The department issued a statement Thursday saying "broadcasting it now is not only inappropriate but doesn't serve the community."
Department spokeswoman Jill Hudson said /*McNair*/ taped the spot in April, and producers had been doing post-production work in hopes of using the announcement sometime this year.
Police say a 20-year-old girlfriend of McNair's shot and killed him on July 4 before killing herself in Nashville.
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