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Competitors Help Station After Plane Crash


Topic: Disaster Relief and Recovery
Posted on 3/13/2015

Raycom Media’s NBC affiliate KCBD-TV Lubbock, Texas, was knocked off the air after a plane flew into a radio tower, killing the pilot. Nearby radio stations pitched in to ensure that KCBD-TV was back on-air within 12 hours.



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