Series: The Ten O'Clock News
Program: Ten O'Clock News broadcast
Date: 1976-01-15
Subject: Affirmative action programs; African American civil rights; Drug traffic; Airports and landing fields; Electrical utilities; Gardening

Clip Description
The Ten O'Clock News debut broadcast with anchor Steve Nevas. Gary Griffith reports on the King Memorial Breakfast in honor of Martin Luther King's birthday. Margaret Bush Wilson (NAACP) speaks about affirmative action programs and voter registration. Griffith reports on Indiana Senator Birch Bayh's visit to Boston in preparation for the March 2 Massachusetts primary elections. Bayh speaks about New England's energy needs and anti-trust legislation to break up multi-national oil companies. Ed Baumeister reports that listening devices in the Worcester County Jail may be illegal. Joseph Smith (Sheriff, Worcester County) says that conversations are not monitored or recorded. Nevas interviews Frank Zarb (federal energy administrator) about rising energy costs, energy policy and conservation. Nevas reads a news brief about the testimony of Boston psychiatrist Harry Kozol regarding his examination of Patricia Hearst. Paul deGive reports on marijuana trafficking. Ed Cass (Regional Director, DEA) says that DEA seizures of several tons of marijuana put it in short supply for wholesalers. DeGive reports that amateur dealers are getting out of the marijuana trade because it is becoming too dangerous.Pam Bullard reports on recovering women alcoholics at Emerson House in Falmouth. Several women in a support group describe their drinking behavior. Dave Rosen reports on legislation regarding consumer issues at the statehouse. The issues covered are auto insurance, electricity rates and rent control. Jim Crockett gives gardening tips to viewers in a gardening segment.

Program Description
The Ten O'Clock News debut broadcast with anchor Steve Nevas. Gary Griffith reports on the King Memorial Breakfast in honor of Martin Luther King's birthday. Margaret Bush Wilson (NAACP) speaks about affirmative action programs and voter registration. Griffith reports on Indiana Senator Birch Bayh's visit to Boston in preparation for the March 2 Massachusetts primary elections. Bayh speaks about New England's energy needs and anti-trust legislation to break up multi-national oil companies. Ed Baumeister reports that listening devices in the Worcester County Jail may be illegal. Joseph Smith (Sheriff, Worcester County) says that conversations are not monitored or recorded. Nevas interviews Frank Zarb (federal energy administrator) about rising energy costs, energy policy and conservation. Nevas reads a news brief about the testimony of Boston psychiatrist Harry Kozol regarding his examination of Patricia Hearst. Paul deGive reports on marijuana trafficking. Ed Cass (Regional Director, DEA) says that DEA seizures of several tons of marijuana put it in short supply for wholesalers. DeGive reports that amateur dealers are getting out of the marijuana trade because it is becoming too dangerous.Pam Bullard reports on recovering women alcoholics at Emerson House in Falmouth. Several women in a support group describe their drinking behavior. Dave Rosen reports on legislation regarding consumer issues at the statehouse. The issues covered are auto insurance, electricity rates and rent control. Jim Crockett gives gardening tips to viewers in a gardening segment.

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/8_02