Located in Nunawading, the studio was pleasant to work in with a floor-to-ceiling window giving a view of filming of such Channel Ten programs as Neighbours, Prisoner and the short-lived Holiday Island.
In 1982, the station's owners (which included Sir Donald Trescowthic, major shareholder of The Age Newspaper group) lost confidence in the original format and hired Smith to implement changes.
Also, the station's instigator and first General Manager, the late Rhett H. Walker (later Associate Dean at La Trobe University) moved on to greener pastures.
In 1986, Fox FM was bought by the owners of SAFM to create Austereo, which now - as the Hit Network - boasts five additional stations around Australia.
In May 2021, Southern Cross Austereo announced that the network will re-locate to 101 Moray Street, South Melbourne from mid 2022 after signing a 10 year lease.
Fox FM transmits from the ATV-10 transmission tower on top of Mount Dandenong, from a shared facility alongside radio stations Nova 100, Triple M, Gold 104.3, KIIS 101.1, SYN 90.7 and Triple R. Its base power is 10 kW, and this is provided by a Harris HT10 FM transmitter.
The station is tightly focused on promoting mainstream chart music and songs on rotation are played 5-6 times a day, with very little variation.
Notable past announcers and programs have included Pillowtalk with Dr Sally Cockburn (Dr Feelgood), Danger: Low Brow with David Armstrong and Brett McLeod, net@nite with Andy Grace, Barry Bissell's Take 40 Australia, and ABC TV's Jodie J. Hill.
[3] Chris Bennett left a couple of months into the year and it was renamed The Matt & Jo Show with the Fabulous Adam Richard.
The show has consistently won the FM breakfast time slot, beating closest rivals Hughesy & Kate at Nova 100 for over 7 years.[when?]
In December 2016, Hamish Blake and Andy Lee announced that they will be leaving radio at the end of 2017 to pursue their careers in television In January 2017, Byron Cooke, the breakfast shows long-time anchor had his name added to the shows line-up Fifi, Dave, Fev & Byron.
In September 2017, Dave Thornton announced his resignation from Fox FM to pursue his career as a stand-up comedian.
In October 2017, Hit Network announced that Hughesy & Kate will depart KIIS 101.1 to host the drive home from 4:30PM to 6:30PM, with Carrie & Tommy being extended to broadcast from 3:00PM to 4:30PM.
In December 2017, Hamish Blake and Andy Lee left their high rating drive show Hamish & Andy to pursue careers in television, with the last week of their show being dedicated to touring Australia as a part of their Coolboys and the Frontman 2017 World Tour.