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STAN CHAMBERS TO RETIRE WED. 8/11

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dagrudt

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From Press Release...

"No one has reported for a Los Angeles TV station longer than Stan Chambers. After 63 years, the television newsman is going to hang up his microphone and become a viewer. The broadcaster is now 83.

Wednesday, August 11, the KTLA Noon News will be dedicated to saluting Stan Chambers."



Their news hour is at 1 pm so I'm not sure what KTLA Noon News means. I'll be recording at Noon and 1 PM so I don't miss it.
 
dagrudt said:
From Press Release...

"No one has reported for a Los Angeles TV station longer than Stan Chambers. After 63 years, the television newsman is going to hang up his microphone and become a viewer. The broadcaster is now 83.

Wednesday, August 11, the KTLA Noon News will be dedicated to saluting Stan Chambers."


Their news hour is at 1 pm so I'm not sure what KTLA Noon News means. I'll be recording at Noon and 1 PM so I don't miss it.
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Jessica Holmes, KTLA's Chatterbox Barbie, will probably keep jumping in and interrupting.
 
I wouldn't be surprised if Stan Chambers' 63 year record tops any other reporter in the nation - or the world for that matter. I remember Chambers as a reporter and anchor when I was a small kid...I'll be 59 early next year.

There was also a short period (about 1969 or 70) when anchor George Putnam left KTLA for more money back at KTTV, and Chambers became the weekday (5:00 and 10:00 PM) anchor for a few months. That ended when KTLA got the not-so-bright idea to hire ex Police Chief Tom Reddin as anchor.
 
An absolute gem of LA tv news. I really admire the guys who started in LA and stayed there.

The quick tribute being circulated is too quick and too generic. I hope the upcoming hour long special will get into more detail, and will also be available on line.

LA was a trend-setter in local tv news, and Chambers was a huge part of it. Congrats, Stan.
 
To have a career that long at one station and in a market like Los Angeles, where every broadcast station door is a revolving one, is beyond astounding. Not to mention that KTLA has changed hands a few times over the decades which can sometimes spell the end of a reporter's job.

Stan covered the Kathy Fiscus tragedy in '49. What reporter who was there is even alive now, let alone someone still lucid enough to provide details about it? I remember watching him cover the Baldwin Hills dam break and the Watts Riots.

A truly great reporter from the old school when broadcast reporting meant having solid journalistic skills and not winning a beauty contest.
 
Carmine5 said:
To have a career that long at one station and in a market like Los Angeles, where every broadcast station door is a revolving one, is beyond astounding. Not to mention that KTLA has changed hands a few times over the decades which can sometimes spell the end of a reporter's job.

Stan covered the Kathy Fiscus tragedy in '49. What reporter who was there is even alive now, let alone someone still lucid enough to provide details about it? I remember watching him cover the Baldwin Hills dam break and the Watts Riots.

A truly great reporter from the old school when broadcast reporting meant having solid journalistic skills and not winning a beauty contest.
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I also remember watching KTLA's coverage of the Baldwin Hills Dam break. They were the only LA TV station with live coverage for the first hour or more.

It's worth noting that when local new stories were breaking in Los Angeles during the 50s and 60s, KTLA was the go-to station, years before the other TV stations typically provided live coverage - even the network affiliates. KTLA was usually first on the scene. That commitment to live news started under the ownership of Paramount in the 50s, and was continued by Golden West (Gene Autry). I remember Larry Shear in the "KTLA Telecopter." Chambers was probably the first on the scene in the "KTLA Telemobile."
 
What a class act in television news. Congratulations to him on his retirement. Sadly, some of the 40-year, 35-year veterans beloved b y their markets have been dead for a while now.
 
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