Neil Fox

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Neil Andrew Howe Fox (born 12 June 1961) is an English radio DJ and television presenter who was known for many years as Dr Fox before he became "Foxy" in the 2000s.

He is now known as Neil Fox. Between 2001 and 2003, he served as a judge on Pop Idol, as well as Simon Cowell, Pete Waterman, and Nicki Chapman.

Early life

Fox was born in Harrow, Middlesex, on June 12th, 1961. He migrated to Thames Ditton, Surrey, where he lived for many years as a boy. He was then educated at Kingston Grammar School in London and joined the Air Training Corps before joining University Radio Bath, where he began his career as a mentor and apprentice, using the pseudonym Andrew Howe. Since graduating from college, he worked as a binliner salesman. He does not hold a traditional PhD or medical degree, but he does have an honorary doctorate from the University of Bath in recognition of his contributions to media and charity.

Personal life

In August 2014, Fox was one of 200 public figures to sign a letter from The Guardian opposing Scottish independence in the run-up to the referendum in September.

Fox was arrested on Sunday, September 30, 2014, at the Magic FM headquarters in London, by police probing allegations of historic sex crimes. Two women were arrested after separate charges were made. His deposition was not part of Operation Yewtree, the high-profile sex crime probe launched in the aftermath of rumors about BBC presenter Jimmy Savile. The homes of Fox in Fulham and Littlehampton, West Sussex, were searched. He was then released on bail until December 2014, when he was re-arrested in connection with three other suspected offences; he was subsequently jailed until March 2015. He was arrested in the early 1990s on 13 March for a suspected sexual assault against a woman. He remained on bail until late March, when he was charged with nine sex crimes against six people, three of whom were under the age of 16. The crimes were reportedly committed between 1991 and 2014. On April 16, 2015, he entered a plea of not guilty at Westminster Magistrates' Court. On October 2nd, he pleaded not guilty to six additional charges dating back to 1987 and 1988 involving three girls under the age of 16 years old.

He began his trial on November 5, 2015. Five charges were cleared of by investigators before the trial began. At Westminster Magistrates' Court, the bench trial took place. On December 14, he was found not guilty on all charges. Fox's appeal was the first high-profile sexual harassment lawsuit to be heard by magistrates rather than a jury after the Savile affair. "We received reports of about ten allegations from six different people," Judge Howard Riddle said in a summation. We trusted each of the complainants. We must ask whether we are positive of the facts, are aware of the circumstances in which they were performed, and are confident that they were guilty of criminal charges. Judge Riddle addressed the difficulty of coping with the recent cases, saying they were not sure if the events were real or not criminal offence, and they were not sure if the most recent allegation was a criminal offence." 31 In a tweet post-mortem apology, Fox said, "This lawsuit has once more raised questions about how high-profile cases such as this have been investigated by the CPS." He thanked followers and expressed his enthusiasm for returning to broadcasting.

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Career

Mellow Yellow, a show that began in 1984, began his career in radio Hereford and Worcestershire (then Radio Wyvern). This was a show on Friday nights from 9.00 p.m. to 11.00 p.m., on Saturday nights, from 8.00 p.m. to 11.00 p.m. Fox took over the weekday evening show from 6.00 p.m. to 6.00 p.m. in 1985, before transferring to their weekday afternoon show from 2.00 p.m. – 6.00 p.m. He also hosted a Saturday morning show for the station, which started at 10 a.m. – 1.00 p.m. He remained there until late 1986 and then joined Radio Luxembourg in February 1987 before joining Capital Radio in October of the same year.

On Tuesdays and Thursdays, Fox hosted an evening show from 7.30 p.m. to 10.05 p.m. (sharing weekday evenings with Pat Sharp), where some of his first shows were only on medium wave because Capital were then broadcasting "adult" rock music on FM rather than mainstream chart music on MW. However, this soon ceased, the MW transmitters were handed over to Capital Gold of the oldies, and Capital FM became Capital FM. He also appeared on Saturday morning at a show.

