from tvnewscheck.com
“This video is being used to advance the story and advance public information,” says Nick Gentry, news director at Allbritton’s ABC affiliate KATV, who has included drone-shot footage in his tornado coverage. “We don’t use it because it’s cool.”
KATV’s broadcasting of drone footage, which it has done periodically for the last six months or so, came to the attention of the FAA last week after the station aired video showing the destruction caused by tornadoes on April 27.