The Nightly Business Report; The Bell Breakup: The 7 Regionals & the New AT&T

thumbnail of The Nightly Business Report; The Bell Breakup: The 7 Regionals & the New AT&T
This record is featured in “Exploring Public Media in the Peabody Awards Collection.” This record is featured in “Peabody Awards Collection.”
Series
The Nightly Business Report
Episode
The Bell Breakup: The 7 Regionals & the New AT&T
Producing Organization
WPBT-TV (Television station : Miami, Fla.)
Contributing Organization
The Walter J. Brown Media Archives & Peabody Awards Collection at the University of Georgia (Athens, Georgia)
AAPB ID
cpb-aacip-526-r20rr1qt6g
If you have more information about this item than what is given here, or if you have concerns about this record, we want to know! Contact us, indicating the AAPB ID (cpb-aacip-526-r20rr1qt6g).
Description
Episode Description
"As a public service in regard to the breakup of the Bell system -- arguably the biggest business story of the past several years -- we arranged for interviews with the chief executive officers of all seven Bell spinoff companies and with top officials involved in the new, smaller AT&T. Each program also contained elements -- not shown on this tape -- tracking companies' stocks on a daily basis; the series itself was timed to begin when the companies' stocks began trading as when-issued stock (November 21, 1983). Each of the nine parts is an interview with a top executive in this order: Bell Atlanta; US West; Pacific Telesis; Nynex; BellSouth; Ameritech; Southwestern Bell; AT&T; AT&T Communications. To provide the best public service, similar questions are asked of each interview subject involving investment potential of each company, each firm's special advantages and problems, and each company's plans to handle the highly competitive information-systems marketplace."--1983 Peabody Awards entry form.
Broadcast Date
1983
Asset type
Episode
Media type
Moving Image
Duration
00:48:27.049
Embed Code
Copy and paste this HTML to include AAPB content on your blog or webpage.
Credits
Producing Organization: WPBT-TV (Television station : Miami, Fla.)
AAPB Contributor Holdings
The Walter J. Brown Media Archives & Peabody Awards Collection at the University of Georgia
Identifier: cpb-aacip-0d162461cf4 (Filename)
Format: U-matic
Duration: 0:50:00
If you have a copy of this asset and would like us to add it to our catalog, please contact us.
Citations
Chicago: “The Nightly Business Report; The Bell Breakup: The 7 Regionals & the New AT&T,” 1983, The Walter J. Brown Media Archives & Peabody Awards Collection at the University of Georgia, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC, accessed April 25, 2024, http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-526-r20rr1qt6g.
MLA: “The Nightly Business Report; The Bell Breakup: The 7 Regionals & the New AT&T.” 1983. The Walter J. Brown Media Archives & Peabody Awards Collection at the University of Georgia, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC. Web. April 25, 2024. <http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-526-r20rr1qt6g>.
APA: The Nightly Business Report; The Bell Breakup: The 7 Regionals & the New AT&T. Boston, MA: The Walter J. Brown Media Archives & Peabody Awards Collection at the University of Georgia, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC. Retrieved from http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-526-r20rr1qt6g