH!!!!
Radio 2 has lost a phenomenal number of listeners since putting in the more `modern` presenters. They`ve changed the genre and leave us older folks with less music to enjoy. Still, there`s always GHR which is gaining listeners by the day.
I am gutted about Steve leaving radio 2. I am a very young seventy year old English lady living in Florida. I put my radio on every weekday morning to listen to Steve and get the feel of being back home. It is not just the people in the UK that love Steve he has listeners all over there world. I haven’t got over Simon Mayo leaving yet! I love the friendship between Steve and Tim Smith. What is happening to Tim? Very, very sad. Good luck Steve.
Do you listen to BBC Radio London's night time Jo Good Show...? She has alot of listeners & callers from America...she's a great broadcaster also...
The BBC deserve all they get Zero customers. That was the only show worth listening to and it appealed to all ages , but the bbc don’t give a toss . So glad I don’t give them a penny
Change is as good as rest, but when you look at this story it’s not needed Steve Wright along with Ken Bruce are holding Radio 2 together, the audience figures don’t lie.
Ken Bruce is in his 70s, and is still presenting his Radio 2 show every weekday morning. I don’t know if it’s anything to do with age.
I doubt he'll be there for long. or maybe he's staying because he doesn't earn so much? or perhaps he knows to many secrets.😉
He is playing music he does not like .
The reason he is still around is that he has the largest audience on the entire network. I think if he went they would absolutely haemorrhage listeners.
@@raymondbonington9355 I’ve noticed that as well the music is more and more like Radio 1 now.
He's playing music I don't like, if it wasn't for pop master I wouldn't be tuning in at all.
I used to listen to Johnnie walkers rock show on a Saturday at eight they've now bumped him to eleven on a Tuesday night, probably hoping that he looses listeners so they can cancel it altogether.@@raymondbonington9355
I remember when Peter Purvis went on Blue Peter doing a swimming session....was so good they took him on as a presenter......how old am I!!!!!?
Me too, end of the line soon, having teenage kids makes the end less frightening.
Steve is a legend.
Who's going to bother listening to Scott Mills after listening to Steve Wright?
Things move on. Was it ageism when Radio 2 replaced Ed Stewart with Steve Wright?
I agree Sue Barker's department from Question of Sport was a disaster. Used to watch it with Sue, Matt and Phil - they had a great chemistry, couldn't tell you who are the captains now.
how about abolishing the BBC for something different
He has had a good run as has Ken Bruce but change is needed....its boring...and extremely predictable!
Steve Wright is by far the best broadcaster on BBC radio. I've listened to him for years, since way back when he was on Radio 1. He's clever, witty & keeps his program fresh - Scott whatever-his-name-is has some huge shoes to fill - Looks like Greatest Hits Radio for me!
Steve wright will have a break and be back on the airwaves with another station within 6 months
GHR WAITS FOR YOU STEVE.
My pick absolute 80s
I don't know what else to say but other than I am gonna miss him. I hate change, and I think this is a huge mistake, and think Scott is the wrong person for this job. In 12 months from now, I might be eating my words. Steve has his own wacky, zany style and that's what the BBC will mess up. Why can't you work until your 100 if you want to.
legally you can!!!! in industry they can't force you to retire any more.
Rest in peace Steve. BBC radio 2 was never the same without your afternoon show. Hope the decision makers are feeling guilty now! A legend leaves a legacy 😢You brought so much joy to so many millions.
With Steve being the best person on radio 2…
Love Steve Wright,i love him bring him Back ASAP 👍🏼
I can remember Steve Wright starting on Radio 1 back in 1980.
The bbc needs to go hardly anybody bothers with it , I like steve wright he's really good to listen to, the bbc is losing all its viewers and listeners and I think it's time to shut down PERMANENTLY.
@gillygrey6545 I see a large iceberg heading towards that Titanic building known as BBC Broadcasting House
What is that man? What’s Mike on about ?
Steve Wright did the same show on Radio one for years!!!
How many “youngsters”pay for a tv licence
Exactly . None of them do and they have many alternative outlets that cater for their ‘music’ that don’t require a licence . If they want us to continue to pay for a licence they need to cater for those who actually pay for it ….and it ain’t teenagers . Radio two needs to return to the values of the Terry Wogan era . A gentler time ….not the raucous stuff we get from the likes of Zoe Ball .
