Cox Enterprises was founded in 1898 by former schoolteacher and reporter James M. Cox, whose ambition was to own a newspaper. To realize his dream, he borrowed $26,000 from friends and family and purchased the Dayton Evening (now Daily) News. In... more »
Cox Enterprises was founded in 1898 by former schoolteacher and reporter James M. Cox, whose ambition was to own a newspaper. To realize his dream, he borrowed $26,000 from friends and family and purchased the Dayton Evening (now Daily) News.
In the early years of the company, Mr. Cox became Ohio's first three-term governor and the 1920 Democratic candidate for president of the United States. Franklin D. Roosevelt was his running mate. After losing the election to Warren Harding, Gov. Cox focused his attention on his growing media business.
He established the Miami (OH) Valley's first radio station, WHIO, in 1934, just as the medium began to gain popularity. And before the explosion of television, Cox started WSB-TV in Atlanta, the south's first television station in 1948. That same year, he launched the south's first FM radio station, WSB-FM.
Throughout our first century, Cox Enterprises has built its foundation on innovation, service, leadership, quality and growth. Share some of the highlights of our first 100 years.
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