Article: Cox Radio Exercises Right of First Refusal, Offers $280 Million for Atlanta Station and Proposes to Acquire Houston Station.

- Cox Radio Offers to Acquire WALR-FM Serving Atlanta,

Plans to Retain the WALR-FM Format and Proposes to Swap the WALR-FM License

and Two AM Stations for KKHT-FM Serving Houston -

ATLANTA, June 2 /PRNewswire/ --

Cox Radio, Inc. (NYSE: CXR) announced today that it exercised its right of first refusal and offered to acquire the capital stock of Midwestern Broadcasting Company, Inc. which owns WALR-FM serving the Atlanta market for $280 million. Cox has not yet received an acceptance of its offer for Midwestern Broadcasting. Upon receipt of such acceptance, Cox would submit the necessary requests for FCC and HSR approval. Pending ...

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