SEC TV


SEC TV was a syndicated package featuring live broadcasts of college football and basketball events from the Southeastern Conference. It was owned and operated by ESPN Regional Television and shown in more than 50 percent of households in the United States, mostly Southeastern United States markets. SEC TV's football games typically aired in the noon eastern slot that was former home to the Jefferson-Pilot/Raycom Sports SEC game of the week. Games were shown locally on broadcast stations, regional sports networks, as well as on ESPN GamePlan, ESPN Full Court, and WatchESPN.
SEC TV was replaced with a 24-hour cable network devoted to the conference, also named SEC Network, after the 2013–14 college sports season. The new SEC Network would assume the duty of broadcasting football games in the "early" window used by SEC TV.

History

In 2008, ESPN reached a 15-year deal to become the Southeastern Conference's main media rightsholder, assuming the majority of football and basketball rights, including the syndicated package produced by Raycom Sports and its predecessors. Besides games on its cable networks, ESPN chose to retain the syndicated package, moving it under its competing ESPN Regional Television unit under the on-air brand SEC Network.
The first SEC Network game was the Tennessee Volunteers football team's 63-7 blowout win over the WKU Hilltoppers on September 5, 2009. Dave Neal and Andre Ware were the play-by-play commentators, and Cara Capuano was the sideline reporter. Unlike Jefferson-Pilot/Raycom Sports, SEC TV also carried some regular season Women's basketball games in syndication on Sunday afternoons during basketball season.
In 2013, with the announcement that ESPN would be launching an SEC cable network under the same name in 2014, SEC Network was re-branded as SEC TV on September 7, 2013. SEC TV folded following the 2013 football season and the 2013-2014 basketball season. The quarterfinals of the 2014 men's conference basketball tournament. the standalone SEC Network cable outlet launched August 14 of that year.
SEC TV was available through 102 over-the-air television stations in the now-11-state SEC footprint, as well as other stations outside SEC markets, regional sports networks, and ESPN platforms such as ESPN3 and ESPN GamePlan/Full Court.

On-air personalities

Play-by-play commentator

2009 SEC Network football schedule

All times listed are ET
All times listed are ET
Most affiliates alternated each season, depending on the sport. Many stations outside of the SEC's geographical footprint only carried SEC TV's football games, but most others, especially within the SEC footprint, also aired men's and women's basketball games offered in the sports package. Markets without an SEC TV broadcast partner accessed the broadcasts via Regional sports networks. In terms of market size, the only media market without an SEC TV partner was the New York City area.
The following channels carried SEC TV:

Broadcast stations

Alabama

ChannelNetwork affiliationDMA
WTTOThe CWBirmingham / Tuscaloosa / Anniston
WABMMyNetworkTVBirmingham / Tuscaloosa / Anniston
WTVYCBSDothan
WZDXFoxHuntsville / Decatur
WJTCIndependentMobile
WSFANBCMontgomery / Selma

Alaska

Arkansas

Arizona

California

Washington D.C.

Florida

Georgia

Hawaii

Illinois

Iowa

Indiana

Kansas

Kentucky

Louisiana

Minnesota

Missouri

Mississippi

North Carolina

Nevada

Ohio

Oklahoma

Pennsylvania

Puerto Rico

South Carolina

Tennessee

Texas

Virginia

Washington

West Virginia

Wisconsin

Regional cable channels