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Raycom to broadcast ACC on 'Season Ticket' By MIKE SCHOOR SUff Writer ACC basketball addicts rejoice, because 23 additional ACC games will be telecast this season, at an extra cost. RaycomJefferson has developed "Season Ticket," a pay cable lineup of games designed to supplement the company's regular 38-game broadcast television schedule. "It's a very pioneering thing," said Ken Haines, Raycom's vice president of network operations. "I know of no other col lege conference that has been as forward-thinking at this point in the area of cable television sports." Haines said that every year there are many (requests for) more ACC basketball coverage. RaycomJefferson, a merger of two companies strictly for ACC basketball production (Raycom working with distribu tion while Jefferson handles production), recognized the public demand and hoped the network-affiliated stations throughout the ACC area would agree to carry more games. "But stations and networks are very reluctant to consistent ly disrupt their network shows," Haines said. So RaycomJefferson reached an agreement with the ACC giving them broadcast rights to games on cable television. "Season Ticket" games will be produced to be telecast over ESPN, a 24-hour, all-sports cable network. "ESPN was chosen as the distribution method because it is in almost every (cable) home," Haines said. "ESPN has a very high penetration level." "Season Ticket" will operate as a "service within a service." For an additional fee (estimates range from $50 to $75) deter mined by the individual cable companies, viewers will receive a decoder. Anytime a "Season Ticket" game is scheduled, this decoder can be used to descramble the ESPN signal and pick up the game. . Haines said that he's frequently asked if "Season Ticket" is the beginning of an ESPN all-pay network. ; . ."It is not," Hines said. "But ESPN does plan to add some major sporting events on a subscription basis to increase the caliber of their sports coverage." "ESPN does hot, plan to become a pay-only channel," Haines said. Haines strongly asserts that "Season Ticket" is not the be ginning of a trend toward all ACC games being broadcast on a pay television basis. "We (Raycom-Jefferson) have no intention of doing away with games produced for broadcast television," Haines said. "Next season, there (again) will be a 38-game broadcast tele vision schedule and 20 to 25 games on "Season Ticket." "Up to its limit of 38 games, the broadcast television sched ule works very well," Haines said. "The schools in the conference want the exposure it gives the ACC, and the advertisers and stations support the 38-game package." The "Season Ticket" games are exclusive live features only available on ESPN, Haines said. "If this is successful, it will enable more future sports events to be on television than (before) were impossible to get on. "But I don't believe it will eliminate commercial television sports," Haines said. Is the day nearing when college soccer or boxing fans, for example, will be presented with a pay television package to sat isfy their sports desire? Rick Willenzik, a Jefferson Pilot Teleproductions producer, thinks some of this specialized programming may soon be on the horizon. "Pay-cable is the wave of the future of television sports," Willenzik said. N O V. J A N U A R Y F E B R U A R Y M A R C H ACC TV Schedule ACC Schedules are subject to change. Consult your local listings. 