New 'Your Georgia Country' Station

Cox Media Group (CMG) Radio has launched its new “Your Georgia Country” radio station in Atlanta, Athens and across north Georgia.  The new station will serve listeners from Atlanta, Athens, Rome, and all areas north across the entire state on FM signals 106.1, a heritage country radio station that has been serving Athens and Northeast Georgia for over 40 years, and 107.1.

“Your Georgia Country” also will be the largest country signal in the Southeast with 200,000 watts of power on 106.1 and 107.1 FM.  Featured artists include classic and new country stars like Luke Bryan, Miranda Lambert, Blake Shelton, Keith Urban, George Strait and many more.

“Country is the hottest format right now and was our greatest opportunity in our number one market,” said Donna Hall, CMG Atlanta Radio VP and General Manager. “We’re now thrilled to bring another exciting choice for country in Atlanta and north Georgia that complements the other great CMG radio brands in the Greater Atlanta area.”

CMG Radio’s other top Georgia brands include Atlanta’s B98.5 FM, KISS 104.1 FM, 97.1 FM The River, and the award-winning WSB News 95.5 FM/AM750.  CMG also operates five other stations in Athens, including Power Athens 100.1 FM, Magic 102.1 FM, 103.7 CHUCK FM, Fox News 1340 AM WGAU, and Sports Radio 960 AM The Ref.

About Cox Media Group

Cox Media Group is an integrated broadcasting, publishing, direct marketing and digital media company that includes the national advertising rep firms of CoxReps.  Additionally, CMG owns Cox Target Media, which operates Valpak, one of North America’s leading direct marketing companies, and Savings.com, a leading online source for savings.  The company’s operations currently include 14 broadcast television stations and one local cable channel, 59 radio stations, seven daily newspapers and more than a dozen non-daily publications, and more than 100 digital services.  CMG currently operates in more than 20 media markets and reaches approximately 52 million Americans weekly, including more than 31 million TV viewers, more than 3.5 million print and online newspaper readers, and more than 14 million radio listeners.  For more information about Cox Media Group, please check us out online at www.coxmediagroup.com

For further information: Andy McDill, andy.mcdill@coxinc.com