Neil Fox (broadcaster)

Neil Fox
Neil Fox at the 2007 ChildLine polo day at Ham Polo Club, London.
Born	Neil Andrew Howe Fox (1961-06-12) 12 June 1961 (age 55) Harrow, Middlesex, England
Residence	East Preston, West Sussex Chelsea, London
Other names	Dr. Fox Foxy
Alma mater	University of Bath
Occupation	Radio & television broadcaster
Children	3

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

He was a judge on Pop Idol between 2001 and 2003 alongside Simon Cowell, Pete Waterman and Nicki Chapman.

As a boy he moved to Thames Ditton, Surrey, where he lived for a number of years. He was then educated at Kingston Grammar School in London and joined the Air Training Corps, before becoming a management student at the University of Bath, where he joined the student radio station University Radio Bath, and began his career as a radio presenter using the pseudonym Andrew Howe. After leaving university he worked as a binliner salesman. He is not a qualified doctor although did receive an honorary doctorate from the University of Bath in respect of his contributions to the media and charity. As a child he enjoyed making the trip to Adams Park to watch Wycombe Wanderers, a team he holds close to his heart.

In 1984 he started his professional radio career on what is now Free Radio Herefordshire & Worcestershire (then Radio Wyvern) in Hereford and Worcester, starting off with a show called Mellow Yellow. This was broadcast on Friday nights from 9.00 pm - 11.00pm & Saturday nights from 8.00 pm -11.00 pm. In 1985, Fox took over the weekday evening show from 6.00 pm - 9.00 pm, before moving to their weekday afternoon show from 2.00 pm - 6.00 pm. He also presented a Saturday morning show for the station, which went out from 10.00 am - 1.00 pm. He remained there until late 1986, then joined Radio Luxembourg in February 1987 before joining Capital Radio in October the same year.

Fox presented the station's evening show from 7.30 pm -10.00 pm on Tuesdays and Thursdays (sharing weekday evenings with Pat Sharp), where some of his first shows were broadcast only on medium wave, because Capital were then broadcasting "adult" rock music on FM while mainstream chart music was played on MW. However this soon ceased, the MW transmitters were given over to 'oldies' station Capital Gold, and the FM service became Capital FM. He also presented a Saturday morning show.