Steve Crumley

When Owen Sherratt went on holiday, we asked ourselves a serious question: “Who on earth would agree to do three hours of radio for a Freddo and a cup of instant coffee?”
Enter Steve Crumley — a man who once described himself as “a cross between Alan Partridge, a malfunctioning jukebox, and a Greggs steak bake.”

Steve’s broadcasting career began in 1998 when he accidentally locked himself inside a community radio studio and read the shipping forecast for six hours straight. The station gained three new listeners and a restraining order. Since then, Steve’s voice has been heard on several prestigious stations including Radio Fray Bentos, Totally Not Illegal FM, and a brief stint as the tannoy announcer at B&Q Ashton.

When he’s not on air, Steve spends his time alphabetising his CD collection (all of them Now That’s What I Call Music volumes 1–87), arguing with Alexa, and trying to convince his neighbours that his home disco light show is part of an art project.

Listeners can expect a chaotic blend of random facts, unverified rumours, and musical choices that make you go, “Wait… is that from a yoghurt advert?”

He’s only with us for one week — but if the studio’s still standing afterwards, we’ll call that a win.

Steve Crumley. Broadcasting brilliance. By accident.