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Stan Chambers, Stan Chambers covering the Kathy Fiscus tragedy in April 1949Stanley Holroyd Chambers (born August 11, 1923 in Los Angeles, California) is a retired American television reporter who worked for KTLA in Los Angeles from 1947 to 2010.Chamberss career began shortly after KTLA became the first commercially-licensed TV station in the western United States. His April 1949 on-scene 27½-hour report of the unsuccessful attempt to rescue Kathy Fiscus from an abandoned well in San Marino, California prompted the sale of hundreds of TV sets in the Los Angeles area. His report has been recognized as the first live coverage of a breaking news story.In 1952 Chambers was involved in the first live telecast of an atomic bomb test at the Nevada Test Site. Among other stories he has covered are the 1961 Bel Air fires, the 1963 Baldwin Hills Reservoir dam break, the 1971 Sylmar and 1994 Northridge earthquakes, the 1963 kidnapping of Frank Sinatra, Jr., the 1965 Watts Riots, the assassination of Robert F. Kennedy, the Tate-LaBianca murders by the Manson Family, and the Hillside Strangler. Chambers broke the story on the beating of Rodney King by Los Angeles Police Department officers.Chambers has earned several Emmy Awards, Golden Mike Awards, LA City and County Proclamations, an LA Press Club Award, and a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. His grandson, Jaime Chambers, became a reporter at KTLA in 2003.He retired on August 11, 2010 on his 87th birthday, marking 63 years as a reporter at KTLA.[edit] References^ Stan Chambers, KTLA.com^ LA news pioneer Stan Chambers retiring, Los Angeles Daily News, August 11, 2010^ Jay Berman, Turning the Tables on Stan Chambers, Los Angeles Downtown News, February 27, 2004^ Greg Braxton, KTLAs Stan Chambers to announce retirement, Los Angeles Times, August 11, 2010[edit] External linksKTLA profile of Stan ChambersStan Chambers interview on The Gregory Mantell Showimdb.com entryArchive of American Television interviewPersondataNameChambers, StanAlternative namesShort descriptionDate of birthPlace of birthDate of deathPlace of deathRetrieved from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stan_ChambersCategories: 1923 births | Living people | American television journalists | American reporters and correspondents | People from California | Emmy Award winners | University of Southern California alumni | 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