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Here's the story as I understand it.
In 2011, the ACC and ESPN brokered a 12-year deal with Raycom for ESPN to sublicense a set number of games across sports to Raycom for Raycom to distribute on regional sports networks (RSNs) such as Fox Sports. This continued a long-standing relationship with Raycom to televise ACC sports regionally. Older posters remember watching Raycom games on the weekdays and Saturdays on their local CBS, ABC, or NBC stations. In my area, we used to get games on the CW station.
Disney bought 21st Century Fox a few years ago. That's why you can watch The Simpsons on Disney+ among other things. Fox, Fox News, FS1, and FS2, and a few other channels properties spun off into a new company. Disney had to sell off Fox Sports due to competing interests from ESPN. Sinclair bought Fox Sports and rebranded as Bally Sports after selling naming rights to Bally.
In 2011, the ACC and ESPN brokered a 12-year deal with Raycom for ESPN to sublicense a set number of games across sports to Raycom for Raycom to distribute on regional sports networks (RSNs) such as Fox Sports. This continued a long-standing relationship with Raycom to televise ACC sports regionally. Older posters remember watching Raycom games on the weekdays and Saturdays on their local CBS, ABC, or NBC stations. In my area, we used to get games on the CW station.
Disney bought 21st Century Fox a few years ago. That's why you can watch The Simpsons on Disney+ among other things. Fox, Fox News, FS1, and FS2, and a few other channels properties spun off into a new company. Disney had to sell off Fox Sports due to competing interests from ESPN. Sinclair bought Fox Sports and rebranded as Bally Sports after selling naming rights to Bally.