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Good-Bye LA
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Dan Carino
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Jan 17, 2009
Good-Bye LA
Furnell Chatman says goodbye after 35 years at KNBC-Channel 4's. He says it wasn't hard being one of the few black reporters in Los Angeles; what was hard was breaking the color line in New Orleans.
Furnell Chatman honored by the LA County Board of Supervisors after 35 years at KNBC, the TV mainstay's image and words captured on a closed-circuit broadcast.
Furnell Chatman honored by the LA County Board of Supervisors after 35 years at KNBC, the TV mainstay's image and words captured on a closed-circuit broadcast.
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John Rabe
)

Furnell Chatman says goodbye after 35 years at KNBC-Channel 4's. He says it wasn't hard being one of the few black reporters in Los Angeles; what was hard was breaking the color line in New Orleans.

Furnell Chatman says goodbye after 35 years at KNBC-Channel 4's. He says it wasn't hard being one of the few black reporters in Los Angeles; what was hard was breaking the color line in New Orleans.