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Ten O'Clock News; Edward King

01/24/1979

Governor Edward King's first press conference in office. Lieutenant Governor Thomas O'Neill sits next to King throughout. King talks about the Cabinet meeting he just had about the administration's future plans. He takes questions from the press, mostly focused on the budget.

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Series

Ten O'Clock News

Title

Edward King

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

00:17:25

Asset Type

Broadcast program

Media Type

Video

Subjects

King, Edward J., 1925-2006

O'Neill, Thomas P., 1944-

Budget

Press conferences

Massachusetts -- Politics and government

Locations

Boston (Mass.)

Genres

News Report

Topics

News

Contributors

King, Edward J., 1925-2006 (Speaker)

Wu, Janet (Reporter)

Citation

Chicago: “Ten O'Clock News; Edward King,” 01/24/1979, GBH Archives, accessed January 24, 2025, http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_EFF9E4D8AC0F44D3B53850C59BFF6DC1.

MLA: “Ten O'Clock News; Edward King.” 01/24/1979. GBH Archives. Web. January 24, 2025. <http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_EFF9E4D8AC0F44D3B53850C59BFF6DC1>.

APA: Ten O'Clock News; Edward King. Boston, MA: GBH Archives. Retrieved from http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_EFF9E4D8AC0F44D3B53850C59BFF6DC1