Sonny Fox

Who is Sonny Fox?

"Sonny Fox" is an American DJ who hosts the uncensored comedy channel on XM Radio which is now SiriusXM.

Sonny Fox hails from Grand Rapids, Michigan. He fronted a rock and roll group, "Jay Walker And The Jay Hawkers" in the mid- to late-1960's, playing venue's across Michigan. Regional hits included "Love Have Mercy" and "Baby Blue," both on LyKe Til" records. Among the appearances was playing at the graduation celebration for the 1966 Arthur Hill High School party at the Saginaw YMCA. Beginning in the late 1960's, Sonny Fox/Jay Walker obtained a job as a disk-jockey on WKNX in Saginaw, Michigan. Legend has it that he obtained his first on-air job when he was promoting a 'Jay Walker And The Jayhawkers' 45-record at various Michigan radio stations. WKNX hired him when he expressed interest in "...getting back into radio..." He meant that he had been in numerous stations promoting his group's records. The music director at WKNX assumed he was referring to actual, on-air experience. WKNX was a 10,000 watt daytime radio station, meaning it was only able to broadcast during daylight hours. In the winter, hours were short. As Summer approached, hours expanded requiring the addition of another disc-jockey. Thus - Jay Walker/Sonny Fox arrived on the WKNX airwaves. He appeared on KHJ in 1973. He worked with Robert W. Morgan and "The Real Don Steele". With the rise in popularity of FM radio, he left after one year and joined current XM Radio executive Lee Abrams to work as program director at both WYSP in Philadelphia and WKTU in New York, where he and Abrams developed the Superstars Album format.