Neil Fox Biography
Neil Fox is an English radio DJ and television presenter who served as a judge on Pop Idol from 2001 to 2003, alongside Simon Cowell, Pete Waterman, and Nicki Chapman.
How old is Neil Fox? – Age
He is 62 years old as of 12 June 2023. He was born in 1961 in Harrow, United Kingdom. His real name is Neil Andrew Howe Fox.
Neil Fox Family – Education
As a child, he relocated to Thames Ditton, Surrey, where he spent several years.He then attended 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 under the pseudonym Andrew Howe. After finishing graduation, he worked as a binliner salesperson. He does not have an ordinary PhD or medical degree, but he has received an honorary doctorate from the University of Bath for his contributions to the media and philanthropy.
Is Neil Fox Married? – How many children does Neil Fox have?
He has been married to Vicky Fox since 1999. The couple has three children; Jack Presley Roy Fox, Martha Fox, and Scarlett Fox.
Neil Fox Net Worth
He has an estimated net worth of £19.5million($23million).
Is Neil Fox still on radio?
In 1984, Steve Fox started his expert radio profession on Free Radio Herefordshire and Worcestershire (presently Radio Wyvern) in Hereford and Worcester. He began with a show called Smooth Yellow, telecom on Friday evenings from 9.00 pm – 11.00 pm and Saturday evenings from 8.00 pm – 11.00 pm. In 1985, Fox assumed control over the work day evening show from 6.00 pm – 9.00 pm, moving to their work day evening show from 2.00 pm – 6.00 pm. He likewise introduced a Saturday morning show for the station.
In the mid 1990s, Fox facilitated a show called “Dr Fox’s 12 PM Medical procedure” focused on the club swarm, which was subsequently reached out to his work day evening shows. He set up a good foundation for himself as one of Capital FM’s most famous DJs and in 1993, he started introducing the Sunday evening Organization Outline Show, which became known as the Pepsi Organization Graph prior to turning out to be just the Pepsi Diagram in 1996 and hit40uk, supported by Woolworths in 2003.
Fox moved from the work day evening show to the drivetime show in 1998, succeeding David Jensen. He nominated for Chris Tarrant on the station’s morning meal show on many events, however was ignored for Johnny Vaughan as Tarrant’s replacement. Fox at first needed to leave Capital when he didn’t get the morning meal show, yet he at first adjusted his perspective and stayed for some time longer.
On 30 May 2004, he introduced his last hit40uk following 11 years, however stayed on Capital FM until the spring of 2005 when he left the station following 18 years. From 12 September 2005, he was the moderator of the “More Music Breakfast Show” on Wizardry 105.4 FM in London, and on Spot, Freeview, and Satellite across the UK. His keep going show was on 30 September 2014, after which he was captured on the studio’s premises. Albeit at last absolved in December 2015, Fox’s agreement terminated in January 2016 and he didn’t get back to Sorcery.
On 26 June 2016, Fox joined the new London radio broadcast Thames Radio, where he introduced the Saturday morning show and later took on the station’s Morning meal show. In any case, the endeavor was fleeting when the station settled on relentless music in July 2017. Fox then joined the web radio broadcast Joined DJs, introducing the “Legacy Diagram Run Down” on Sunday nights. In November 2020, Fox and Mike Read passed on Joined DJs to send off Country Radio UK.
Neil Fox TV Shows
On October 12, 2008, Fox appeared on Peter Kay’s Britain’s Got the Pop Factor… and Possibly a New Celebrity Jesus Christ Soapstar Superstar Strictly on Ice, a satire on the talent show genre of programming.
Fox appeared on the satirical show Brass Eye’s controversial 2001 Paedophilia Special, where he stated that “Genetically, paedophiles share more genes in common with crabs than they do with you and me. Now that is scientific fact… there is no real proof to back it up, but it is.
Other TV credits and appearances include Doctor Fox’s Video Jukebox on LWT, Ice Warriors (voiceover) and The Big Call (host) on ITV, and Not the Jack Docherty Show (host) on Channel 5. He appeared on Paul O’Grady’s For the Love of Dogs, when he got his puppy Bonzo.
On April 2, 2014, Fox appeared on an episode of Big Star’s Little Star alongside his daughter Martha. Neil began broadcasting the weekday Drivetime show 4-7pm and The Heritage Chart on Sundays 5-7pm on Nation Radio UK, a DAB station in London, in January 2021. In December 2022, he covered some of the Christmas-themed programming on GB News for Mark Dolan and Dan Wooton.