Heart Oxfordshire (formerly Fox FM) was a local radio station broadcasting to Oxfordshire on 102.6 MHz FM from the Oxford transmitting station and 97.4 MHz FM from a relay station at Farthinghoe, near Banbury. Originally launched in September 1989, it was rebranded on 23 March 2009 by Global Radio in line with its rebranding of most of the One Network, of which the station was formerly a part. The station was closed and relocated to the Heart Berkshire studios in July 2010 and rebranded again as "Heart Thames Valley". History Fox FM was launched on Friday 15 September 1989 from an ex-carpet warehouse in Cowley, Oxford. Following weeks of test transmissions, its first song after official sign-in was Uptown Girl. The Fox name was said to be a contraction of the original company name, the 'First Oxfordshire Radio Co'. The station was originally a joint venture between Blackwell's Group, Oxford and County Newspapers (now Newsquest Oxfordshire), Capital Radio and County Sound Radio. Jeremy Loyd (General Manager of Capital) and Mike Powell (Managing Director of County Sound) were the driving forces behind the licence application that won the frequency. The original presenters were Phil Miles, Steve Ellis, Tony James, Jane Markham (the Fox Report), Steve Priestly, Paul Evans, Stuart Cameron, Henry Aubrey-Fletcher, Adrian Maughan and Claire Thomas. The Chairman was Julian (Toby) Blackwell and the Managing Director (MD) was Tom Hunter. In 1994, Sally Oldham became MD and Jean-Paul Hansford became the Programme Director (PD). The following year, the MD was Mark Flanagan and PD Phil Angell. In 1998, Capital Radio plc took full control of Fox, Lyn Long became MD and Alex Roland became P.D. followed 12 months later by Stuart Davies In 2005, Fox FM became part of the GCap Media group, formed from the merger of GWR Group and Capital Radio. In 2006, GCap Media applied for a new FM licence covering Oxford and South Oxfordshire, with a service called Fox Gold. Following GCap's takeover in 2008, Fox FM was integrated with Global Radio's portfolio and rebranded Heart Oxfordshire on 23 March 2009. It was one of the 38 regional stations that formed One Network. Notable former presenters Steve Priestly Adrian Maughan Ali Jones Debbie Ryan Adam Ball Steve Penk Simon Ross Dan Mills James Heming Jo Thoenes Katy Hill Stephanie Hirst Network restructuring On 21 June 2010, Global Radio announced plans to close Heart Oxfordshire and merge