Series: The Ten O'Clock News
Date: 1988-09-20
Duration: 00:03:13

People: Flynn, Raymond; Jones, Marcus; Little, Walter; Yancey, Charles;
Geography: Roxbury (Boston, Mass.)|

Clip Description
Marcus Jones reports that state and local officials have come through with funding for a multi-million dollar program to revitalize Grove Hall, which is Roxbury's business district. Jones notes that the area has experienced hard times since the late 1960s. Jones's report includes footage from a press conference to announce the revitalization program. Charles Yancey (Boston City Council) and Ray Flynn (Mayor of Boston) talk about the program to revitalize the district. Jones walks through district while conducting an interview with Walter Little (Executive Director, Neighborhood Development Association of Grove Hall). Little talks about the revitalization program and the development of the area. Little notes that there is a high concentration of subsidized housing in the area. Little talks about the history of the area, noting that the district once had a large Jewish population. Jones notes that the revitalization program will benefit current and future residents of the area. Jones' report is accompanied by footage of the Grove Hall district. This tape includes additional footage from Jones' interview with Little while walking through the Grove Hall District.

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.

See also: http://main.wgbh.org/ton/programs/6016_01