citations for verification . please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . october 2012 learn how and when to remove this template message cox media group industry media founded 2008 headquarters atlanta georgia products newspapers radio stations television stations parent cox enterprises website coxmediagroup.com cox media group inc. a subsidiary of atlanta based cox enterprises is an integrated broadcasting publishing and digital media company that also includes the direct marketing company valpak 1 and the national advertising rep firms of cox reps. 2 the company operations include 15 broadcast television stations and one local cable channel 86 radio stations 3 four metro newspapers 4 more than a dozen non daily publications and more than 100 digital services . cox media group is headquartered at 6205 peachtree dunwoody road in atlanta georgia . 5 in december 2008 6 cox enterprises created cox media group cmg by merging cox newspapers 7 cox radio and cox television into one integrated digital media company . the creation of cox media group was a departure from grouping subsidiaries based solely on publishing medium . 8 in august 2009 cox enterprises realigned its radio television newspaper publishing and digital assets into the same division . 9 under the new structure while the local brands remain independent they share resources and some management . dayton ohio was considered the prototype for the media group where radio television newspaper and direct mail were all in the same market and were combined into a new building . 10 in other markets where the facilities aren t as close together they do share some senior management ; for example houston & san antonio radio and the austin american statesman newspaper all fall under the same regional vice president . in addition to the radio tv stations and newspapers cox media group encompasses cox digital solutions digital sales for both cox and non cox online and mobile properties cox reps national tv sales for station groups such as gray and gannett kudzu.com savings.com and valpak direct mail . 11 cmg introduced a new group buying discount program called dealswarm in october 2010 . 12 dealswarm provides online discounts at local businesses . the program is active in such cox media group properties as atlanta austin and dayton . in april 2013 cmg launched the online only new site rare.us as a conservative media source originally with the tagline red is the center and more recently america s news feed . 13 after initially low audience numbers the site expanded dramatically following more prominent use of social media and a more diverse range of stories . 13 in july 2012 cmg announced its intention to sell its radio stations in smaller markets birmingham greenville hawaii louisville richmond and southern connecticut . it also intends to spin off its smaller market television stations in el paso johnstown reno and steubenville . 14 the company said it intended to focus on larger markets or smaller markets that could be clustered together with other cmg properties . on february 12 2013 cmg announced the sale of the birmingham greenville hawaii louisville and richmond radio stations to summit media and the southern connecticut stations to connoisseur media ; 15 two weeks later on february 25 the company announced the sale of the four television stations and the local marketing agreement for a fifth to sinclair broadcast group . 16 contents 1 cox newspapers 1.1 current holdings 1.2 former holdings 1.2.1 daily newspapers 1.2.2 weekly newspapers 2 cox radio 2.1 talk shows 2.2 cox radio owned radio stations 3 cox television owned television stations 3.1 current 3.2 former 4 cox television owned cable channels 5 references 6 external links cox newspapers edit current holdings edit the atlanta journal constitution atlanta georgia austin american statesman austin texas dayton daily news dayton ohio journal news hamilton ohio palm beach daily news palm beach florida the palm beach post west palm beach florida springfield news sun springfield ohio former holdings edit cmg formerly held the majority stake in the cable tv network travel channel but spun it off to scripps in 2009 . 17 the following newspapers were at one time owned by subsidiary cox newspapers inc. or cmg daily newspapers edit the daily advance elizabeth city north carolina chandler arizonan chandler arizona the grand junction daily sentinel grand junction colorado the daily reflector greenville north carolina longview news journal longview texas the lufkin daily news lufkin texas the marshall news messenger marshall texas miami news miami florida mesa tribune mesa arizona orange leader orange texas palo verde valley times blythe california port arthur news port arthur texas rocky mount telegram rocky mount north carolina scottsdale progress mesa arizona the daily sentinel nacogdoches texas tempe daily news tempe arizona waco tribune herald waco texas weekly newspapers edit active dayton dayton ohio beaufort hyde news belhaven north carolina bertie ledger advance windsor north carolina farmville enterprise north carolina perquimans weekly elizabeth city north carolina standard laconic snow hill north carolina the chowan herald edenton north carolina the duplin times kenansville north carolina the enterprise williamston north carolina the nickel grand junction grand junction colorado times leader ayden grifton north carolina weekly herald robersonville north carolina cox radio edit cox media group owns operates or provides sales and marketing services to 57 stations in 20 markets . this radio portfolio includes 71 fm stations and 15 am stations . 