Fifi Box and Dave Thornton to host Fox FM breakfast in Melbourne

Tim Burrowes

November 7, 2013 5:00

Fifi Box and Dave Thornton will be the new team for Fox FM’s breakfast show in Melbourne, the radio station has revealed.

The move means that the Today Network will also have a new lineup for its national drivetime show, which has been presented by Box and Jules Lund for the last three years.

Box and Thornton will succeed Matt Tilley and Jo Stanley, who announced a month ago that they would be stepping down from the Matt & Jo Show after a decade.

The Melbourne radio market will see radical changes next year with Nova’s market leading Hughesy & Kate breakfast show, with Dave Hughes and Kate Langbroek, ending after 12 years. They will be replaced by Meshel Laurie and Tommy Little.

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Tim Burrowes

Tim Burrowes is the publisher of Mumbrella and Unmade. He co-founded Mumbrella in 2008 and sister title Unmade in 2021. He's worked in the UK, Middle East, Asia & Australia and has specialised in writing about the communications world for the last 25 years. He wrote the book Media Unmade, published in 2021, and became the presenter of MediaLand on ABC Radio National in 2025.

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2 COMMENTS

Steve 8 Nov 13

How about more local drive shows? I remember back when Nova Brisbane was almost 70% Brisbane based shows. Bring back local content!

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Mmmm 8 Nov 13

Fifi more than halved the share of her drive show in melbourne in 2 years and ended up getting beaten by Nova’s drive show. And that was with a better radio partner than Dave Thornton. Not sure us in Melb give her the tick of approval

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