Channel 9 considered suing Hamilton County and the Bengals for their denial to broadcast live from inside Paul Brown Stadium for the station's 8-9 p.m. special last Friday, says Scott Diener, Channel 9 news director.

County and Bengals officials refused to let Channel 9 broadcast from various locations inside the stadium because the show included a three-minute piece by investigative reporter Laure Quinlivan, he says.

Channel 9 and Ms. Quinlivan received a national Peabody Award for “courageous local investigations of fraud ... in the (stadium) construction” in May.

The station ultimately decided not to sue. So John Popovich and Clyde Gray anchored the show from the plaza outside the stadium.

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