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27-534: The bowl was sponsored at its inception by Raycom Media , a major owner of television stations in the southeastern United States with heavy involvement in college sports broadcasting, and was officially known as the Raycom Media Camellia Bowl . In June 2018, Gray Television announced its intent to acquire Raycom The acquisition was completed in January 2019, and the 2019 and 2020 editions of

54-469: A difficult capital structure that made it hard to raise additional capital. He end up working six or eight months for no salary. LaPlatney quit by August 2007 to work for Raycom Media , which was an initial round investor. The Tube was initially available primarily in markets with stations operated by Raycom Media . In April 2005, Raycom was testing the network on station WFLX-TV , a Fox affiliate, for three weeks. Raycom then announced on April 25, 2005, it

81-547: A digital ad platform focused on automotive sales, for $ 125 million in November 2015. On April 4, 2017, Raycom reached an agreement to acquire WVUE outright, and the sale was finalized on August 8. In May 2017, Raycom purchased Calkins Media 's WWSB and WTXL-TV . A sale of Calkins' WAAY-TV to Raycom affiliate American Spirit Media was blocked by the Department of Justice due to Raycom's ownership of WAFF-TV , and

108-494: A dispute of contractual issues. The FCC ruled that in addition to the main analog channels, each digital subchannel would also be required to run the government-mandated three hours of educational and informational programming per week, as well as any Emergency Alert System tests and bulletins. The Tube would air the animal-focused music program Wildlife Jams to meet the E/I requirements. The rules would later be changed, requiring

135-570: A dozen of its stations to Barrington Broadcasting . On November 12, 2007, Raycom announced its intention to acquire some of the television broadcasting properties of Lincoln National Corporation 's Lincoln Financial Media for $ 583 million. Lincoln Financial Sports was merged into Raycom Sports later that year. The purchase of the stations were completed on April 2, 2008. Around 2010, Raycom moved into producing its own programming. In September 2011, Raycom partnered with E.W. Scripps and Cox Media to produce Right This Minute . Also in 2011,

162-547: A joint venture form in 2009 as partnership between Cary Glotzer's Tupelo-Honey and Michael Yudin's MY-Entertainment Company. Yudin bought back Raycom's half of My Tupelo in March 2014. Raycom acquired Indianapolis, Indiana-based sports production company WebStream Sports on September 14, 2015. WebStream was subsequently merged with existing Raycom entity Tupelo Honey to form Tupelo Raycom in January 2016. The Tube Music Network The Tube Music Network, Inc. , or The Tube ,

189-455: A semi-satellite station), three Ohio stations, and one Florida station. In 2001, Paul McTear took over as Raycom's president and CEO from Hayes. In 2003, Raycom Media bought out all of the Fox -affiliated television stations from Waitt Broadcasting. In April 2005, Raycom tested The Tube Music Network on station WFLX , a Fox affiliate, for three weeks. Raycom announced on April 25, 2005, it

216-429: Is Raycom Media's production company formed from the merger of Tupelo Honey Productions and WebStream Sports. Clients of the company include NBC , CBS , ESPN , Turner Sports , Fox, Travel Channel, Bounce TV and Live Nation . Raycom acquired the assets of live and studio sports programming production company Tupelo-Honey Productions in January 2012. Tupelo Honey assets included a 50% share of MY Tupelo Entertainment,

243-610: The Bart Starr Most Valuable Player Award; Starr was born and raised in Montgomery, where the game is played. Source: Updated through the December 2023 edition (10 games, 20 total appearances). Won (4): Bowling Green , Georgia State , Middle Tennessee , Northern Illinois Lost (7): Ball State , Eastern Michigan , FIU , Marshall , Ohio , South Alabama , Toledo Updated through

