The January 1990 crash of an Avianca jet near Kennedy Airport was the sort of local disaster that gets TV news departments pumped up -- and often brings in Emmys. But the first station to arrive at the crash site in Cove Neck, L.I., was not one of the big boys from New York City. It was a crew from News 12, a 24-hour cable channel seen only on suburban Long Island. One of the channel's satellite trucks happened to be half a mile away when word of the crash came over the police scanner. The crew raced to the scene...
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