Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story. This story aired at 5 P.M.

Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.

Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.

This news special, hosted by Jane Jayroe and Dave Layman, looks at how life in the Dallas - Fort Worth Metroplex will change for present and future residents with a particular focus on growth and economic development. The first segment focuses on local historical events and figures. The rest of the program covers issues affecting present and future residents of the Metroplex, including population growth, employment, family structure, real estate and home ownership, women in the workforce and corporate daycare, bilingual education, energy sources, labor unions, transportation, the impact of the changing area demographics on Mexican American and African American communities, the impact of home video on the entertainment industry, the rise of home computers and the growth of the computer industry, changing student demographics and rising costs of education, the impact of cable television on sports, crime rates, inflation, and politics. This broadcast includes both national and regional commercial advertisements.

Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.

Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas.

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about the pros and cons of building a proposed nuclear generating plant near Glen Rose.

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about the public hearing which began on the environmental impact of a proposed nuclear power plant to be built near Glen Rose in Somervell county.

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about the atomic energy commission which will hold a public hearing in Glen Rose on a proposed nuclear power plant to be built in Somerville county about 45 or 50 miles southwest of Fort Worth.

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story of the Texas Water Quality Board which has given Texas Utilities Incorporated permission to construct a nuclear power plant which would serve the Dallas-Fort Worth area by 1980.

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story of the Dallas City Council who gave its near unanimous approval to a request by Dallas Power and Light Company to build a nuclear-powered generating plant at Glen Rose.

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story of Methodists at a special Central Texas Conference in Fort Worth have voted to fight attempts by Somervell county to tax church camps near Glen Rose.

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story of Methodists attending a special Central Texas conference in Fort Worth, who voted to fight attempts by Somervell County to tax church camps.

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story of about 600 delegates to a special Central Texas Conference of Methodists which was held in Fort Worth who voted to hire lawyers and go all the way to the US supreme court to fight attempts to tax church caps near Glen Rose.

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story.

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story.

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a broadcast news story.

Video footage from the WBAP-TV television station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering news highlights from the years 1956 and 1957.