Local television stations have banded together with abc27 so its staff members can attend Gregg Mace’s memorial service Tuesday night.

WGAL, FOX43 and CBS21 all reached out to abc27 and offered to provide copies of routine newsgathering or other coverage so staff members can attend their colleague’s service, abc27 Vice President and General Manager Robert Bee said in an email.

“A testament to Gregg Mace, each of the television broadcast stations serving the 10-county region of the midstate recognized the legacy of work provided by Gregg, serving the viewers,” Bee wrote. “We do greatly appreciate the thoughtfulness of our fellow broadcasters at this time.”

Our general manager just told a couple of us that @CBS21NEWS, @fox43 and @WGAL all offered to help with news coverage tomorrow so we can say goodbye to our beloved Gregg. What an incredible gesture. Thanks for the good tears, friends. 🧡 — Sarah Gisriel (@SarahGABC27) November 25, 2019

Mace, who worked at the station for nearly four decades, died Saturday at the age of 65. He had been off the air for several weeks due to an unspecified medical condition.

The memorial service for Mace will take place at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, and it will be open to the public.

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