Now we’re going one stage further. Over the last few weeks the Radio Fox Chart Show and Tuesday Late Night Radio Fox shows have regularly featured tracks from the Lemon Trees, a group who were around in the early nineties but didn’t enjoy the success they deserved. The band’s songwriter Guy Chambers went on to enjoy massive success with Robbie Williams amongst others, but the album is definitely a lost classic.

Sadly getting hold of their only album ‘Open Book’ is a bit difficult and none of their songs seem to be available as a legal download. So the Radio Fox Chart Show is launching a campaign to get it re-issued! We’ve started a Facebook group called Reissue the Lemon Trees on download and Child Of Love, one of their singles from 1993, is currently on the Radio Fox playlist. Not only that, but you’ll be able to hear a couple of songs in the lost classic album feature on Tuesday Late Night Radio Fox next week.

“This is a fantastic album and more people deserve to hear it,” says Station Director and Chart Show co-presenter Steve Hack.

Find out more about the campaign by joining the group:- http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=137193166322006

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A child hospital radio host has been shortlisted for a national broadcasting award.

Fourteen year old Nathan Lord has been shortlisted in the Best Newcomer category at this years Hospital Broadcasting Awards.

On being shortlisted, Nathan said: “I am elated. I have really enjoyed my last year with Radio Fox.”

Nathan’s recognition means Radio Fox have won awards for ten consecutive years.

Radio Fox Station Director Steve Hack said: “I am delighted that Fox is once again represented at these prestigious awards. For us to be shortlisted for ten consecutive years is testament to the hard work everyone at the station has put into their programmes.”

The Hospital Broadcasting award ceremony will be held in Glasgow at the Normandy Hotel on Saturday 27th March.

You can hear newcomer Nathan every Monday from 5pm on the Chart Show.

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Thanks for visiting the new look online home of Radio Fox!  We’re the broadcasting service for the patients and staff of the Leicester Royal Infirmary and the Glenfield Hospital, and were also judged to be the UK’s hospital radio station of the year at the 2009 national Hospital Radio Awards.

On this site you’ll find the latest Fox news stories, information about our programmes and presenters, news about our fundraising activities and details of how you can get involved.  The site is currently being updated so further pictures and information is frequently being added – keep visiting to stay in touch with the Fox!

The presenter pictured here is Bob Machon, host of our Scratched Vinyl and Overnight shows and also the first voice ever heard on Radio Fox when we went on air back in April 1988.

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The festive programmes kick off on Monday 21st December with the Radio Fox Christmas Request Chart.  Steve & Nathan will be unveiling the forty most requested songs for Christmas week – will your favourite be number one? That’s followed by our three hour Christmas Special, featuring giveaways, competitions, requests and the entire Radio Fox team.  Last year nearly thirty listeners won a prize on our Christmas Special and we want to beat that figure this year!

On Christmas Day Neil and Andy will be taking your instant requests live and Liz Wotherspoon presents a very special Patients Requests especially for listeners in the maternity wards.  You can also call in if you want to hear your favourite song festive or otherwise.

Other treats include the return of Christmas Turkeys, where we bring you some of the cheesiest festive hits and non hits of all time, a celebration of fifty years of Motown and plenty of other special shows.

“It’s never nice spending Christmas in hospital so we are going to pull out all the stops to entertain our listeners over the festive period,” says Station Director Steve Hack.  “We hope they’ll be plenty to enjoy with a good mix of Christmas shows and special editions of our regular programmes.”

For more details check out our Christmas schedule section further down this page.

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 The statistics show that Fox currently has an audience share of 33%, 11% more than second most listened to station Radio One.  Our Friday line up of shows is currently proving most popular with listeners, with Jas’s Jammin’ show our most listened to show overall.  The Tuesday and Thursday Patients Requests shows are currently the most listened to request programmes.

Station Director Steve Hack is delighted with Fox’s continued success.  “It’s fantastic that so many people are enjoying our programmes but as always, it’s not about how many people are listening.  Even if just one person is enjoying our shows, that makes what we’re doing worthwhile.”

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Nishad Karim is to host a new two hour arts programme on Sunday lunchtimes whilst Tom Nicholls, who currently presents the Friday Patients Requests show and Flashback To The Nineties, takes over the Fox Alternative show on Wednesday evenings.  Jack Nixon will team up with Lisa Allden for the Monday Patients Requests programme whilst Michael Lord takes over the Thursday request slot.

Johnny Bance’s popular Lunchtime Love show moves to a slightly later time of 2pm on Sundays.

The schedule changes come into effect from September 1st.

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Radio Fox was once again at the Leicester Caribbean Carnival at the start of August, and despite the poor weather we managed to produce a great show for listeners in the two hospitals.

A three hour programme was recorded on the back of the Radio Fox float featuring commentary on the parade and interviews with those taking part or watching the event, with each part of the show being raced back to the studio so there was only an hours delay between recording and broadcast!

Radio Fox is hoping to broadcast reports from the Knighton Park Family Fun Day on 6th September where we will be providng the music and PA.  You can also see us at the Syston Carnival on September 5th.

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