18 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 . 19 the offer was later raised to 4.80 a share and the expiration was pushed to may 13 . 20 the offer was accepted and the acquisition was completed on june 1 . 21 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 . 22 syndication of these shows to non cox owned stations is handled by dial global radio networks . talk shows edit clark howard rick and bubba syndication handled by syndicated solutions herman cain returning january 2013 broadcast from atlanta cox radio owned radio stations edit note indicates a station built and signed on by cox . am stations fm stations market station owned since current format jacksonville wape fm 95.1 contemporary hit radio wokv fm 104.5 simulcasts wokv am wjgl 96.9 classic hits wxxj 102.9 alternative rock wezi 106.5 urban ac wokv 690 news talk miami fort lauderdale hollywood fl wedr 99.1 urban contemporary wflc 97.3 top 40 wfez 93.1 soft adult contemporary whqt 105.1 urban adult contemporary 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 sports talk tampa st. petersburg clearwater fl wduv 105.5 soft adult contemporary whpt 102.5 hot talk wpoi 101.5 contemporary hit radio wsun 97.1 alternative wwrm 94.9 adult contemporary wxgl 107.3 classic hits 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 wtsh fm 107.1 2014 alternative wsb 750 1939 news talk athens ga wgmg 102.1 2008 adult contemporary wngc 106.1 2008 country wpup 100.1 2008 contemporary hit radio wxkt 103.7 2008 classic rock wgau 1340 2008 news talk wrfc 960 2008 sports nassau suffolk ny wbab 102.3 1998 classic rock wbli 106.1 1998 contemporary hit radio whfm 95.3 classic rock 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 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 houston galveston tx khpt 106.9 2000 classic rock kglk 107.5 2000 classic rock kkbq 92.9 2000 country music ktht 97.1 2000 classic country 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 cox television owned television stations edit stations are listed in alphabetical order by state and city of license . note indicates a station built and signed on by cox . current edit city of license market station channel tv rf owned since primary affiliation jacksonville wfox tv 30 32 2012 fox wjax tv 1 47 19 2012 cbs orlando daytona beach wftv 9 39 1985 abc wrdq 27 27 2001 independent atlanta wsb tv 2 39 1948 abc boston wfxt 25 31 2014 fox charlotte wsoc tv 9 34 1959 abc waxn tv 64 50 2000 independent dayton ohio whio tv 7 41 1949 cbs tulsa oklahoma koki tv 23 22 2012 fox kmyt tv 41 42 2012 mynetworktv pittsburgh wpxi 11 48 1964 nbc pcnc various 2 1994 independent memphis whbq tv 13 13 2014 fox seattle tacoma kiro tv 7 39 1997 cbs notes 1 through a shared services agreement cox operates wjax tv owned by bayshore television llc . 2 local news cable channel airs on various different channels . co owned with comcast . former edit city of license market station channel tv rf years owned current ownership status oakland san francisco san jose ktvu 2 44 1963 2014 fox owned and operated o & o 23 24 kicu tv 36 36 2000 2014 independent station owned by fox television stations 23 24 miami fort lauderdale wckt 1 7 7 1956 1962 fox affiliate wsvn owned by sunbeam television detroit wkbd tv 50 14 1984 1993 the cw owned and operated o & o st. louis kdnl tv 30 31 1982 1989 abc affiliate owned by sinclair broadcast group reno nevada krxi tv 11 44 1995 2013 2 fox affiliate owned by sinclair broadcast group kame tv 21 20 mynetworktv affiliate owned by deerfield media operated under an lma by sinclair broadcast group steubenville oh wheeling w.v. wtov tv 9 9 2000 2013 nbc affiliate owned by sinclair broadcast group johnstown altoona pa wjac tv 6 34 2000 2013 nbc affiliate owned by sinclair broadcast group el paso kfox tv 14 15 1996 2013 fox affiliate owned by sinclair broadcast group tacoma seattle kstw 11 11 1997 the cw owned and operated o & o notes 1 co owned with knight newspapers until 1962 in an equally divided joint venture . 2 kame tv owned by ellis communications cox operated this station along with sister station krxi tv . cox television owned cable channels edit 4sd commonly referred to as channel 4 san diego & and also known as channel 4 padres or cox 4 serves san diego california cox sports television regional sports network serving the gulf south region the cox channel local origination cable channel based in oklahoma city oklahoma ; is operated by cox communications through its oklahoma 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