1 9 Saturday 2:30 NCSU Houston Springfield, MA (NBC) 26 Saturday Vanderbilt Duke 7:00 Missouri UNC 9:00 D E C. 1 7 Saturday 3:45 Louisville NCSU (CBS) 2 1 Wednesday 7:00 Dartmouth UNC 2 4 Saturday 1:00 Boston College Maryland (CBS) Wednesday 9:00 Maryland NCSU Saturday North Carolina NCSU 2:00 (NBC) Wake Forest Georgia Tech 4:00 Duke UVA 9:00 Monday NCSU 9:00 Clemson 1 5 12 Thursday North Carolina Maryland 8:00 1 4 Saturday UNC Wake Forest (C'boro) 2:00 (CBS) Maryland Duke 4:00 Sunday 2:00 NCSU Georgia Tech 11 Wednesday NC State Virginia 7:00 1 7 Tuesday 9:00 Clemson Maryland 18 Thursday 9:00 Virginia UNC 21 Saturday Virginia Clemson 2:00 Wake Forest NCSU 4:00 UNC Duke 7:00 23 Monday Virginia Georgia Tech 9:00 25 Wednesday Wake Forest UNC 9:00 26 Thursday Cletmon Georgia Tech 7:00 NC State Duke 9:00 28 Saturday Maryland Notre Dame 1:00 (NBC) Georgia Tech UNC 1:00 UVA Wake Forest 3:00 Duke Clemson 5:00 29 Sunday LSU UNC 1:00 (NBC) Missouri NC State 9:00 31 Tuesday Maryland UVA 9:00 11 Wednesday 9 Clemson UNC 9:00 Thursday Georgia Tech NCSU 9:00 Saturday Virginia Duke 1:00 Maryland Georgia Tech 3:00 Wake Forest Clemson 5:00 Wednesday Maryland Wake Forest 7:00 Clemson NCSU 9:00 Thursday UNC UVA 8:00 18 Saturday UVA Louisville 1:30 (NBC) Duke Maryland 1:30 Georgia Tech Wake Forest 7:00 1 9 Sunday UNC Arkansas 1:00 (NBC) Georgia Tech NCSU 4:30 Saturday UVA Houston 2:00 (CBS) Maryland Clemson 1:30 NCSU UNC 7:00 Wake Forest Duke 3:30 Sunday Maryland UNC 2:00 (NBC) 2 3 Thursday Georgia Tech Maryland 7:00 Wake Forest Virginia 9:00 25 Saturday Georgia Tech Duke 2:00 UVA NCSU 4:00 26 Sunday Wake Forest Maryland 2:00 UNC Clemson 4:00 29 Wednesday NCSU Maryland 9:00 3 Saturday NCSU Wake Forest 1:00 Duke North Carolina 3:00 4 Sunday Virginia Maryland 1:00 (NBC) 9 Friday ACC Tournament - 12:00,2:00,7:00, 9:00 10 Saturday ACC Tournament 1:30,3:30 1 1 Sunday ACC Tournament Championship 1:00 (NBC) ACC Radio Network Every year there- are some ACC Karnes that are not on teU-vision. Be-e ause ol this, we c omtMktl a list i4 the radio stations in each area that cover ACC basketball. Not ail stations will tarry all the Karnes, nor do all of them broadcast 24 hours a day. At press lime this list was tentative. All stations listed arc- AM unk-ss otherwise- noted. Those- outsit le the immediate ACC listening area should try tuning into.stalions in the larger ACC c itic-s. sine e many, sue h as WBT in Charknte. e an he heard up and down the East Coast. We hixx- that this guide will be heliul lo you in kcc-ping up with the- basketball action this se-ason. MARYLAND NETWORK Maryland WNAV WCFM WCTR . WTBO WFMD WARK WASA WHDG-FM WETT WTHU WTTR-FM CLEMSON NETWORK South Carolina Anderson WANS 1280 BamberK WWBD 790 Batesburg WBl R 1410 Bennettsville WBSC 1550 Charleston WOKEWCCA H40 Chester WCCD 14l.H) Columbia WCOS 1400 Darlington WDAR 1 150 Florence WOIN 12 to Greenwood WCRS 1450 Greenville WF8CAMFM 111091.7 HoneaPath WRIX-FM 101.1 Kingslree WWKT-FM 98.1 LakeCity WOTWGFG 1 2601 00.1 Lancaster WPAI-FM 107.1 Marion WATP 1410 Orangeburg WORG 1580 Rock Hill WRHI 1140 Spartanburg WKDY 14(X) Sumter WSSC 1 140 North Carolina