RAYCOM MEDIA

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

Contents

History

Operations

Raycom Sports

Stations Currently Owned by Raycom Media

Stations Formerly Owned by Raycom Media

Footnotes

External links

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.

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.

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 Big Ten Conference, as well as 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.

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
47.	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.
58.	Knoxville	'WTNZ 43 (34)'1	Fox
59.	Ashland - Richmond - Petersburg	'WTVR-TV 6 (25)'1	CBS
		'WUPV 65 (47)'	The CW	Owned by Raycom Media through Southeastern Media Holdings.
68.	Tucson - Douglas - Sierra Vista	'KOLD-TV 13 (32)'1	CBS	Founded by Country singer-Actor Gene Autry (1907-1998).
72.	Toledo - Findlay	'WTOL 11 (17)'	CBS	Acquired with Raycom's acquisition of Liberty Corporation in 2006.
73.	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
79.	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.	Columbia	'WIS 10 (41)'2	NBC	Acquired with Raycom's acquisition of Liberty Corporation in 2006.
82.	Shreveport - Texarkana	'KSLA-TV 12 (17)'1	CBS	Once owned by Viacom before it merged with CBS.
83.	Huntsville - Decatur	'WAFF 48 (49)'12	NBC
90.	Jackson	'WLBT 3 (9)'12	NBC	Acquired with Raycom's acquisition of Liberty Corporation in 2006.
94.	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.
103.	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)'
115.	Augusta	'WFXG 54 (51)'1	Fox	Owned by Raycom Media through Southeastern Media Holdings.
118.	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.
135.	Wilmington	'WECT 6 (44)'2	NBC
		'WSFX-TV 26 (30)'1	Fox	Owned by Raycom Media through Southeastern Media Holdings.
146.	Albany	'WALB 10 (17)'2	NBC	Acquired with Raycom's acquisition of Liberty Corporation in 2006.
148.	Lubbock	'KCBD 11 (9)'12	NBC	Acquired with Raycom's acquisition of Liberty Corporation in 2006.
154.	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.
168.	Laurel - Hattiesburg	'WDAM-TV 7 (28)'12	NBC
172.	Dothan - Ozark	'WDFX-TV 34 (33)'1	Fox
176.	Lake Charles	'KPLC 7 (8)'12	NBC	Acquired with Raycom's acquisition of Liberty Corporation in 2006. Also serves the Lafayette, Louisiana market.
182.	Jonesboro	'KAIT 8 (9)'1	ABC	Acquired with Raycom's acquisition of Liberty Corporation in 2006.

Stations Formerly Owned by Raycom Media

'DMA Rank'	'Market'	'Station'	'Years Owned'	'Currently'
44.	Albuquerque - Santa Fe	'KASA-TV 2'1	1999-2007	Fox network affiliate owned by LIN Television
72.	Toledo - Findlay	'WUPW 36'	1996?-1998	Fox network affiliate owned by LIN Television
		'WNWO-TV 24'12	1998-2006	NBC network affiliate owned by Barrington Broadcasting
80.	Syracuse	'WSTM-TV 3'12	1997?-2006	NBC network affiliate owned by Barrington Broadcasting
		'WSTQ-LP 14'	2003-2006	The CW network affiliate owned by Barrington Broadcasting
81.	Columbia	'WACH 57'1	1998?-2006	Fox network affiliate owned by Barrington Broadcasting
87.	Cedar Rapids - Waterloo - Iowa City - Dubuque	'KWWL 7'12	1997?-2006	NBC network affiliate owned by Quincy Newspapers
88.	Harlingen - Weslaco - Brownsville - McAllen - Pharr - Reynosa - Matamoros	'KGBT-TV 4'	2006	CBS network affiliate owned by Barrington Broadcasting
93.	Colorado Springs - Pueblo	'KXRM-TV 21'1	2000-2006	Fox network affiliate owned by Barrington Broadcasting
		'KXTU-LP 57'	1999-2006	The CW network affiliate owned by Barrington Broadcasting
114.	Sioux Falls - Mitchell - Aberdeen - Pierre	'KSFY-TV 13' / 'KABY-TV 9' / 'KPRY-TV 4'	1996-2006	ABC network affiliates owned by Hoak Media Corporation
116.	Traverse City - Cheboygan - Cadillac - Sault Ste. Marie	'WPBN-TV 7'12 / 'WTOM-TV 4'12	1996-2006	NBC network affiliates owned by Barrington Broadcasting
135.	Wilmington	'WWAY 3'	2006	ABC network affiliate owned by Morris Multimedia
146.	Albany	'WFXL 31'1	2004-2006	Fox network affiliate owned by Barrington Broadcasting
179.	Marquette - Escanaba	'WLUC-TV 6'12	1997?-2006	NBC network affiliate owned by Barrington Broadcasting
199.	Ottumwa - Kirksville	'KTVO 3'1	1996-2006	ABC network affiliate owned by Barrington Broadcasting
		'KYOU-TV'3	N/A	Fox network affiliate owned by Ottumwa Media Holdings, LLC and operated by Barrington Broadcasting
NR	Caguas - San Juan - Ponce	'WLII 11'4 / 'WSUR-TV 9'4	1996-2005	Univision owned and operated

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.

External links

★ Raycom Media Corporate Website

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