Disaster porn is big business for the news media, and nobody in Oklahoma City likes to exploit, capitalize and profit from it more than the folks at Channel 9.
This was evident during Hurricane Harvey. Despite every national media outlet and news service being on the scene, News 9 went wall-to-wall with its coverage of the disaster, sending Kelly Ogle, stormchasers, and what felt like the entire news staff on a 500-mile trip to the region to provide round-the-clock coverage of the flooding, devastation, and heroic recovery efforts.
For example, this is what the front page of News9.com looked like for what seemed like a week: