Raymond graduated from UCLA in 1978 in the College of Fine Arts with a Bachelor of Arts degree with a Major in Motion Picture Television, after having a stellar football career for the Bruins. The Berkeley, California native lettered 3-years, earning various awards and honors on the field including starting at linebacker for the 1975 team that upset the undefeated top ranked Ohio State Buckeyes in the 1976 Rose Bowl.He later put his degree to good use by breaking into the Los Angeles television industry in 1982 as a sports intern at KTLA Channel 5. The non paying job soon became a paying one. While there, Bell developed his skills in covering sports and television news. Raymond eventually moved up the ladder from production assistant to become one of the stations sports producers. In 1991 he got a chance to cover one of the biggest announcements in all of sports, when former Lakers great Magic Johnson told the world he was HIV Positive.In 1992 Bell got an opportunity to take on bigger challenges in one of the top television markets in the country when he agreed to become a sports producer at KTTV Fox Channel 11. At Fox, Raymond became one of the stations outstanding field producers of live sporting events, coordinating the station's live pre-game and post-game coverage for Lakers, Clippers, Dodgers, Angels, Kings, Ducks, UCLA and USC football. His resume includes four Lakers NBA Championships, Angels MLB World Series Championship and the Ducks NHL Championship.Ten years later in 2002 Raymond brokered a deal with Fox Sports International for a ten episode sports entertainment show called Inside Pitch that he independently produced and developed. The show featured such stars as two time Academy Award Nominees Will Smith Sylvester Stallone, pop singer Jessica Simpson and NBA superstar Shaquille O'Neal.(read complete bio at http://fivebellzentertainment.com/bio/ )
Listed skills include Broadcast Television, Television News, Sports Writing, News Writing, and 15 others.