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Despite being part of GCap since 2005, it retained the logo devised by
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Over its last ten years of broadcasting, Fox FM raised thousands of pounds each year for their chosen charities in their "Help An
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have benefited. Events held towards the campaign included the very first Oxford Santa Run, raising over £30,000, the Oxford
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