Stan Chambers Retiring From KTLA After 63 Years
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- Опубліковано 10 сер 2010
- Stan Chambers has decided to retire from active reporting after 63 years of service right here at KTLA. We will be celebrating Stan's career all month long on KTLA. Beginning with the official proclamation of "Stan Chambers Day" in the city of Los Angeles on Friday.
In 1952 when Mr. Chambers was emcee for the "Frosty Frolics Show," televised live from the old Pasadena Winter Garden ice skating rink, I personally met and shook hands with him right after the telecast...I was all of 9 years old and I am now 71. He was also the commentator when KTLA performed the first live telecasts of the atomic bomb tests at Yucca Flat, Nevada in the early-1950's and I got to watch them all on our family Muntz black-and-white TV set as they were were carried out at 5:00 A.M. Mr. Chambers, all the above makes you television's Number One Living Legend. Have yourself a wonderful retirement!
R.i.p. my great grandpa.:(
It's cool to have someone from the beginning of TV stay this long. He built KTLA, he SHAPED television.
I remember Stan Chambers well. He was always on-scene in LA, reporting events in the city i grew up in. I also remember his sidekick from that era--Betty White--who learned the ins and outs of local TV during that time. And she is still here. Bless them both.
Happy 100th birthday Stan!!!
Stan Chambers, legendary KTLA anchor, passed away today. He was 91.
KTLA Channel 5 in Los Angeles started to broadcast on December 1947! First TV Station on the West Coast! Stan Chambers started on 1947 as reporter and he is just retiring now in 2010 after 63 years! WOW!!! Great TV Station! Many Many Memories!
December 1, 1947 was the day Stan Chambers started working for KTLA less than a year after the station signed on-the-air. KTLA signed on January 22, 1947.
I remember watching Stan reporting the Baldwin Hills dam break on an Admiral TV set. RIP Stan Chambers
A friend who once lived in the Los Angeles area told me that Stan Chambers has long been considered "The Walter Cronkite of Southern California", such is his reputation in that area.
May he rest in peace thanks for sharing your talent with us
I'd like to see the hour long special...
RIP Stan. Not only an example in news, but also in life as well.
R.I.P, Sir.
God bless you Stan Chambers. I grew up watching you. RIP.....
The last of the old guard in Los Angeles journalism is now gone. Enjoy your retirement and birthday Mr. KTLA.
I'll miss Stan Chambers on KTLA 5 ...I remember once he reported live from an incident around the corner from my childhood home !!!
Stan was a great guy shotgun Tom Kelly great beautiful person
RIP stan
I like him. I still miss Hal Fishman.
January 22, 1947.
@THX1205 You mean January