James O. Robbins

Prior to Cox, Robbins spent five years at Continental Cablevision, as assistant vice president and regional manager and then as vice president and general manager, Viacom Cablevision of Long Island, and then senior vice president of operations, Western Region. From 1972 to 1979, Robbins served in various management positions for Continental Cablevision of Ohio, Inc., and Montachusett Cable Television, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Adams-Russell Company. Previously, he was managing editor of WBZ-TV News in Boston.

Robbins received a BA from the University of Pennsylvania and an MBA from Harvard University. Robbins deployed for two tours of duty in Vietnam with the US Navy between 1965 and 1967, serving first as a destroyer line officer and later as a deputy public-affairs officer for the gunboat flotilla Mobile Riverine Force, stationed on the Mekong River.