Vanderbilt Television News Archive

Special News Broadcast recorded from ABC Evening News for Tuesday, Jan 20, 1981


Title: Good Morning America: Reagan Inauguration / Iran Hostage Situation

Abstract:
  • Live coverage on ABC's "Good Morning America" re: upcoming Ronald Reagan inauguration / American hostages to be released from Iran, reported by David Hartman, Steve Bell, Joan Lunden, Peter Jennings, Lou Cioffi, Mike McCourt, Bill Greenwood, John Scali, Ann Compton, David Ensor, Jack Smith, Spencer Christian, Rita Sands, Doreen Kays, Joe Benton, Rebecca Chase, and Bettina Gregory.
  • Live interviews with Richard Hermening, Donn Moomaw, Barry Rubin, Maureen Reagan, Billy Graham, Theresa Lodeski, William Lukash, Ernest Cooke, Susan Cooke, Ronald Reagan, Paul Laxalt, Paul Hughes (?), and unidentified others.
  • Taped interviews with John Warner, Elizabeth Taylor Warner, John Harper, and Louise Russell
  • Taped excerpts of statements by Johnny Carson, Frank Sinatra, and Ronald Reagan.
  • Begin Time:07:00:00 am
    End Time:08:58:30 am
    TVN Record Number:866192
    Copyright:Abstract and Metadata (c) 1981-2009 Vanderbilt University
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