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Raycom Media is a Broadcasting company based in Montgomery, Alabama . 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 . 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 Stations Formerly Owned by Raycom Media Footnotes Note: Footnotes apply to both categories.
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