The rot set in when they removed Mike Harding. Then the atrocity of changing Simon Mayo's slot & format. Moving Bob Harris an hour later. And on radio 3, moving essential classics host
And Paul Jones .manfreds .
They've just bumped Johnnie Walkers rock show from prime time Saturday night to eleven on a Tuesday night their slowly getting rid of the greats with their relentless box ticking agenda.
radio 2 SHOULD be old and white. Radio 1 is for the young and diverse. why should the young have everything? older people are being side lined. cast off like an old sock as my husband is fond of saying. 😀
Scott Mills is 50. Steve Wright was younger when he took over on Radio 2 from Ed Stewart.
@@andrewoliver8930 that's not the point. it's what the older generation like that counts. anyway I preferred Stew pot to Steve. Steve actually plays to much (c) rapping to try to stay down with the kids but it didn't save him. Ken Bruce is still good but by the time Zoe is over I forget to switch on until he's nearly over.
@@SheilaTitchener Radio 2 is for people above 25 - 30 years old. Terry Wogan was only 39 when he started on the station.
Steve Wright has been on for over 20 years and it's time for the next incumbent to get the job.
@@andrewoliver8930 rubbish!
@@andrewoliver8930 so where is the station for over 60s? don't we count?????
These three are legends and brilliant 👏
I was sorry to see Simon Mayo go from Radio 2 so was delighted when he popped up on Greatest Hits in the same late afteroon slot..
I know .. it's almost as if the format of his show really worked isn't it
Greatest hits radio should be renamed Greatest reapeats radio . I won’t listen to that station if paid me .
Simon Mayo and Ken Bruce must have been crazy to join that station
I remember was Steve Wright was on radio one back in the mid eighties when Radio one was the number one station in the country. Sadly the whole music industry has changed beyond all recognition and everyone listens to music through various mediums but from a personal point and yes I’m middle aged but I loved the era of the likes of Wright and especially Peter Purvess whose broadcasting manner was flawless
Absolute DISGRACE! The BBC had it all with Steve Wright and they DUMPED HIM! What more did the BBC want! Millions stopped listening and were heartbroken losing Steve Wright because He was such a great part of our lives and they dropped him…Unbelievable. We love you Steve Wright xxx
Been years since I listened to Steve Wright but he was brilliantly funny. Mark and lard.
I ll never listen to the bbc again 🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬
Steve Wright going to Virgin,Chris Evans keeps hinting at it
Pretty balanced replies by Read/Purves/Hamilton and I think overall an acceptance that Steve Wright had a long run and DJs can't go on forever. Bosses decide not presenters but it is true audiences can be lost as a result of drastic changes.
If you prefer listening to the older generation radio presenters, check out Boom radio or Boom light , both on digital.
Boom plays music from the 50's to the 80's
Boom light concentrates on the 50's.
Annie Nightingale is on at 2am on a pre recorded slot from her home !!
Simon Mayo only found it a strain when Jo Whitley was shoehorned into his show. He now hosts an extra hour on Greatest Hits Radio (4pm to 7pm), whereas his old Radio 2 show was on from 5pm for two hours. The BBC is engaged in woke box-ticking.
David Hamiltons wig is marvellous😀
The wig has it's own overnight show when David's gone to bed....😉
Wats downstairs like?
@@_Ben4810it's quite hair raising too 🤣🤣🤣🤣
I have gone to Boom and not looked back.
Steve Wright is the BBC’s best presenter. Some changes are not for the best!
Yep ageist, no question. Scott Mills do me a favour, Dermot O Dreary will be next to replace Ken Bruce.
Oh god, I hope you're wrong!!
Pass me the hemlock please 😫😫😫😫
Do not put ideas in their heads .
As a child and teenager, I listened to Radio 1. In early middle age, I switched to Radio 2. As that channel became more manic, I moved to Radio’s 3&4. Now Radio 4 has become woke central, I have gone over to my local community Radio (Oldham). Plus of course, I frequent TH-cam a lot. Broadcasters will probably continue to hound me into increasingly individualistic and arcane areas.
Or I could turn off the lot of them.
Bring back mike Reid , Tony Blackburn, Simon bates, and Dave Lee Travis, them were the days !
DLT😂The Hairy Cornflake, haven't you heard😮........ No way he'll be back on the Radio.
Not watched the BBC tv for years now goodbye to radio CountryLineRadio for me from now on.