Vanderbilt Television News Archive

Special News Broadcast recorded from ABC Evening News for Wednesday, Oct 18, 1989


Title: The Great Quake of '89

Abstract:

Coverage of the aftermath of yesterday's San Francisco Bay area earthquake with Peter Jennings (ABC); taped segment with Greg Dobbs (ABC), Oakland Mayor Lionel Wilson, Daniel Ruby, and unidentified others at the scene of the collapsed portion of 1880; live interview by Jennings and Michaels with Baseball Commissioner Fay Vincent; taped segment with Bill Blakemore (ABC) and unidentified others; live interview by Jennings with Bruce Presgrave of the National Earthquake Research Center, Seismologist Thomas O'Rourke, and Professor Bryan Isacks; taped segment with Tom Jarriel (ABC) and Samuel Schwartz of the New York City Department of Transporation; taped segment with Mike Von Fremd (ABC), Charleston, SC Mayor Joseph Riley, Paul Hall of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, and unidentified Charleston residents; live interviews by Jennings with Riley and FEMA Associate Director Dennis Kwiatkowski; live interview by Jennings with VP Dan Quayle; taped segment with Al Michaels (ABC) and San Francisco Police Commander Isiah Nelson; live discussions between Jennings, Michaels, and John McKenzie (ABC); tape of Galileo space probe launch; taped segment with Beth Nissen (ABC) of excerpts from last night's ABC coverage of the earthquake.

Begin Time:09:00:00 pm
End Time:09:58:00 pm
TVN Record Number:646308
Copyright:Abstract and Metadata (c) 1989-2009 Vanderbilt University
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