Stan Chambers - KTLA News At 10

Stan Chambers talks about his new book and his long lived career at KTLA News

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[BAMFyooobay3]

thats my grandpa! LA pride

[brendabaloyan]

Stan Chambers is an institution at KTLA! What a Career!

[seniorosity68]

Comment #2

By the way, in 1955 I first learned to ice skate at the now-defunct Pasadena Winter Garden where the Frosty Frolics show originated from 1951 to 1952.

I also recall watching the first-ever live 1952 telecast of the atomic bomb test direct from Yucca Flat, Nevada, that telecast being set up & directed by Klaus Landsberg with Mr. Chambers as the host. What a thrill that A-test indeed was! OK, I've said enough here.

[seniorosity68]

Comment #1

I, at 69 am a native Californian. I can say that I grew up with KTLA and in the summer of 1952 when Frosty Frolics was being telecast with Stan Chambers as the emcee, my dad took me & my brother to see it in person. It was after the show that I actually met & shook hands with Mr. Chambers! He seemed so gigantic because I was only 9! I also recall Mr. Chambers' surprise announcement of the on-ice live-broadcast wedding of Richard Miles & Shirley Landers. (Cont'd in Comment #2)

[altfactor]

An ex-girlfriend of mine, who spent a few years in Los Angeles, once told me that Stan Chambers was "the Walter Cronkite of Southern California", such is his reputation.

[altfactor]

Didn't the networks try to get Stan Chambers to join them as a correspondent or anchor??

I had heard an urban legend that when Chet Huntley stepped down from NBC, the network wanted Chambers to replace him, but when he turned them down, they went in-house with John Chancellor.

Is this true??

[recto89]

Wow I noticed that most Good Anchors in Big Cities stay on tv for only 20 to 25 Years

[jrobro15]

I worked at KTLA from 1990-1992. I never saw Stan Chambers without a smile on his face. He always had a warm greeting and a kind word for everyone he came into contact with. He more than deserves his high personal and professional status.

[meestercranky]

a local legend and much beloved, and by all accounts a heck of a nice guy.

[beachchik101]

thats my grandpa!