Vanderbilt Television News Archive

Special News Broadcast recorded from CNN Evening News for Tuesday, Oct 17, 1989


Title: Earthquake Coverage

Abstract:

Live CNN coverage of the San Francisco Bay area earthquake with Susan Rook (CNN), Lou Waters (CNN), Ken Chamberlin (CNN), Dick Finell, Bernard Shaw (CNN), John McManus (CNN), Gary Miller (CNN), John Zirschky, KICU reporter Michelle Blaine, Bonnie Gannon (CNN), UC-Berkeley Public Information Officer Ray Colvig, Willis Jacobs of the National Earthquake Center, baseball players/executives Gene Nelson, Ken Oberkfell, Will Clark, Jose Canseco, Bill White, and Rickey Henderson, KFTY reporter Chris Carter, US Geological Survey Earthquake Division Chief Robert Wesson, taped excerpt of George Bush and Chief of Staff John Sununu remarks, Waverly Person of the National Earthquake Center, Steven Reiss, paramedic Jim Crabtree, Bruce Marsh of Johns Hopkins University, Patrick Emory (CNN), Donna Kelley (CNN), Sister Julie Hyer of Santa Cruz Dominican Hospital, Charles Bierbauer (CNN), San Benito County Clerk John Hodges, psychologist Robert Butterworth, and unidentified reporters and residents.

Begin Time:09:01:00 pm
End Time:09:59:00 pm
TVN Record Number:829368
Copyright:Abstract and Metadata (c) 1989-2009 Vanderbilt University
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