Raycom Media

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Raycom Media
Type	Private
Founded	1992
Headquarters	Montgomery, Alabama
Key people	Paul McTear (President & CEO) Wayne Daugherty (Executive VP & COO)
Area served	United States (Nationwide)
Industry	Broadcast Television Television Production
Products	Raycom Sports, Broadview Media, etc.
Employees	4,200
Website	www.raycommedia.com

Raycom Media is a broadcasting company based in Montgomery, Alabama.

Contents 1 History 2 Operations 2.1 Raycom Sports 2.2 Stations Currently Owned by Raycom Media 2.3 Stations Formerly Owned by Raycom Media 2.4 Footnotes 3 External links

[edit] History

Although Raycom dates its birth to 1996, the core of the company was formed in 1992 when Atlanta native Bert Ellis formed Ellis Communications. He eventually controlled 13 television stations and two radio stations.

In 1994, Ellis bought Raycom Sports, a sports marketing firm that had revolutionized the industry in only 15 years of existence. Two years later, Ellis was sold to a media group funded by Retirement Systems of Alabama, who had bought Aflac's broadcast division a few months earlier. The two groups merged to form Raycom Media. In 1998, Raycom merged with Malrite Communications, owner of five stations in the South and Midwest.

In August 2005 it acquired The Liberty Corporation [1]and in the process sold a dozen of its stations to Barrington Broadcasting.[2] The merger closed at the start of 2006.

[edit] Operations

Raycom currently owns and/or operates nearly 40 television stations, Raycom Sports in Charlotte, North Carolina, Sacramento, California and Mobile, Alabama, Broadview Media, Raycom Post Production and CableVantage.

[edit] Raycom Sports

Raycom Sports is an American syndicator of sports television programs.

It was founded in Charlotte, North Carolina in 1979 by a husband and wife, Rick and Dee Ray. Since its inception, it has produced and distributed football and basketball games from the Atlantic Coast Conference. (It was also once a distributor of games from the now defunct Southwest Conference.) Within several years of its founding, Raycom agreed to share the production and distribution of the ACC telecasts with Jefferson-Pilot Communications; the venture was called Raycom/JP Sports. In 2006, the name of the partnership changed to Raycom/LF Sports, the "LF" is Lincoln Financial, the marketing name of Lincoln National Corporation, which purchased Jefferson-Pilot that year.

From 1983 to 1986, Raycom and JP offered a pay-per-view package called "Season Ticket."

In the late 1990s, Raycom was folded into the larger Raycom Media operation which was set up by a merger of Atlanta businessman Bert Ellis' operations with the broadcast holdings of Aflac.

During each ACC basketball season, the Raycom/LF affiliates have exclusive rights to the game telecasts. ESPN, which buys outer market rights from R/LF, must black out the games in the same markets as the affiliates.

Raycom/LF also owns and produces the ACC syndicated football package.

Some of Raycom's current and former announcers include Mike Patrick, Tim Brando, Tom Hammond, Billy Packer, and Bucky Waters.

Raycom has also produced specials on Elvis Presley and other non-sports subjects. It was to have produced Team Racing Auto Circuit auto racing in 2003; however, the league folded before an event could be run.

[edit] Stations Currently Owned by Raycom Media

DMA Rank	Market	Station ... Channel Number (DT)	Network Affiliation	Notes
17.	Shaker Heights - Lorain - Cleveland - Akron - Canton	WOIO 19 (10)	CBS
		WUAB 43 (28)1	MyNetworkTV	Once owned by production company United Artists and its signal merged with WKBF-TV in 1975. Channel 61 is now Univision O&O WQHS-TV.
33.	Newport - Cincinnati	WXIX-TV 19 (29)1	Fox	Once owned by Metromedia.
38.	West Palm Beach - Fort Pierce	WFLX 29 (28)1	Fox
44.	Memphis	WMC-TV 5 (52)12	NBC	Founded by The E.W. Scripps Company, who currently owns The Commercial Appeal newspaper. They sold the station in 1993.
48.	Louisville	WAVE 3 (47)12	NBC	Acquired with Raycom's acquisition of Liberty Corporation in 2006.
60.	Knoxville	WTNZ 43 (34)1	Fox
61.	Ashland - Richmond - Petersburg	WTVR-TV 6 (25)1	CBS
		WUPV 65 (47)	The CW	Owned by Raycom Media through Southeastern Media Holdings.
70.	Tucson - Douglas - Sierra Vista	KOLD-TV 13 (32)1	CBS	Founded by Country singer-Actor Gene Autry (1907-1998).
71.	Toledo - Findlay	WTOL 11 (17)	CBS	Acquired with Raycom's acquisition of Liberty Corporation in 2006.
72.	Honolulu - Hilo - Wailuku - Maui - Lihue - Kauai	KFVE 5 (23)1	MyNetworkTV
		KHNL 13 (35)2 / KHBC-TV 2 (22)2 / KOGG 15 (16)2	NBC
80.	Cape Girardeau - Paducah - Harrisburg	KFVS-TV 12 (57)1	CBS / The CW (Digital Only)
		WQTV-LP 24 / WQWQ-LP 9	The CW	Also carried on KFVS-DT2 57.2/12.2.
81.	Shreveport - Texarkana	KSLA-TV 12 (17)1	CBS	Once owned by Viacom before it merged with CBS.
83.	Columbia	WIS 10 (41)2	NBC	Acquired with Raycom's acquisition of Liberty Corporation in 2006.
84.	Huntsville - Decatur	WAFF 48 (49)12	NBC
87.	Jackson	WLBT 3 (9)12	NBC	Acquired with Raycom's acquisition of Liberty Corporation in 2006.
93.	Baton Rouge	WAFB 9 (46)1	CBS
		WBXH-CA 39	MyNetworkTV
97.	Savannah	WTOC-TV 11 (15)1	CBS
101.	Evansville	WFIE 14 (46)12	NBC	Acquired with Raycom's acquisition of Liberty Corporation in 2006.
105.	Myrtle Beach - Florence	WMBF-TV 32	NBC	A new station -- to take to the air in 2008.
111.	Tyler - Longview - Jacksonville - Lufkin - Nacogdoches	KLTV 7 (10)1	ABC	Acquired with Raycom's acquisition of Liberty Corporation in 2006.
		KTRE 9 (21)
114.	Augusta	WFXG 54 (51)1	Fox	Owned by Raycom Media through Southeastern Media Holdings.
117.	Montgomery - Selma	WSFA 12 (14)12	NBC	Acquired with Raycom's acquisition of Liberty Corporation in 2006.
128.	Columbus	WTVM 9 (47)	ABC
		WXTX 54 (49)1	Fox	Owned by Raycom Media through Southeastern Media Holdings.
136.	Wilmington	WECT 6 (44)2	NBC
		WSFX-TV 26 (30)1	Fox	Owned by Raycom Media through Southeastern Media Holdings.
145.	Albany	WALB 10 (17)2	NBC	Acquired with Raycom's acquisition of Liberty Corporation in 2006.
147.	Lubbock	KCBD 11 (9)12	NBC	Acquired with Raycom's acquisition of Liberty Corporation in 2006.
156.	Panama City	WPGX 28 (9)1	Fox
160.	Biloxi - Gulfport - Pascagoula	WLOX 13 (28)1	ABC	Acquired with Raycom's acquisition of Liberty Corporation in 2006.
165.	Laurel - Hattiesburg	WDAM-TV 7 (28)12	NBC
172.	Dothan - Ozark	WDFX-TV 34 (33)1	Fox
175.	Lake Charles	KPLC 7 (8)12	NBC	Acquired with Raycom's acquisition of Liberty Corporation in 2006. Also serves the #123 Lafayette, Louisiana market.
180.	Jonesboro	KAIT 8 (9)1	ABC	Acquired with Raycom's acquisition of Liberty Corporation in 2006.

