COX CABLE PRESIDENT RESIGNS

                         Roanoke Times
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DATE: SATURDAY, January 9, 1993                   TAG: 9301090137
SECTION: BUSINESS                    PAGE: A6   EDITION: METRO 
SOURCE: DANIEL HOWES STAFF WRITER
DATELINE:                                 LENGTH: Medium
COX CABLE PRESIDENT RESIGNS
The head of the Roanoke Valley's largest cable television operator, Cox Cable Roanoke Inc., has resigned.
Bernard W. Langheim, Cox's president and general manager for the past 14 years, said Friday he retired Dec. 31 to take advantage of an attractive corporate retirement package before it was revised for 1993.
No successor has been named, according to Langheim and a company statement announcing his retirement. Philip Ahlschlager, Cox Cable's controller, is acting general manager.
Langheim, 56, denied rumors he had been forced to retire after refusing a transfer by Cox Cable's Atlanta-based parent company, Cox Cable Communications. Langheim joined Cox in 1974.
On Dec. 8, Cox officials contacted him with news that the company's retirement packages would change after Jan. 1, and suggested he consider the offer to retire. "It looked as though it was something I really needed to do," he said.
"I'm not going to `retire' retire," he continued, just two days before leaving for a Virgin Islands cruise with his wife, their first. "If there's something available, I'm very much interested in staying in Roanoke."
"Cox Cable has experienced significant growth in the Roanoke Valley under Bernie Langheim's leadership," David Woodrow, senior vice president for operations, said in a statement from Atlanta. "His zest for community service has been the catalyst for other employees to follow, which has resulted in Cox Cable Roanoke being recognized as a leader in worthwhile community activities."
Cox Cable provides 51,000 Roanoke Valley subscribers with up to 36 channels of programming. By next year, once its network is converted to fiber-optic cable, Cox hopes to be equipped to offer as many as 64 channels.

by Bhavesh Jinadra by CNB