Familiar faces from L.A.'s TV news past disappear

Many faces from LA's TV news disaapear. Here is the news.
Slowly, those names from L.A.'s local news past are disappearing. Last year, Channel 2 fired Ann Martin and Harold Greene. Then, longtime KNBC reporter-anchor Furnell Chapman retired this month after three decades at Channel 4 (see KNBC tribute video). Now, LA Observed is reporting that another big name at Channel 4 is retiring:Laurel Erickson has been a familiar face on Los Angeles television for three decades, most recently as a rotating co-host of KNBC's "Newsconference" and holding down an anchor chair on the station's digital offering NewsRaw. In the media pack at news events, Erickson has been notable for posing argumentative questions and sometimes getting into it with her subjects.These are tough times for local TV news, which has been struggling for viewers and advertisers. That was the reason given for Greene and Martin's ouster. Channel 4, meanwhile, celebrated its 60th anniversary this week with a one-hour special that's mandatory viewing for any veteran L.A. news addicts.