• Ray Reeve - 1901-1980

Pioneer sports radio

Sports radio

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 and television

Television

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 broadcaster, 1939–1973. Long association with Tobacco Sports Network and WRAL-TV

WRAL-TV

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. Radio broadcasts of early ACC

Atlantic Coast Conference

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 games in 1950s carried the league to millions of listeners across the eastern seaboard. He was a graduate of Dartmouth College

Dartmouth College

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Elected into the North Carolina Sports Hall of Fame in 1967. He was the first broadcaster to receive this honor.