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Series: The Ten O'Clock News
Date: 1988-08-23
Duration: 00:03:02
Subject: South Africa - Apartheid; Apartheid - Protests; Radio stations
People: Allsteader, Norm; Clemens, Roger; Kelly, Hope; Laquidara, Charles; Straccia, Jerry;
Geography: South Africa|
Clip Description
Hope Kelly reports that Charles Laquidara (WBCN disc jockey) is leading a radio campaign against the Shell Oil Company. She notes that Laquidara is encouraging listeners to cut up their Shell credit cards to protest Shell's involvement with the repressive South African government. Kelly adds that the campaign is part of a larger international boycott aimed at all Shell products. Kelly interviews Laquidara about the campaign. Kelly's report includes footage of Laquidara and employees in the WBCN studios and footage of Roger Clemens (Boston Red Sox) in the WBCN studios. Kelly quotes Norm Allsteader (Shell Oil Company) as denying any Shell involvement with the South African government. Kelly reports that Jerry Straccia (Shell Oil dealer in East Boston) is feeling the effects of the boycott. Kelly interviews Straccia about the boycott. Straccia criticizes the boycott. Kelly's interview includes footage of Straccia at his gas station.
This edition of the Ten O'Clock News also included the following items:
Teachers and parents are frustrated over new starting times for the Boston Public Schools for the coming school year
Boston parents frustrated with Wilson and School Committee
Meg Vaillancourt interviews Elma Lewis (Roxbury community leader) about the Roxbury neighborhood
Elma Lewis talks about the Roxbury community
Series Description
A local program aimed at the Boston audience, The Ten O'Clock News debuted on January 15, 1976. Its two immediate predecessors were The Reporters and Evening Compass. A news and public affairs show focusing on neighborhood, local and state issues, The Reporters was produced and broadcast on WGBH from 1970 to 1973. The Reporters was then replaced by Evening Compass, which expanded into a twice-nightly news broadcast during the tense moments of Boston's busing crisis. On the air from 1973 to 1975, Evening Compass found an audience through its in-depth coverage of school desegregation in Boston, which began in 1974. The Ten O'Clock News stood out as an in-depth news program. It strove for a balance between local and national stories, between politics and the Arts. The last The Ten O'Clock News program was broadcast on May 30, 1991.
