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The ACC on Regional Sports Networks (also known as simply ACC RSN) is a package of telecasts produced by Raycom Sports, in cooperation with Bally Sports, featuring Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) college sports. The package is syndicated primarily to regional sports networks, with Bally Sports accounting for the majority of their affiliates. Out of market these telecasts air on ACC Network Extra through ESPN3.

History

The practice of distributing ACC sports telecasts to regional networks began with the original Jefferson-Pilot syndication package for football and Raycom/JP package for basketball in the 1980s. At that time Raycom and JP would distribute ACC telecasts through AT&T network lines to local over the air affiliates.[1] Raycom Sports would continue to distribute ACC telecasts, mostly football and men's basketball under what became the ACC Network title, to over the air affiliates until the 2019 ACC men's basketball tournament, when ESPN acquired Raycom Sports' previous package of games for its new ACC Network cable channel.[2]

The practice of distributing ACC sports to regional sports networks started in 2011 after the signing of a new 12-year agreement between the ACC, ESPN and Raycom Sports. The agreement gave Raycom Sports the ability to syndicate a select number of football, basketball and Olympic sports on regional sports networks.[3]

As the majority of the ACC's RSN affiliates were part of Fox Sports Networks, these events were initially billed as Fox Sports telecasts (with college football games aired under the Fox College Football branding, for example). With the acquisition of FSN by Sinclair Broadcast Group and their rebranding in late-March 2021, the telecasts now use an ACC-branded version of Bally Sports' on-air presentation.

In August 2022, Bally and Raycom agreed to move 11 women’s basketball tournament early-round games and 12 baseball tournament early-round games, which previously aired as part of the package, to the ACC Network.[4]

Telecasts

Currently the ACC on Regional Sports Networks consists of College Football, Men's Basketball, Women's Basketball, College Baseball and College Softball. They also cover a limited number of College Soccer, College Field Hockey, and College Volleyball games every fall. The regional sports networks air at least 16 football games per year, around 40 men's basketball games, and 25 women's basketball games[5][6]

It previously aired early-round coverage of the ACC women's basketball tournament and ACC Baseball Tournament until 2022, when ESPN reached an agreement with Raycom Sports and Bally Sports to move coverage of these two events to ACC Network.[4]

Affiliates

Affiliates differ slightly game to game due to existing commitments by RSNs to local teams.

Affiliates include:[7]

On air staff

See also

References

  1. ^ Record, Brant Wilkerson-New Greensboro News &. "Signing off: Raycom Sports will air its final ACC tournament this week". Richmond Times-Dispatch.
  2. ^ Luke DeCock (March 11, 2019). "The pilot sails no more: After four decades, ACC's longtime TV partner signs off". Raleigh News & Observer. Retrieved June 25, 2021.
  3. ^ "Details of ESPN and ACC Exclusive 12 Year Agreement" (PDF). Retrieved June 25, 2021.
  4. ^ a b Bucholtz, Andrew (2022-08-17). "ACC Network adds more WBB and baseball tournament games". Awful Announcing. Retrieved 2022-08-17.
  5. ^ "Matt's College Sports Media Blog". mattsarzsports.blogspot.com.
  6. ^ "ACC Women's Basketball Announces Composite Schedule with Television Designations". theacc.com.
  7. ^ "ACC on Regional Sports Networks". theacc.com.
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