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Ten O'Clock News; Chinatown

11/28/1977

Chinatown environs. Bilingual sign for Beach Street near expressway. Traffic, congested parking, Cantonese and other restaurants, Bob Lee's Islander, market, storefronts, modernistic mural on side of building. Chinese Merchants Association building. Entrance to Chinese Local Development Corporation. Asian figures in bas relief on facade.

License Clip

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Series

Ten O'Clock News

Title

Chinatown

Series Description

NIGHTLY NEWS WITH CHRISTOPHER LYDON AND CARMEN FIELDS Began January 1976. Replaced evening news show EVENING COMPASS. Original host: Steve Nevas. Other anchors, Christopher Lydon (1977-91) and Gail Harris (1983). In 1980 - hour long. Ended in 1991.

(PREDECESSORS: Louis Lyons began news operations at WGBH in 1952. The News at 10 began in 1966. The Reporters premiered in 1970. The Evening Compass started in 1974.) Series release date: 1/1976

Duration

00:08:44

Asset Type

Broadcast program

Media Type

Video

Subjects

Asian Americans

Neighborhoods

Locations

Chinatown (Boston, Mass.)

Genres

News Report

Topics

News

Citation

Chicago: “Ten O'Clock News; Chinatown,” 11/28/1977, GBH Archives, accessed June 9, 2023, http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_0571CAD738E54A43A3C4398D01C620EC.

MLA: “Ten O'Clock News; Chinatown.” 11/28/1977. GBH Archives. Web. June 9, 2023. <http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_0571CAD738E54A43A3C4398D01C620EC>.

APA: Ten O'Clock News; Chinatown. Boston, MA: GBH Archives. Retrieved from http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_0571CAD738E54A43A3C4398D01C620EC