The first edition was transmitted across the ITV network on 9 June 1987, introducing Erasure performing "Victim of Love".
In January 1988 the programme was retitled Roxy The Network Chart Show and was introduced alongside a new studio set, which included a large 20-foot multicoloured sign spelling ROXY (this fell over at the end of the final edition using a flashpot effect and slow motion video, followed by "Leader of the Pack" by The Shangri-Las playing).
The programme suffered from not having a fixed network timeslot and for a short time, an industrial dispute which affected live studio performances.
By this point, some regional stations aired the programme around midnight like Anglia, Grampian, STV, TVS, Thames and Yorkshire.
The demise of The Roxy also signalled the end of major live music TV production at Tyne Tees, which asides The Tube, had also spanned series such as Alright Now, Razzmatazz and Check it Out.