In 2012 Steele celebrated his 25th anniversary at WBEZ, the public radio station in Chicago. He joined the station as a staff announcer in 1987 after a long and distinguished run as "The Real Steele" on urban radio in Chicago, hosting talk and music shows on WVAZ, WVON and the former WGCI-AM, WBMX, WGRT and WJPC.