DAYTON — Cox Media Group Ohio has appointed Rob Rohr as its general manager following the transfer of Brian Cooper, senior vice president of CMG Ohio operations, to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution as senior vice president of finance and business operations.

“I’m delighted to be able to appoint Rob to this role,” said Julia Wallace, market vice president for CMG Ohio. “It speaks to the great leadership depth we have within this organization. He has molded a highly successful sales team that understands our various markets. His smart strategic thinking will be an asset now to even more of the organization.”

A graduate of Miami University, Rohr’s first position was as an advertising salesperson for the Dayton Daily News in 1993. For 19 years Rob has held a variety of sales and leadership positions in CMG Ohio’s revenue areas. He has managed a high-functioning sales organization with consistently increasing results.

“At CMG Ohio we are privileged to have talented and experienced leaders across all of our functional areas who have worked together as a team to serve our customers. We continue to raise the bar for other media companies in our market and within the industry,” Rohr said. “I am extremely pleased to have this opportunity to continue to support our important work here in Ohio.”

Rob resides in Springboro with his wife, Cathy, and two sons, Collin and Ethan.

Cox Media Group Ohio operates The Dayton Daily News, Hamilton JournalNews, Springfield News-Sun and the Middletown Journal daily newspapers, and The Western Star, Fairfield Echo, The Oxford Press, and The Pulse-Journal weekly newspapers; targeted print and online products such as ActiveDayton.com, Skywrighter, Dayton B2B, Springfield B2B and CinDay B2B; and broadcast properties that include WHIO-TV, News Talk Radio WHIO AM 1290 and 95.7FM, K99.1FM, and 95.3 the Eagle.