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Cox Enterprises
Company typeprivate
IndustryMedia
Founded1898 in Dayton, Ohio
FounderJames Middleton Cox
Headquarters
Atlanta, Georgia
,
USA
Key people
James C. Kennedy (CEO, chair)
ServicesBroadcast Stations, Cable, Newspaper
OwnerAnne Cox Chambers, James C. Kennedy, Blair Parry-Okedon
SubsidiariesCox Communications, Cox Radio, Cox Television, Cox Target Media, AutoTrader.com, Manheim Auctions, Cox Search
WebsiteCox Enterprises

Cox Enterprises is the successor to the publishing company founded in Dayton, Ohio, by James Middleton Cox, who began with the Dayton Daily News. The company is private, 98 percent controlled by the octogenarian daughter of Cox, Anne Cox Chambers, and the two children of her late sister Barbara Cox Anthony. The CEO and chairman is Anthony's son, James C. Kennedy.

The company, now headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, continues to publish the Dayton Daily News, along with the Atlanta Journal-Constitution and fifteen other daily newspapers. It also publishes thirty non-daily papers, including The Western Star, Ohio's oldest weekly newspaper. The company owns fifteen television stations, 81 radio stations, and a large cable television enterprise including the Travel Channel.

Subsidiaries

  • Cox Auto Trader/AutoMart: Auto Dealer Advertising
  • Cox Communications: cable television, digital telephone, high-speed internet
    • Travel Channel Media: cable channel
  • Cox Radio: radio stations
  • Cox Television: television stations
  • Cox Target Media: newspapers, Valpak Direct Mail
  • AutoMart.Com: Dealer only Advertising Website
  • AutoTrader.com: auto classifieds
  • Manheim Auctions: used car dealer auctions
  • Cox Search (Kudzu.com): business and services directory


Cox once owned Rysher Entertainment, best known for distributing Saved by the Bell. Rysher is currently owned by 2929 Entertainment, with distribution rights to most of its library resting with CBS.

Cox Target Media

Daily Newspapers

Weekly Newspapers

Television stations

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Cox Television logo

There are fifteen television stations in the Cox Television division.

  • Note: ** -- indicates a station built and signed on by Cox.
DMA# City of license/Market Station Channel
TV / DT 		Owned since Affiliation
6. Oakland - San Francisco - San Jose KTVU 2 / 56 1964 Fox
KICU-TV 36 / 52 2000 Independent
9. Atlanta WSB-TV ** 2 / 39 1948 ABC
14. Seattle - Tacoma KIRO-TV 7 / 39 1997 CBS
19. Orlando - Daytona Beach WFTV 9 / 39 1985 ABC
WRDQ ** 27 / 14 2000 Independent
22. Pittsburgh WPXI 11 / 48 1964 NBC
26. Charlotte WSOC-TV 9 / 34 1959 ABC
WAXN-TV 64 / 50 2000 Independent
59. Dayton, Ohio WHIO-TV ** 7 / 41 1949 CBS
98. Johnstown - Altoona, PA WJAC-TV 6 / 34 2000 NBC
99. El Paso, Texas KFOX-TV 14 / 15 1996 Fox
112. Reno, Nevada KRXI 11 / 41 1995 Fox
155. Steubenville, OH - Wheeling, W.V. WTOV-TV 9 / 57 2000 NBC

Notes:
1 Through a local marketing agreement, KRXI in Reno operates co-located, MyNetworkTV-affiliated KAME-TV (channel 21), owned by Ellis Communications.

Radio Stations

Main article: Cox Radio

Cox owns and operates 81 radio stations, including:

References

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