KCST/NEWSCENTER 39 (TV)
Summary
One in this series of local news programs from station KCST-TV in San Diego, Calif. Many portions of this broadcast are devoted to the day's top local story: a steam explosion at a generating plant which set off a chain reaction causing a power blackout in most of San Diego County and parts of Orange County. Highlights of this program include coverage of the following: Hal Gray reports from Chula Vista, Calif., where the explosion occurred at a San Diego Gas and Electric (S.D.G.&E.) facility; Bloom notes that 300,000 customers are still without power; Doug Curlee reports from downtown San Diego on emergency measures undertaken by the city; Gail Dinkel reports on traffic jams caused by the blackout; Bloom reports on arson which destroyed San Diego's Old Globe Theater; Amalia Barreda reports on efforts to find a new home for the Old Globe Theatre where damage is estimated at $4-5 million; Maurice Luque reports on the Old Globe's history and notes it was built in 1935; Dave Owen reports on rain damage in Oceanside, Calif.; Bloom reports on local elections in San Diego County; Bob Dale gives the local and national weather; Mike Smith reviews sports news; KCST-TV general manager Bill Fox presents an editorial in support of the Sundesert nuclear power plant; and Doug Curlee reports with an update on the power blackout. Includes commercials.
Details
- NETWORK: KCST-TV (San Diego, CA)
- DATE: March 15, 1978 Wednesday 6:30 PM
- RUNNING TIME: 0:35:00
- COLOR/B&W: Color
- CATALOG ID: T78:0714
- GENRE: News, local
- SUBJECT HEADING: San Diego, Calif.; Disaster reporting - 1978; Electric power failures; Old Globe Theater, San Diego, Calif.; Arson; Sports; Atomic energy
- SERIES RUN: NBC - TV, 1978
- COMMERCIALS: N/A
CREDITS
- Peter O'Connell … Producer
- Doug Dougherty … Director
- Paul Bloom … Anchor
- Dave Owen
- Gail Dinkel
- Doug Curlee
- Bill Fox
- Bob Dale
- Maurice Luque
- Amalia Barreda
- Mike Smith
- Hal Gray