270-578: The Federal Communications Commission ) on Saturday mornings. The network's president and founder was Les Garland , a veteran of MTV and VH1. The ad split was 6 minutes per for the network and 1 minute to the station. The network was not sold any of the national ad time. The Tube planned to attract a wider audience than MTV and other music channels by playing music regardless of genre or decade. 700 videos would be available to play with 14 videos per hours. Additional programming

297-564: The Paramount Network , NBCSN , and CBS Sports Network . Raycom acquired the assets of live and studio sports programming production company Tupelo-Honey Productions in January 2012. In 2011, Raycom was an initial investor in Bounce TV , a broadcast subchannel network. Raycom News Network Digital Hub, an online news aggregator and exchange, was started in 2011 at the company's main office in Montgomery, Alabama. Raycom Media

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324-456: The December 2023 edition (10 games, 20 total appearances). † For all-purpose yardage , the bowl's record book lists Murray's 179 yards (76 receiving, 103 kickoff return) despite Bayless having 180 yards (all receiving). Source: The bowl has been televised by ESPN since its inception. See also: 2020 Montgomery Bowl , played at the same venue as a one-off replacement bowl during the pandemic. Raycom Media Raycom Media, Inc.

351-605: The bowl were played without a title sponsor. On November 24, 2021, TaxAct was named as the new title sponsor of both the Camellia Bowl and the Texas Bowl . On October 15, 2024, Integrated Solutions for Systems, Inc. (IS4S)—a Huntsville, Alabama -based government and military contractor—was announced as the new sponsor of the game, renaming it the IS4S Salute to Veterans Bowl . Source: The bowl's MVP receives

378-713: The company agreed to purchase eight stations from Federal Enterprises Inc. of suburban Detroit for $ 160 million. Raycom bought Aflac 's broadcast division of five TV stations in August 1996, using, in part, a loan from the RSA. The three groups merged to form Raycom Media. John Hayes initially headed up the company until 2001. In 1998, Raycom took a 35% stake in Worldnow , an internet publishing provider for broadcast media. That same year, Raycom purchased Malrite Communications, owner of five stations: two Puerto Rico stations (counting

405-515: The company partnered with ITV Studios America and launched America Now , a lifestyle-oriented news magazine. The magazine lasted until September 2014. In partnership with Bellum Entertainment Group in 2014, Flip My Food and Fix It and Finish It were launched as lead in strips to Raycom early newscasts. In the third quarter of 2014, Raycom purchased RTM Productions, based in Nashville and produces PowerNation branded auto-oriented shows for

432-484: The main channel to air more E/I programming in relation to how many subchannels that the station operated and how much "free programming" they offered. On October 1, 2007 at 6:00 AM, The Tube ceased operations due to "financial limitations"; the last video played was Alabama 3 's " Woke Up This Morning ", taking advantage of its famed use as the opening theme to the TV series The Sopranos by abruptly cutting to black just as

459-731: The seven markets where CNHI and Raycom both owned properties. On June 14, 2018, Raycom announced the launch of InvestigateTV , an OTT app that showcased longer-form content from Raycom as well as content from ProPublica , News21 at Arizona State University ’s Cronkite School of Journalism , and NerdWallet . On June 25, 2018, Gray Television announced its intent to acquire Raycom for $ 3.65 billion, pending regulatory approval. The combined company would be led by Raycom's current president and CEO Pat LaPlatney, with current Gray CEO Hilton Howell acting as executive chairman and co-CEO. The acquisition, which Gray expected to close in late 2018, would give Gray 142 stations in 92 markets , making Gray

486-808: The third-largest owner of television stations in the United States, with a total market share of 24%. CNHI, which was sold separately, was not included in the sale to Gray. The sale was approved by the FCC on December 20. The deal was completed on January 2, 2019. Prior to its merger with Gray, Raycom owned and/or operated 65 television stations and two radio stations in 44 markets located in 20 states, covering over 16% of U.S. television households. Raycom also employed more than 4,800 individuals in full- and part-time positions. Stations are arranged alphabetically by state and by city of license. In addition to television stations, Raycom also owned: Tupelo Raycom

