Flight 5481 Plane Crash Coverage Grades early edition:

[DA*MAN]

Local News Coverage:

WBTV News 3: B
John Carter, Jan Jeffcoat, Bob Knowles

WSOC Channel 9 Eyewitness News: B-
Cullen Ferguson, Kim Bratton, Suzanne Stevens

WCNC NBC6 News: A-
John Synder, Colleen Odegaard, Larry Sprinkle, Sterlin Benson-Webber

News14 Carolina: B+ (some video shared with NBC6)
Heather Childers, Rick Boone

WCCB FoxCharlotte: F (non-existent, only local network feed...GET OUT OF THE NEWS BUSINESS!!!)

WBT 1110AM: A
Al Gardner, Stacey Simms, Keith Larson

WFNZ 610AM: B- (changed format from sports, does help that TC was not around as a former TV sports journalist is part of the show and endeared himself well.)
Gary Williams, Jim Celania, Mark Yarbro


National News Coverage:

CNN 3.5 hours using NBC6 and Ch.9 Feeds
MSNBC 3 hours using NBC6 Feeds
Fox News Channel 2.5 hours using WBTV 3 Feeds. (how embarrasing that you can't even use your own affiliate)

[Farmer]

Wonder if QCH is out there?

[sds70]

FOX NEWS CHARLOTTE . . . Shame, shame, shame on you :mad: :mad: !!!!!!! You've got the trucks to do live events, wake up one of your anchors and tell them to get their ass to the studios asap !!!!!!!!!!

[needawindow]

QHC posted another thread the he and Belmont bad ass were out there all day.

[mediafreak]

online coverage? your thoughts?