Cox Auto history

Though they lost the 1920 election, both made their marks as Roosevelt later became president and Governor Cox focused his energy on growing his newspapers.

WHIO, the first Cox radio station and first station in Ohio’s Miami Valley, went on air in Dayton on February 9, 1935.

The first television station in Ohio's Miami Valley, WHIO-TV in Dayton, went on air on February 23, 1949.

James Middleton Cox died Tuesday, July 15, 1957, at his Trailsend home near Dayton, Ohio.

By 1971 CCC had become the second-largest company in the cable TV industry.

In 1982, to reflect the growth of the cable industry and to underscore the importance of transforming broadcasting, Cox Broadcasting Corporation changed its name to Cox Communications, Inc.

AutoTrader.com launched in 1997 as a majority-owned subsidiary of Cox Enterprises.

In 2005, Manheim announced the opening of offices in China, with one in Shanghai and one in Beijing.

In 2014, Cox Enterprises brought all of its automotive-related businesses — including Manheim, AutoTrader.com, Kelley Blue Book, vAuto and NextGear Capital — together under the newly created Cox Automotive subsidiary.

In August 2018, Cox Automotive brought together its investments and solutions supporting the future of mobility with the formation of a new business division: Mobility Solutions Group.

In December 2019, Cox sold a majority stake in its broadcast stations to Apollo Global Management for a reported $3 billion.