Hits Radio Oxfordshire

Hits Radio Oxfordshire
Broadcast areaOxfordshire
FrequencyFM: 107.9 MHz
DAB: 10B (Oxfordshire)
BrandingOxfordshire's Hits Radio
The Biggest Hits, The Biggest Throwbacks
Across Oxfordshire
Programming
FormatCHR/Pop
NetworkHits Radio
Ownership
OwnerBauer Media Audio UK
Greatest Hits Radio Oxfordshire
History
First air date
14 February 1997 (1997-02-14) (as Oxygen 107.9)
Late 2000 (as Fusion 107.9)
2003 (2003) (as Passion 107.9)
2006 (2006) (Oxford's FM 107.9)
18 August 2010 (2010-08-18) (as Glide FM)
20 August 2013 (2013-08-20) (as JACKfm 2)
30 October 2023 (2023-10-30) (as Hits Radio Oxfordshire)
Links
WebsiteHits Radio Oxfordshire

Hits Radio Oxfordshire, formerly known most recently as Jack 2 Hits and Jack 3 Chill, is an Independent Local Radio station broadcasting in Oxfordshire, England on FM and the Oxfordshire DAB multiplex, as part of the Hits Radio network. It is owned and operated by Bauer Media Audio UK.

The station broadcasts to Oxfordshire from studios outside its broadcast area, in Segensworth in Fareham. It shares a local three hour weekday programme presented by Jono Holmes with Hits Radio Dorset and the DAB only Hits Radio South Coast.

As Jack 2 Hits, it was available in Surrey and Hampshire on DAB and online until April 2020. It also broadcast on FM in Oxfordshire on 107.9FM until it was switched to Jack 3 Chill in 2020 which it remained until it was closed and replaced by Hits Radio.

Hits Radio Oxfordshire competes with Heart South, BBC Radio Oxford, First FM and sister station Greatest Hits Radio, as well as some online community radio and DAB stations in Oxfordshire.

Previously known under a variety of names and formats since its inception in 1997 (see history), most recently Jack 3 Chill, the station launched in its current incarnation on 29 October 2023.

Before moving to Eynsham, Oxfordshire in March 2019, the station was based at 270 Woodstock Road in north Oxford – formerly the site of Six TV – The Oxford Channel.

As of September 2024, the station broadcasts to a weekly audience of 27,000, according to RAJAR. Jack 2 Hits DAB feed closed on 30 October 2023.