BBC Radio 2 announce future of Steve Wright's Sunday Love Songs with a new host
The BBC has confirmed Steve Wright's Radio 2 Sunday Love Songs show will return with a new host.
The news comes days after the much-loved DJ tragically died last week, aged 69. Steve's Sunday Love Songs show was a huge hit with fans and it's now been announced that a fellow Radio 2 star will take the reigns to allow the weekend staple to continue.
Steve's friend and Early Breakfast show host Nicki Chapman will present the programme both until and including the Easter period until a permanent host is found.
Following Liza Tarbuck’s Sunday Love Songs’ tribute to Steve Wright on 18 February, from this Sunday onwards Nicki, 57, will present the show, playing listeners’ love song requests and sharing their messages. Speaking about taking over from Steve, whose death has left his colleagues heartbroken, she said: “It will be a privilege to present Sunday Love Songs in the coming weeks, so please do tune in and keep me company as I share the listeners’ favourite songs alongside their heart-warming stories and memories of loved ones.”
Nicki Chapman will be hosting the Sunday Love Songs show (Twitter/@Nicki_Chapman)
Steve Wright tragically died aged 69 (PA)The Pop Idol star, who will present the show from 9-11am from Sunday 25 February to Sunday 31 March, broke down as she read out listeners' tributes hours after news of Steve's shock passing was revealed last week. The Escape to the Country presenter - who was standing in for Zoe Ball - encouraged listeners to send in their tributes to the father-of-two, but one in particular moved her to tears.
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Her voice broke mid-sentence as she read out a message from a fan who explained they had once been a guest presenter on Steve's show in 2016, thanks to a Children In Need competition. She read: "It was around the time of my 50th birthday celebrations and it was all my birthdays and Christmases at once. In person, he was the kind, funny, humble and lovable person I had listened to..."
Attempting to hold back tears, Nicki stopped before bravely carrying on saying: "...over the airwaves all my life. I am heartbroken says Fran in Cumbria."
When the presenter returned to the air after a tribute song for Steve, Nicki admitted: "I said to myself I wasn't going to cry and I have done it once. The tears are there but hopefully they are not going to keep falling. Today we are looking at the great, great man himself."
Earlier in the show, she said: "It is so difficult to sum up what Steve meant to all of us. The devastatingly sad news has come as a complete shock. Everyone seems to have such fond memories of our Wrighty because that's how we viewed and that's how we listened to him. He was ours. He was our mate, talking to us in our kitchens as we made a brew, in our bedrooms, in the shower, in our cars, taxis, lorries, in our form rooms at school, in our gardens, at work - he was always in our hearts."
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