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Ten O'Clock News; Robert Foster on MBTA
09/21/1979
Video starts with people speaking over color bars. B-roll of Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority advisory board meeting. Interview with Robert Foster, chair of MBTA. He is requesting a larger operating budget. He discusses the work done by the MBTA and their attempts develop a better relationship with the advisory board. He speaks of plans for transportation demands during Pope John Paul II's visit. They shoot cutaways. Interview with Ed Novakoff, advisory board representative from Brookline, who complains about green line LRVs, and does not support giving the MBTA a larger operating budget. Several takes of reporter standup in the MBTA lot, with buses in the background.
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- Series
- Ten O'Clock News
- Title
Robert Foster on MBTA
- 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
00:13:59
- Asset Type
Broadcast program
- Media Type
Video
- Subjects
- Popes
- Transportation
- Catholic Church
- Clergy
- Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority
- John Paul II, Pope, 1920-2005
- Genres
- News Report
- Topics
- News
- Contributors
- Husock, Howard (Reporter)
- Citation
- Chicago: “Ten O'Clock News; Robert Foster on MBTA,” 09/21/1979, GBH Archives, accessed April 2, 2023, http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_4AC859BADB994054B51528233326395F.
- MLA: “Ten O'Clock News; Robert Foster on MBTA.” 09/21/1979. GBH Archives. Web. April 2, 2023. <http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_4AC859BADB994054B51528233326395F>.
- APA: Ten O'Clock News; Robert Foster on MBTA. Boston, MA: GBH Archives. Retrieved from http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_4AC859BADB994054B51528233326395F