Cox Radio

Cox Radio, Inc. is a division of Cox Enterprises that holds a number of radio stations. Cox Radio is headquartered at 6205 Peachtree Dunwoody Road in Sandy Springs, Georgia.^[1]

Cox Radio, Inc. operates, acquires and develops radio stations primarily in markets ranked 10-70 based on revenues. Cox Radio owns, operates or provides sales and marketing services to 80 stations in 18 markets. This radio portfolio includes 67 FM stations and 13 AM stations. In 15 of its 18 markets, Cox Radio operates three or more stations.^{[citation needed]}

Through its syndication division, it also produces the Neal Boortz and Clark Howard programs, including one hour of Boortz that is exclusive to Cox-owned stations.^[2]

Cox Radio became a public company, majority owned by Cox Enterprises, in 1996. Around April 2009, Cox Enterprises proposed a $69 million United States dollar takeover offer of Cox Radio. The offer expired on May 1, 2009.^[3] The offer was later raised to $4.80 a share, and the expiration was pushed to May 13.^[4] The offer was accepted, and the acquisition was completed on June 1.^[5]

Talk Shows

• Neal Boortz *
• Clark Howard *
• Rick and Bubba
• Herman Cain *
• Kim Komando
• Allen Hunt*
• Sean Hannity

• *= Broadcast from Atlanta

Radio stations

• Note: ** -- indicates a station built and signed on by Cox.

AM Stations

FM Stations

DMA#	Market	Station	Owned Since	Current Format
6.	Houston - Galveston, TX	KHPT-106.9		Classic Hits
		KGLK-107.5	1999	Classic Hits
		KKBQ-FM-92.9		Country music
		KTHT-97.1		Classic Country
7.	Atlanta	WALR-FM-104.1	2000	Urban Adult Contemporary
		WSBB-FM-95.5	1999	Simulcasts WSB (AM)
		WSB-FM-98.5 **	1948	Adult Contemporary
		WSRV-97.1	2000	Classic Hits
		WSB-750	1939	News-Talk
Unranked	Athens, GA	WGMG-102.1	2008	Adult Contemporary
		WNGC-106.1	2008	Country
		WPUP-100.1	2008	Classic Rock
		WXKT-103.7	2008	Classic Rock
		WGAU-1340	2008	News-Talk
		WRFC-960	2008	Sports
12.	Miami - Fort Lauderdale - Hollywood, FL	WEDR-99.1		Urban Contemporary
		WFLC-97.3		Adult Contemporary
		WFEZ-93.1		Soft adult contemporary
		WHQT-105.1		Urban Adult Contemporary
18.	Tampa - St. Petersburg - Clearwater, FL	WDUV-105.5		Soft Adult Contemporary
		WHPT-102.5		Classic Rock
		WPOI-101.5		Contemporary Hit Radio
		WSUN-FM-97.1		Modern Rock
		WWRM-94.9		Adult Contemporary
		WXGL-107.3		Classic Hits
19.	Nassau - Suffolk, N.Y.	WBAB-102.3	1998	Classic Rock
		WBLI-106.1	1998	Contemporary Hit Radio
31.	San Antonio	KCYY-100.3		Country
		KISS-FM-99.5		Active Rock
		KONO-FM-101.1		Classic Hits
		KTKX-106.7		FM Talk
		KSMG-105.3		Hot Adult Top 40 Hits
		KKYX-680		Classic Country
		KONO-860		simulcasts KONO-FM
34.	Orlando	WCFB-94.5	1997	Urban Adult Contemporary
		WDBO-FM-96.5		simulcasts WDBO
		WMMO-98.9		Adult Hits
		WPYO-95.3		CHR/Rhythmic
		WWKA-92.3		Country
		WDBO-580		News-Talk
46.	Jacksonville	WAPE-FM-95.1		Contemporary Hit radio
		WFYV-FM-104.5		Classic Rock
		WJGL-96.9		Classic Hits
		WXXJ-102.9		Alternative Rock
		WOKV-FM-106.5		simulcasts WOKV (AM)
		WOKV-690		News-Talk
53.	Louisville	WRKA-103.9		Classic Country
		WQNU-103.1		Country
		WSFR-107.7		Classic Rock
		WVEZ-106.9		Adult Contemporary
54.	Richmond, Virginia	WDYL-101.1	2001	Modern rock
		WKHK-95.3	2000	Country music
		WKLR-96.5	2000	Classic Rock
		WURV-103.7	2000	Hot Adult Contemporary
57.	Birmingham, Alabama	WBHJ-95.7		Urban Contemporary Hit radio
		WBHK-98.7		Urban adult contemporary
		WBPT-106.9		Classic hits
		WZNN-97.3		Country music
		WZZK-FM-104.7		Country music
		WAGG-610		Urban gospel
		WENN-1320		Regional Mexican
58.	Greenville - Spartanburg, S.C.	WHZT-98.1	2001	CHR/Rhythmic
		WJMZ-FM-107.3	2001	Urban Contemporary
62.	Dayton, Ohio	WHIO-FM-95.7		simulcasts WHIO (AM)
		WHKO-99.1 **	1946	Country music
		WZLR-95.3		Classic Hits
		WHIO-1290 **	1929	News-Talk
64.	Honolulu	KCCN-FM-100.3	1999	Hawaiian Contemporary Hits
		KINE-FM-105.1	1999	Traditional Hawaiian music
		KPHW-104.3	2004	CHR/Rhythmic
		KRTR-FM-96.3	2003	Hot Adult Top 40
		KKNE-940		Traditional Hawaiian music
		KRTR-650		Easy listening
65.	Tulsa, Oklahoma	KJSR-103.3	1995	Classic Rock
		KRMG-FM-102.3		News-Talk
		KRAV-FM-96.5		Hot Adult contemporary
		KWEN-95.5		Country
		KRMG-740		News-Talk
113.	New Haven, Connecticut	WPLR-99.1		Classic Rock
123.	Bridgeport, Connecticut	WEZN-FM-99.9		Adult Contemporary
150.	Stamford - Norwalk, CT
		WFOX-95.9		Classic Rock
		WSTC-1400		News-Talk

References

1. ^ "Contact Us." Cox Radio. Retrieved on September 23, 2009.
2. ^ http://coxradio.com/company/syndication.html
3. ^ "Cox Radio offer extended." Dayton Business Journal. Monday April 20, 2009. Retrieved on April 24, 2009.
4. ^ "Cox Radio Gains On Higher Buyout Offer." Radio and Records. Thursday April 30, 2009. Retrieved on May 7, 2009.
5. ^ http://www.bizjournals.com/louisville/stories/2009/06/01/daily2.html Cox Radio now part of Cox Enterprises

External links

• Company Homepage