WBZ Archives: Combatting The 1979 Gasoline Shortage

On this day in 1979, we were in the midst of a nationwide gasoline shortage, causing massive lines to fill up. Massachusetts Governor Ed King announced a plan to combat the shortage.

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This is awesome! Classic eyewitness news thanks wbz.🌌🎇✨🎆

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kinda old school boston, wicked awesome.

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Yet businesses still waste energy by leaving the inside lights on their highrise office buildings at night.

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What does it say that I knew the names of every one of those WBZ reporters and anchors just by their faces. But I can't put name to face for even one of today's anchors or reporters.

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