Asheville WSKY 1210 Lincolnton WLON 1050 DUKE NETWORK North Carolina Asheboro WCSE-FM 92.1 Concord WEGO 1410 Durham WDNC 820 Fayetteville WFAI 1210 Goldsboro WFMC 710 High Point WGOS 1070 Lillington WLLN 1 170 Mayodan WMYN 1420 Mocksville WDSL 1 520 Monroe WMAP 1060 Murfreesboro WBCG 98.1 Oxford WCBQ 1 140 Roxboro WRXO 1410 Salisbury WSAT 1280 Southern Pines WCEL 990 Statesville WDRV 55 Wendell WETC 540 GEORGIA TECH NETWORK Georgia Albany WALG 1590 Alpharetta WMOE 1 400 Atlanta WGST 920 Augusta WGUS 1 180 lessup WLOP 1170 Macon WNEX 1400 McRae WDAX 1410 Milledgeville WMUG 1450 Statesboro WPTB 850 Tbomasville WTUF-FM 1.55 Waycross " WLTE-FM " 102.5 Annapolis Cambridge Che-ste-rtown Cumberland Frederic k Hagerstown Havre de Grae e Havre de Grae e Ocean City Thurmont Westminster 1410 1240 1510 1450 910 1490 1 lit) 101 7 1590 1450 100.7 Pennsylvania Chambersburg York District of Columbia Washington WCBG WOYK WMAL 1590 1 150 bid NORTH CAROLINA NETWORK North Carolina Ahoskie WQDK-FM 99. 1 Asheboro WGWR 1260 Asheville WSKY 1210 Beaufort WBTB 1400 Brevard WPNF 1240 Burlington . WBAG-FM 91.9 Canton WPTL 920 Chapel Hill WCHL 1 160 Charlotte WBJ 1150 Clinton WRRZ 880 Dunn WCKB 78(1 Elizabeth City WWOK-FM 106 Fayetteville WFNC 940 Forest City WBBO-FM 91.6780 Gastonia WZXI-FM 101.9 Goldsboro WC.BR 1150 Greensboro WBKi 1470 Henderson WIZS 1450 Hendersonville WKIT-FM 102.5 Hickory WIRC 6 10 High Point WMFR 1210 Jacksonville WNC 1240 Kannapolis WRKB 1460 King WKTE 1090 Kinslon WFTC 960 Laurinburg WEWO 1460 Lenoir WKGX 1080 Lexington WBUT-FM 94.11440 Liivolnton WLON 1050 Lumherton WTS8-FM - 95.7 Marion WBRM 1250 Monroe WMAP 1060 Ml. Airy WSYD 1 100 New Bern WSFL-FM 106.5 Newland WPT 1 1 10 North Wilkesboro WKBC-FM 97.1810 Raleigh ' WQDR-FM 94.7 Red Springs WYRU 1 520 Reiclsville WRNC 1600 Roanoke- Rapiils WC'BT 1210 Rockingham WIWl 1500 Rcxky Mount WFMA-FM 100 78 IO Roxboro WRXO 14 ) Salisbury WSAT 1280 Sanlord WFJA-FM 105.5 Shelby WADA 1 190 Siler City ' WNCA 1570 Smithlield WMPM 1270 Southe-rn Pines WCEI 990 Statesville WSIC 1400 T.ibor Citv WKSM-FM 11)49 W.Mleslxiro WADE 1210 Wallace WISE 140O Washington WITN 9 IO Williamston WSEC-FM 1017 Wilmington WWfJtFM 1009 Wilson WVOT 1420 Windsor WDIB-FM 97.7 Winslon-Salem WSEZ-FM 9 1 Winsion-S.ikfn WAIR 1 140 Virginia Danville WDVA 1250 Wayneshoro WANV 970 South Carolina Myrtle- Beac h WQZK 1 520 N.C STATE NETWORK North Carolina Asheboro WCSE-fM 92. J Belhaven WKIA-fM 92.1 Charlotte WSOC 9 JO Clinton WCLN 1 1 70 Eliaheth City WGAI 560 Elkm WIFM-fM 100.9 Fayetteville WFLB 1490 Forest City WAGY 1 120 Goldsboro WEfjR-FM 96 9 Greensboro WKEW 1400 Greenville WNCT-FM 107.7 Hendersonville WHKP 1450 HifthPo.nl WMFR 1210 Kinslon WiSP 1210 Lexington WBUY 1440 Lumberton WAGR & WJSK-FM 510102.1 Mebane WHNI 1060 More-head City WMBL-FM " 95.9 Murfreesboro WWDR-FM 98. 1 Newton WNNC 1210 Plymouth WPNC-WXLX-FM 95.9 Raeford WSMR 1400 Raleigh WPTF 1,80 Roanoke Rapids WPTM-FM 102.1 Rcxky Mount WRMT 1490 Roxboro WKRX-FM 96.7 Salisbury WRDX-FM 106.5 Sanlord WFIA-FM 105.5 Scotland Neck WYAL 1280 Shallotte WDZD-FM 91.5 Southern Pines WDLV 550 Spruc e Pines WTOE 1470 Lighter type denotes pay per view games. See page 188 for a complete list of ACC TV Networks. Basketball 83-84 The Daily Tar Heel 29
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