On Monday, it became known that 19-year veteran news anchor and reporter Emily Matson had died, with national media the next day sharing the additional news that Matson had taken her own life.
For viewers of “Erie News Now” who have been relying on Dish to deliver the broadcasts provided by Lilly Broadcasting‘s stations in the DMA, they received a warning of possible disruption. That’s because Lilly and Dish on December 9 went to battle over a still unresolved retransmission consent deal.
![A storm-damaged home in the town of Newland, N.C. near Banner Elk. [Photo: Mindy Kent/Facebook]](https://rbr.com/wp-content/uploads/Banner-Elk-Mindy-Kent-218x150.jpg "FCC Chairwoman Heads To Storm-Battered North Carolina")
