Raysun Productions
Over 40 Years of Excellence in Sports Television
Raymond B. Smaltz III
President, Raysun Productions, Inc.
Award-Worthy Experience
20 year run of producing professional football for the NFL on FOX
Throughout his 40 plus year career in the sports television industry, Raymond Smaltz has honed his skills across the globe producing and directing professional, collegiate and amateur athletic contests for a multitude of broadcast and cable networks, as well as for pay-per-view events. One of his professional highlights includes a near 20 year run of producing professional football for the NFL on FOX, including the coordination and production of 3 nationally televised World Bowls overseas for NFLEurope.
Raymond’s experience branches into numerous combat sports such as mixed martial arts leagues including Affliction, EliteXC, Strikeforce and the Professional Fighters League (PFL). But his involvement with professional boxing spans the entire length of his broadcast career, including networks such as ABC, CBS, NBC, DAZN, EpixHD, ESPN, HBO and Showtime Championship Boxing. During his extensive career, he has been a part of the production of seminal bouts such as Leonard vs. Hearns II, Holyfield vs. Tyson I & II, Chavez vs. Randall I & II, Corrales vs. Castillo I & II, Mayweather vs.Canelo, Tyson vs. Lewis, Joshua vs. Klitschko, Wilder vs. Fury I and the highest grossing boxing pay-per-view event in broadcast history, Mayweather vs. Pacquaio.
Coordinating 3 nationally televised World Bowls overseas for NFLEurope
3-time Telly Award winner and received a NATAS Award in 2005
Leadership in producing professional football for the NFL on FOX
EXPERIENCE MEETS EXPOSURE
Guiding the Future of NFL Broadcasting
The NFL recognized his wealth of experience and hired him as a “Faculty Advisor” for the mentoring program of aspiring football and social media talent dubbed, the NFL Broadcast Boot Camp. He performed that role over a ten year span helping to train some of today’s media stars for various broadcast and cable networks, radio and social media podcasts.
Raymond has earned four Emmy Awards in 1988, 1992, 2002 & 2004 for “Best Live & Edited” Summer and Winter Games Olympic coverage, is a 3-time Telly Award winner and received a NATAS Award in 2005 for his production of the Seattle Seahawks Pre Season Football broadcasts. He was awarded the Olympic Golden Rings (Silver Category) in 1996 from the International Olympic Committee for his production of Weightlifting for the Atlanta Committee Of The Olympic Games.
Since 2020, Raymond produces and co-hosts a podcast focusing on important topics affecting Black and Brown communities across the nation called “Nubian Tigers Talk,”, co-written a book published in 2021 entitled, “Place Of Privilege: Young, Black and In An Unexpected Place Of Privilege,” and is in the early stages of developing a documentary about the sports television industry.
Award-Worthy Experience
Over 40 Years of Excellence in Sports Television
DELIVERING EXCELLENCE
Client Testimonials
“For more than 20 years, I had the pleasure of working with Ray Smaltz on various productions of boxing on Showtime. I always looked forward to contributing to those shows, largely because Ray was a pleasure to team with. He was consistently both amicable and professional, and his experience was a major factor in establishing our production as the finest in the business.
Ray is among the very best.”
Steve Farhood
2017 International Boxing Hall Of Fame Inductee
“Raymond B. Smaltz has been a leader ever since our days together at The Dalton School. His career-long achievements in the demanding world of sports television speak for themselves, with Ray an integral part of some of the most innovative and acclaimed programming in our industry. A pioneer in every way at our school, Ray was unafraid to stand up for himself and what he knew to be right, even in the face of daunting pressure from above. High schoolers and their parents will find a lot to be inspired by – and much to emulate — in Ray’s story: a saga of sustained success.”
Chris Connelly
ABC News, ESPN
“In my forty-five years in broadcasting, Ray Smaltz was one of the best producers I ever had the pleasure of working with. My only regret is that I also didn’t get to work with him outside the realm of Showtime Championship Boxing. His knowledge of the sport, production savvy, and leadership qualities were surpassed only by his good nature, sense of humor and announcer-friendly demeanor.
I was not only fortunate to have him as a colleague, but as a friend.”
Steve Albert
2018 International Boxing Hall Of Fame Inductee
“Once on assignment for CBS Sports, he guided me through an event
which I was totally unfamiliar with – Track and Field where we were on location in Lausanne, Switzerland and he patiently encouraged me through the broadcast early in my career. Ray has a very “talent-friendly leadership style”….as Coach Red Auerbach once said of the best coaches, you “never lost the feel of the game or the event” as you gently & unobtrusively, but in a timely fashion dropped some pearls that were impactful.”
James Brown
Host, The NFL Today
CBS Sports
“For four decades, Raymond Smaltz climbed the television production ladder from production assistant to producer. Along the way, he mastered each rung, performing at the highest of levels on some of the biggest events in sports . His experience with live and edited presentations makes him uniquely qualified to share his wealth of knowledge with those eager to learn about all aspects of TV production.”
David Dinkins, Jr.
Former SVP/Executive Producer, Showtime Sports
“Ever wonder what it takes to turn NFL legends into confident, camera-ready broadcasters? For more than twenty years, I have had the privilege of partnering with Ray Smaltz on the NFL Broadcast Boot Camp, as well as many productions, and every single time, he overdelivers. What really sets Ray apart is how he speaks “broadcast.” He can take the most intimidating technical jargon and turn it into clear, actionable steps. He challenges all around him to push their limits, while making them feel completely at ease.”
Glenn Adamo
Former Vice President of Production at NFL