[edit] Stations Formerly Owned by Raycom Media

DMA Rank	Market	Station	Years Owned	Currently
45.	Albuquerque - Santa Fe	KASA-TV 21	1999-2007	Fox network affiliate owned by LIN Television
71.	Toledo - Findlay	WUPW 36	1996?-1998	Fox network affiliate owned by LIN Television
		WNWO-TV 2412	1998-2006	NBC network affiliate owned by Barrington Broadcasting
79.	Syracuse	WSTM-TV 312	1997?-2006	NBC network affiliate owned by Barrington Broadcasting
		WSTQ-LP 14	2003-2006	The CW network affiliate owned by Barrington Broadcasting
83.	Columbia	WACH 571	1998?-2006	Fox network affiliate owned by Barrington Broadcasting
89.	Cedar Rapids - Waterloo - Iowa City - Dubuque	KWWL 712	1997?-2006	NBC network affiliate owned by Quincy Newspapers
91.	Harlingen - Weslaco - Brownsville - McAllen - Pharr - Reynosa - Matamoros	KGBT-TV 4	2006	CBS network affiliate owned by Barrington Broadcasting
94.	Colorado Springs - Pueblo	KXRM-TV 211	2000-2006	Fox network affiliate owned by Barrington Broadcasting
		KXTU-LP 57	1999-2006	The CW network affiliate owned by Barrington Broadcasting
113.	Traverse City - Cheboygan - Cadillac - Sault Ste. Marie	WPBN-TV 412 / WTOM-TV 412	1996-2006	NBC network affiliates owned by Barrington Broadcasting
115.	Sioux Falls - Mitchell - Aberdeen - Pierre	KSFY-TV 13 / KABY-TV 9 / KPRY-TV 4	1996-2006	ABC network affiliates owned by Hoak Media Corporation
136.	Wilmington	WWAY 3	2006	ABC network affiliate owned by Morris Multimedia
145.	Albany	WFXL 311	2004-2006	Fox network affiliate owned by Barrington Broadcasting
178.	Marquette - Escanaba	WLUC-TV 612	1997?-2006	NBC network affiliate owned by Barrington Broadcasting
199.	Ottumwa - Kirksville	KTVO 31	1996-2006	ABC network affiliate owned by Barrington Broadcasting
		KYOU-TV3	N/A	Fox network affiliate owned by Ottumwa Media Holdings, LLC and operated by Barrington Broadcasting
NR	Caguas - San Juan - Ponce	WLII 114 / WSUR-TV 94	1996-2005	Univision owned and operated

[edit] Footnotes

Note: Footnotes apply to both categories.

• ¹All of these stations are currently carrying or will soon be carrying The Tube Music Network on digital subchannels.
• ²All NBC network affiliates (except WMBF) also carry NBC Weather Plus on digital subchannels.
• ³The company had never owned the station but they did operate it under a Local Marketing Agreement.
• ⁴The company continuously owned the two stations after Univision began operating them under a Local Marketing Agreement in 2002. Univision later bought the stations outright. Also, WORA-TV in Mayagüez which repeats 95% of WLII/WSUR's programming but operates under a separate owner. WLII & WSUR also operate locally-owned WSTE under an LMA.

[edit] External links

• Raycom Media Corporate Website
• BIAfn's Media Web Database -- Broadcast Television Ownership Information for #56653: Raycom Media