Raycom Sports
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Raycom Sports was founded in July, 1979, and is one of the most widely recognized names in sports television. However, its rise to prominence is really a success story of American entrepreneurism.
In 1979, televised college sports was confined to a Saturday football game on ABC, weekend basketball games on NBC and some regionally televised conference basketball packages. The most notable being C.D. Chesley’s production of Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) games on a syndicated network of east coast television stations. ESPN, established in September 1979, was new and satellite transmission for cable network programs was in its infancy.
Also in 1979, Rick Ray, a 30 year-old television program manager with WCCB-TV in Charlotte, NC decided that there was more interest in college basketball on television than was being provided by the networks or local television stations. When WCCB disagreed with his concept for producing more basketball games, Ray left the station.
Contact:
Raycom Sports
2815 Coliseum Centre Drive
Charlotte NC 28217
Phone: 1-704-378-4400
Fax: 1-704-378-4465
Website: http://www.raycomsports.com/
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