You Won't Believe What This TV Channel Did When Their Rival's Host Died

In the wake of a tragedy, a news station reached out to their rival channel by doing something absolutely incredible.

Oklahoma’s KOCO News helped staff the newsroom of its rival station, KFOR, so more people on the KFOR team could attend the funeral their sports host who suddenly died after a scooter accident. 

On June 21, KFOR anchor Linda Cavanaugh tweeted that KOCO's general manager offered to staff the newsroom so that Barry's coworkers could attend the service.

Class act. @koconews GM has offered to staff our newsroom during @bbjsports funeral so more can attend. Thank you.

— Linda Cavanaugh (@linda4news) June 21, 2015

According to the Oklahoma Daily, other news stations also stepped up and offered to help KFOR during their time of grieving.

“I’ve heard from all the news directors in Oklahoma City who all, independent of each other, reached out upon hearing the news of Bob’s death,” Carlton Houston, KFOR news director, told the news outlet on Thursday. “We absolutely have taken them up on their offers to assist us tomorrow.”

These efforts helped numerous KFOR employees attend the memorial service for their colleague, with the assurance their 24-hour newsroom was covered.

Image: KFOR