Pros
This is a great place to start a broadcasting career straight out of college. Management understands that you're here to learn the basics. They will give plenty of opportunities to learn multiple jobs if you speak up and say that you're interested. There's plenty of news because we cover a 4 state area (WV, PA, MD, VA). People in the area are generally nice and watch this channel so they cooperate well when you're looking for subjects to interview for your stories.
Cons
Things can get stressful and chaotic because you're expected to do a lot of work with little resources. It's a small, starter market so it's not unexpected to get little pay and sometimes not have enough cameras or edit bays. You rarely go with a photographer so most of your stories you're expected to one-man band from beginning to end (again not unexpected at a starter station.) Tempers can run high sometimes in the newsroom because we have so many big personalities that clash when stress levels get high. You're expected to do your work sometimes with no overtime pay, you're really not supposed to turn in less than two stories a day, and when we're short on staff you can get called on to do extra.