Fox hosted a show on Saturday that was specifically targeted at the club audience in the early 1990s. It was for this show that he adopted the moniker "Dr Fox," with the full title being "Dr. Fox's Midnight Surgery." Richard Park, Capital's Programme Director, made the suggestion. Many people called the show for requests. Fox was already known for banning calls, and "Surgery" was shortly extended to his weekday evening show.

Fox was one of Capital FM's most popular DJs, and he began presenting the Pepsi Chart in 1993, which was renamed after sponsorship was removed from the Pepsi Chart, but then moved to Pepsi Chart in 1996 and then hit 40k by Woolworths in 2003. During Fox's tenure as host David Jensen, the show that had previously been hosted by David Jensen won the official Top 40 show on BBC Radio 1 (broadcast at the same time). In addition to this, he continued with his evening show, although it was still on Sundays to Thursdays from 1995. He had been from 7 p.m. to 8.30 p.m. on Sunday, his display was from 7.00 p.m. to 8.30 p.m., unless he had been showing the Chart show beforehand. Following Chris Evans' departure from the station, it was reported that Matthew Bannister offered Fox the breakfast show on BBC Radio 1. In late 1998, he took over Capital's 4.00 p.m. drivetime show, which was later extended to 8.00 p.m.

He appeared on Channel 5 from 1998 to 2002, and he was also a judge on Pop Idol, as well as hosting several other ITV1 shows. On Capital FM, he went from the weekday evening show to the drivetime show in 1998, eventually replacing David Jensen. He volunteered for Chris Tarrant on the station's breakfast show on several occasions, particularly after Tarrant transitioned to part-time work in 2003, but Tarrant's replacement was refused, but Johnny Vaughan was nominated.

When he didn't make the breakfast show, Fox said he wanted to leave Capital, but he later changed his mind and stayed for a while longer. On May 30, 2004 he was his last hit40k after 11 years on Capital FM, but he didn't return to the station until 2005, when Richard Bacon took over his drivetime show was taken over by Richard Bacon.

He appeared on Magic 105.4 FM in London, and DAB, Freeview, and Satellite throughout the United Kingdom from September 12 to 2010. His last appearance was on September 30, 2014, after which he was arrested on the studio's grounds. Although Fox's deal came to an end in January 2016 and he did not return to Magic until he was convicted in December 2015.

Fox would join Thames Radio in London, six months after his acquittal, on June 26, 2016, where he appeared on the Saturday morning show. Later this morning, he will compete in the station's Breakfast Show. However, the venture was short lived when the station switched to non-stop music in July 2017. Fox would join United DJs in the internet radio station "Heritage Chart Run Down" on Sunday evenings, as it was announced on July 17, 2020. In November 2020, Fox and Mike Read left United DJs in order to unleash Nation Radio UK. Between January and April, Fox hosted Drivetime and The Heritage Chart, respectively on Nation UK. Following Read's departure, he took over the Breakfast show in April 2021.

Fox has ten Sony awards for lifetime achievement as well as winning the "Best Disc Jockey" award at the Smash Hits Poll Winners Party multiple times.

Fox joined Pete Waterman and Nicki Chapman on Peter Kay's Got the Pop Factor, and possibly a New Celebrity Jesus Christ Soapstar Superstar Strictly on Ice, a spoof on the talent show variety of programs.

Fox appeared on the controversial 2001 Paedophilia Special, where he claimed that "Genetically, paedophiles have more genes in common with crabs than they do with you and me." Now that's a scientific fact; there are no concrete facts to back it up, but it is science fact."

Doctor Fox's Video Jukebox, Ice Warriors (voiceover), and The Big Call (host) on ITV, as well as Not the Jack Docherty Show (host) on Channel 5 are among their television appearances and appearances, including Doctor Fox's Video Jukebox on LWT, Ice Warriors (voiceover) and The Big Call (host) on LWT.

He appeared on Paul O'Grady: For the Love of Dogs, where he acquired his puppy Bonzo.

Fox's daughter Martha appeared on an episode of Big Star's Little Star on April 2nd, 2014.

Neil began hosting the weekday Drivetime show 4-7 p.m., as well as The Heritage Chart on Sundays 5-7 p.m. on London's DAB station, nation radio's first radio, and country radio.

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