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Cox Media Group Ohio company history timeline

1920

In 1920, Cox was the Democratic presidential nominee and chose Franklin D. Roosevelt as his running mate.

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.

1923

Cox often said that he had printers’ ink in his blood, and 1923 marked the beginning of his company’s vigorous growth.

1935

WHIO: WHIO AM1290 was Cox’s first station in 1935 with studios in the Dayton Daily News building downtown.

1939

That appeals strongly to me.” He later called purchasing The Journal “the rounding out of a dream." Pictured, The front page of The Journal from December 18, 1939, with a telegraph from Franklin D. Roosevelt welcoming Cox to Atlanta.

1946

WHKO: K99.1FM is the Miami Valley’s #1 radio station that began broadcasting as WHIO-FM in 1946.

1949

WHIO-TV Channel 7 signed on February 23, 1949, on channel 13.

1950

WHIO has been affiliated with CBS since the start and even was a Dumont affiliate in the early 1950’s.

Governor Cox purchased The Atlanta Constitution in 1950, just a few days before his 80th birthday.

1957

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

1971

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

1977

After originally being a southern gospel station, in 1977 the station changed to a format called “Stereo Rock” provided by a company called TM. That was a popular top 40 format used by many stations in America.

1980

In 1980 they flipped to a successful country format.

1982

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.

1997

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

2005

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

2014

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.

2018

In August 2018, Cox Enterprises celebrated its 120-year anniversary with its employees and community through stories and images.

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.

2020

31, 2020 Anne Cox Chambers, daughter of Governor James M. Cox and Cox Enterprises board member, passed away peacefully in her Atlanta home at the age of 100.

2021

WHIO Radio raises over $4500 for House of Bread March 2, 2021

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