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Atomic Bomb Testing
Stan was there for the first televised atomic bomb blast in Yucca Flat, Nevada in 1952. |
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Stan and Crew |
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Revenge of the Colossal Man
Stan appeared in Revenge of the Colossal Man in 1958. This was is first and only foray into acting. |
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Frosty Follies
At the same time that Stan began reporting, he also worked on live variety shows. "In those days, everyone did every little thing." |
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Golden Mic Award
Stan has earned several Emmy Awards, Golden Mic Awards, LA City and County Proclamations and an LA Press Club Award. |
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KTLA Telecopter Interviewing KTLA Telecopter creator, John Silva. |
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Stan and grandson, Jamie Chambers
Jamie Chambers follows in his grandfather Stan's footsteps as a full-time reporter at KTLA. |
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Jamie and Stan Chambers Stan with grandson, Jamie, in front of the Stan Chambers Building. |
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Klaus Landsberg
Klaus Landsberg, a German-born electronics whiz and the father of KTLA |
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Lynn Price and Stan Chambers
Lynn and Stan worked together to produce News At 10. |
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Richard Nixon
Stan interviewing President Richard Nixon and wife Pat at the Tournament of Roses Parade |
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Refinery Fire
Stan Chambers reports from the scene of a 1951 refinery fire in Los Angeles. |
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Refinery Fire |
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Stan and his wife Gege |
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Interviewing a GI |
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With Regis Philbin |
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With Roy Disney |
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Tournament of Roses
Greeting Art Linkletter and Bill Cosby at the Tournament of Roses. Stan has reported for KTLA's signature broadcast of the Tournament of Roses Parade almost every year since 1949, interviewing Parade officials and guests live during pre-Parade activities, as well as getting reaction from attendees during the Parade. In 2002 the prestigious Tournament of Roses Association presented Stan with a special award for over 50 years of dedication to Rose Parade broadcast excellence on KTLA/CW. |
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The Stan Chambers Building
The Stan Chambers Building at KTLA was dedicated in honor and tribute to 50 years of dedicated service to the station and community. At the building dedication, Los Angeles Mayor Richard Riordan presented Stan with a Los Angeles City street sign that was posted just outside the KTLA studios, at the corner of Sunset and Van Ness. |
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The Stan Chambers Building
The Stan Chambers Building at KTLA was dedicated in honor and tribute to 50 years of dedicated service to the station and community. At the building dedication, Los Angeles Mayor Richard Riordan presented Stan with a Los Angeles City street sign that was posted just outside the KTLA studios, at the corner of Sunset and Van Ness. |
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Honorary Plaque
A plaque honoring Stan was hung in front of the KTLA building in 1997.
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Reporting
Stan began his career with KTLA in December of 1947, when there were only about 300 TV sets in the LA area. Some of his biggest stories include the Kathy Fiscus story, Tehachapi and Sylmar earthquakes, the Baldwin Hills Dam disaster, the Watts riots, and the Rodney King beating.
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Getting the Story |
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With Tom Brokaw Tom Brokaw writes in his forward to News At 10, "Stan, I am in awe of your career." |
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The Spruce Goose Opening Stan was there for the opening the Spruce Goose exhibit in May 14, 1983 |
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The Spruce Goose Opening |
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Reporting from the KTLA Telicopter |
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Reporting the News
In six decades of reporting the news for KTLA, Chambers covered almost every major news in Los Angeles, including earthquakes, fires, floods, human tragedies, riots and assassinations. |
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Stan Chambers Reporting with Dick Lane |
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