ACC Network

The ACC Network (unofficially known as the ACC Network by Raycom Sports) is an ad hoc television network featuring live broadcasts of college football and basketball events from the Atlantic Coast Conference. It is an exclusive presentation of its owner and operator, Raycom Sports, the sports syndication unit of Montgomery, Alabama-based Raycom Media. The network itself is based at Raycom Sports headquarters in Charlotte, North Carolina. ACC Network broadcast games are shown locally on over-the-air broadcast stations, regional sports networks, as well as on online streaming service ESPN3 and the WatchESPN application on mobile devices.

The syndicated network is produced in a partnership between Raycom and ESPN.

History

ACC men's basketball had been broadcast by Raycom/JP Sports, a joint venture of Raycom Sports and Jefferson-Pilot Teleproductions, since the 1982-1983 basketball season. The roots of the current package date to 1957, when Greensboro businessman C.D. Chesley hastily assembled a five-station network to broadcast North Carolina's appearance in that year's Final Four. The Tar Heels went on to win the national championship, and Chesley expanded to a full-season package for the 1957-58 season. Chelsey retained the rights until 1981, and then Baltimore-based Metrosports had the ACC rights just for the 1981-82 season.