513-528: Was also carried on WLVI in Boston , which was sold by Tribune to Sunbeam Television in late December 2006. Equity Broadcasting Corporation distributed the network's programming free-to-air on Galaxy 10R Ku-band satellite for carriage by some of the individual low-power televisions that it owned in diverse U.S. cities. Sinclair Broadcast Group would sign an affiliation agreement to carry The Tube as well. That relationship ended on January 1, 2007, in

540-562: Was an American digital multicast television network . The network was a fully owned subsidiary of The Tube Media Corp., an independent company that was founded by David Levy in 2003. The Tube focused classic and modern music videos in a format similar to the original format of cable networks MTV and VH1 , prior to those networks' shift towards long-form entertainment programming. The network also aired occasional commercials and public service announcements , as well as three hours of educational and informational programming (as mandated by

567-769: Was an American television broadcasting company based in Montgomery , Alabama . Raycom owned and/or provided services for 65 television stations and two radio stations across 44 markets in 20 states. Raycom, through its Community Newspaper Holdings subsidiary, also owned multiple newspapers in small and medium-sized markets throughout the United States. Raycom's three founding owners were Stephen Burr (a Boston lawyer), Ken Hawkins (general manager) and William Zortman (news director) with funding from Retirement Systems of Alabama . In 1996, Raycom purchased 15 television and two radio stations and Bert Ellis's Raycom Sports from Ellis Communications for over $ 700 million. In mid-1996,

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594-660: Was an initial investor in Katz Broadcasting , launched in 2014 and a Bounce affiliated subchannel network group. On November 20, 2013, Raycom entered into a shared services agreement to operate Louisiana Media Company's WVUE-TV in New Orleans. On August 10, 2015, Raycom announced that it would purchase stations owned by Drewry Communications for $ 160 million. The sale was completed on December 1, 2015. Raycom acquired Indianapolis-based sports production company WebStream Sports on September 14, 2015. WebStream

621-427: Was instead sold to Heartland Media . The deal increased Raycom's reach to 16% of U.S. television households. On September 25, 2017, Raycom announced that it would merge with Community Newspaper Holdings (CNHI), which was principally owned by Retirement Systems of Alabama. CNHI would continue to operate as a subsidiary of Raycom. To comply with FCC newspaper cross-ownership restrictions, Raycom divested newspapers in

648-465: Was made available for the station's main channel. The network's website would be a store as visitors could buy what they see on the network. The Tube Music Network was founded by Les Garland . Raycom Media was an initial round investor in the company. Shane Coppola, formerly of Westwood One, became involved and brought in Pat LaPlatney to head the network in 2005. LaPlatney was frustrated by

675-420: Was subsequently merged with existing Raycom entity Tupelo Honey to form Tupelo Raycom. In October 2015, Raycom acquired Fox affiliate KNIN-TV for $ 14.5 million from E. W. Scripps Company ; the FCC required that the station be divested during Scripps' acquisition of Journal Communications , but Scripps entered into shared services agreements with Raycom to continue operating KNIN. Raycom purchased PureCars,

702-673: Was the launch station group for The Tube affiliating 29 stations. Raycom launched the network in June 2005 on 30 stations with Cleveland being the largest market. According to a March 2006 article in The New York Times , Tribune Broadcasting announced that it would start carrying The Tube on its stations that summer. However, it had already begun to be carried on digital subchannels of Tribune-owned stations in New York City, Los Angeles, Chicago, and Philadelphia. The network

729-636: Was the launch station group for The Tube affiliating 29 stations. Raycom launched the network in June 2005 on 30 stations. Raycom Media was an initial round investor in The Tube Music Network . On January 31, 2006, the company acquired the Liberty Corporation . Raycom agreed to affiliate its NBC stations' subchannels with NBC Weather Plus , a joint venture between the affiliates and the NBC station group. In August, Raycom sold

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