Exhibit 5.1

                   [Dow, Lohnes & Albertson, PLLC Letterhead]

                                 April 15, 2005

      Cox Radio, Inc.
      6205 Peachtree Dunwoody Road
      Atlanta, Georgia 30328

               Re: Registration Statement on Form S-3 of Securities (as defined
                   below) of Cox Radio, Inc.

      Ladies and Gentlemen:

            We have acted as special counsel to Cox Radio, Inc., a Delaware
corporation ("Cox Radio"), in connection with the preparation of the
registration statement on Form S-3 (as amended by any prospectus supplements,
the "Registration Statement") filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission
(the "Commission") pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the
"Act"), to register the offering from time to time of (i) debentures, notes,
bonds or other evidences of indebtedness (the "Debt Securities"), (ii) Class A
Common Stock, par value $0.33 per share (the "Common Stock"), (iii) stock
purchase contracts (the "Stock Purchase Contracts"), (iv) stock purchase units
(the "Units"), (v) Preferred Stock, par value $0.33 per share (the "Preferred
Stock"), and (vi) rights to purchase Debt Securities, Common Stock or Preferred
Stock by Cox Radio (the "Rights" and collectively with the Debt Securities, the
Common Stock, the Stock Purchase Contracts, the Units and the Preferred Stock,
the "Securities").

            In preparing this opinion, we have reviewed (a) the Registration
Statement; (b) Cox Radio's Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, as
amended, and Cox Radio's Amended and Restated Bylaws; and (c) the Indenture
entered into on May 26, 1998 by Cox Radio and The Bank of New York, as Trustee,
providing for the issuance of the Debt Securities (the "Indenture"). As to
matters of fact relevant to our opinion, we have relied upon certificates of
officers of Cox Radio without further investigation.

            In rendering this opinion, we have assumed that, at the time
Securities are offered or issued, (i) the Registration Statement and any
amendments thereto (including post-effective amendments) will be effective; (ii)
a prospectus supplement will have been prepared and filed with the Commission
describing the Securities offered thereby; (iii) all Securities will be issued
and sold in compliance with applicable federal and state securities laws and in
the manner stated in the Registration Statement and the appropriate prospectus
supplement; (iv) a definitive purchase, underwriting or similar agreement and
any other necessary agreement with respect to any such Securities will have been
duly authorized and validly executed and delivered by the Company and the other
parties thereto; and (v) any Securities issuable upon conversion,

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exchange or exercise of any such Security will be duly authorized, created and,
if appropriate, reserved for issuance upon such conversion, exchange or
exercise.

            With respect to the foregoing documents, we have assumed (i) the
authenticity of all documents submitted to us as originals, the conformity with
authentic original documents of all documents submitted to us as copies or
forms, the genuineness of all signatures and the legal capacity of natural
persons and (ii) that the foregoing documents, in the forms thereof submitted
for our review, have not been altered, amended or repealed in any respect
material to our opinion as stated herein. We have not reviewed any documents
other than the documents listed above, and we assume that there exists no
provision of any other document that bears upon or is inconsistent with our
opinion as expressed herein. We have conducted no independent factual
investigation of our own but rather have solely relied upon the foregoing
documents, the statements and information set forth therein and the additional
matters recited or assumed herein, all of which we assume to be true, complete
and accurate in all material respects.

            As to matters of law set forth below, our opinion is limited to
matters of law under the laws of the District of Columbia and the Delaware
General Corporation Law (the "Applicable Law"); provided, however, that the term
Applicable Law includes only those laws and regulations that a lawyer exercising
customary professional diligence would reasonably recognize as being directly
applicable to the Securities, and does not include laws of the type described in
Section 19 of the Legal Opinion Accord of the American Bar Association Section
of Business Law (1991). We advise you that we are not admitted to practice law
in the State of New York, and we do not purport to be experts in the laws of the
State of New York. Our opinions are given as if all Securities that by their
terms are governed by New York law will be governed by the laws of the District
of Columbia. You recognize that the express terms of certain of the Securities
may provide that such Securities are to be governed by the law of the State of
New York, which may be different from the law of the District of Columbia in
certain relevant respects. We express no opinion as to conflicts of law rules or
the laws of any other states or jurisdictions other than as expressly identified
above.

            Based upon and subject to the foregoing and any other qualifications
stated herein, we are of the opinion that:

            (1) The Debt Securities, subject to the Registration Statement
becoming effective and any applicable state securities or Blue Sky laws being
complied with, when duly authorized for issuance and when the terms thereof and
their issue and sale have been duly established, upon issuance and delivery
thereof as set forth in the Registration Statement, and the applicable
prospectus supplement and upon receipt by Cox Radio of the purchase price
thereof, will be validly issued and will constitute valid and binding
obligations of Cox Radio, subject, as to enforcement, (a) to any applicable
bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, fraudulent conveyance, moratorium
(whether general or specific) and other laws relating to or affecting creditors'
rights or the relief of debtors generally and (b) to general principles of
equity and judicial discretion. We also express no opinion concerning the
enforceability of waivers of notice or of any other waiver of stay, extension or
usury laws.

            (2) When (a) the Preferred Stock is duly authorized for issuance,
(b) the terms of the series of the Preferred Stock and its issue and sale have
been duly established, and, if applicable, a deposit agreement has been duly
authorized, executed and delivered by Cox Radio and a depositary has been
established in each case in conformity with Cox Radio's Amended and Restated
Certificate of Incorporation, as amended, and the laws of the State of Delaware,
(c) a

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certificate of designations with respect to such series of the Preferred Stock
has been duly filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware, (d)
the Registration Statement has become effective and any applicable state
securities or Blue Sky laws have been complied with, (e) the shares of such
series of Preferred Stock have been issued and delivered as set forth in the
Registration Statement and the applicable prospectus supplement, and (f) Cox
Radio has received the purchase price of such shares in accordance with the
terms of their issue and sale, the shares of such series of Preferred Stock will
be validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable.

            (3) The Common Stock, subject to the Registration Statement becoming
effective and applicable state securities or Blue Sky laws being complied with,
when duly authorized for issuance and when the terms of its issue and sale have
been duly established, upon the issuance and delivery thereof as set forth in
the Registration Statement and the applicable prospectus supplement, and upon
the receipt by Cox Radio of the purchase price thereof, will be validly issued,
fully paid and nonassessable.

            This opinion is as of the date hereof. We assume no obligation to
advise you of any changes to the foregoing subsequent to the delivery of this
opinion letter. We hereby consent to the use of this opinion as Exhibit 5.1 to
the Registration Statement and to all references to our firm in the Registration
Statement; provided, however, that in giving such consent, we do not admit that
we come within the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7
of the Act or the Rules and Regulations of the Commission thereunder.

                                        DOW, LOHNES & ALBERTSON, PLLC

                                        By: /s/ Thomas D. Twedt
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                                            Thomas D. Twedt
                                            Member

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