DATE: Tuesday, September 9, 1997            TAG: 9709090194

SECTION: BUSINESS                PAGE: D2   EDITION: FINAL 

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LOCAL SCENE

HAMPTON ROADS

COX NAMES HILL AND PREVETTE VICE PRESIDENTS: Cox Communications Hampton Roads named Irvine B. Hill vice president of public affairs and community programming, and Thomas Prevette vice president of government and regulatory affairs. Hill, a former mayor of Norfolk, has been with Cox for 14 years. He was the director of communications. In his new position, he will manage the community programming studios in Norfolk, Newport News and Yorktown. Prevette was director of government and regulatory affairs with TCI Communications Inc. He handled the government relations for the company in California, Nevada and Arizona. Prevette will be responsible for government regulatory issues at both the state and local level for Cox. Cox Communications Hampton Roads is a system of Cox Communications Inc., a multiple system operator providing telecommunications services.

HAMPTON ROADS TV MARKET MOVES UP: The Norfolk-Portsmouth-Newport News TV market has moved up, at least a little. The Designated Market Area has moved from the country's 40th largest to its 39th largest with an estimated 635,810 homes, according to Nielsen Media Research. The market size move is primarily due to the 3,800 homes in Middlesex County now being counted as part of this market, rather than the Richmond-Petersburg market.

NORFOLK

DOLLAR GENERAL OPENS: Dollar General has opened a store at Military Crossing Shopping Center. The store is 7,227 square feet and employs from 6 to 10 employees. Dollar General is headquartered in Nashville, Tenn.

VIRGINIA

ENERGY CONFERENCE FOCUSES ON COMPETITION: Virginia Power and its energy services subsidiary Evantage will serve as host for the sixth annual International Energy and Environmental Congress, a conference for energy and environmental decision-makers, Wednesday and Thursday at the Richmond Convention Center. The Association of Energy Engineers, an international society with about 8,000 members, is sponsoring the event. To register, call (770) 447-5083, Ext. 224 in Atlanta. More information is available at the AEE Web site at (http://www.aeecenter.org). CORRECTIONS

The INFOLINE number for reader response to Almanac 1997 is 640-5555, category 4730. The number was incorrect Sunday in the Almanac section.

The Hampton Roads Coalition for Equality Business Network and Investment Club will meet at 6:30 p.m. Thursday at the Town Point Club. Bill Holloran of the Hampton Roads Chamber of Commerce will speak on ``Small Business Assistance Programs'' and Susan Puryear, director of the Norfolk Department of Human Services, will speak on welfare reform. An item in Monday's Biz Calendar contained errors. ILLUSTRATION: Hill

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