List of Los Angeles Dodgers broadcasters

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This article details the current and historical radio and television broadcasters for the National League Los Angeles Dodgers . The history of Dodgers' games being broadcast began when the then-Brooklyn Dodgers became one of the first Major League Baseball teams to begin radio broadcasts and were the first to be featured on a television baseball game broadcast, both during the 1939 season.

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Broadcasters

Red Barber was the Dodgers' original lead broadcaster, calling Brooklyn Dodgers games on the radio (and later TV) from 1939 to 1953.

Vin Scully called Dodgers games from 1950 to 2016. [1] His longtime partners were Jerry Doggett (1956–1987) and Ross Porter (1977–2004). [1] In 1976, he was selected by Dodgers fans as the Most Memorable Personality (on the field or off) in the team's history. He is also a recipient of the Baseball Hall of Fame's Ford C. Frick Award for broadcasters (inducted in 1982). Unlike the modern style in which multiple sportscasters have an on-air conversation (usually with one functioning as play-by-play announcer and the other(s) as color commentator), Scully, Doggett and Porter generally called games solo, trading with each other inning-by-inning. In the 1980s and early 1990s, Scully would call the radio broadcast except for the 3rd and 7th inning; allowing the other Dodger commentators to broadcast an inning. In the later '90s, Scully would call the first three innings and the last three on television and the middle three on the radio, switching off with his partners.

When Doggett retired after the 1987 season, he was replaced by Hall-of-Fame Dodgers pitcher Don Drysdale, who previously broadcast games for the California Angels. [1] Drysdale died in his hotel room following a heart attack before a game in 1993, resulting in a very difficult broadcast for Scully and Porter, who were told of the death but could not mention it on-air until Drysdale's family had been notified and the official announcement of the death made. [2] He was replaced by former Dodgers outfielder Rick Monday. [1] Porter's tenure was terminated somewhat controversially after the 2004 season, after which the current format of play-by-play announcers and color commentators was installed, led by newcomer Charley Steiner and Monday. [1] Scully, however, continued to announce solo.

As of the 2012 season, Scully called roughly 80 games per season (all home games and select road games in Southern California) [3] for both radio and television. Scully was simulcast for the first three innings of each of his appearances, before calling the remainder of the game exclusively on television. The 2016 season marked his 67th and final season as a Dodgers broadcaster; Scully called a reduced schedule with only 6 road games, including the team's season finale in San Francisco. [4] [5] Scully's commentary during his final game was simulcast in its entirety on radio, instead of only the first three innings. [6] [7]

During games called by Scully, Charley Steiner took over play-by-play on radio beginning with the fourth inning, with Rick Monday as color commentator. [3] If Scully was not calling the game, an alternate team of broadcasters (Steiner and Steve Lyons from 2005 to 2008, Lyons and Eric Collins from 2009 to 2013, and Steiner and Orel Hershiser starting in 2014) called the entire game on television while Steiner and Monday did the same on radio. Starting in 2014, Nomar Garciaparra joined Steiner and Hershiser to form a three-man television crew; for those games, Kevin Kennedy worked with Monday on radio. In 2016, Joe Davis was hired to join the broadcast team to call approximately 50 road games on television. The pre-game show on the radio is hosted by Tim Cates and the post-game show features David Vassegh. Davis was later announced to be the team's new primary play-by-play announcer after Vin Scully's retirement, working with Hershisher. Kennedy left the broadcast booth after 2018 and Tim Neverett joined.

The Dodgers also broadcast on radio in Spanish, and the play-by-play is handled by another Ford C. Frick Award winner, Jaime Jarrín. Jarrín has been with the Dodgers since 1959 until his retirement after the 2022 season. The color analyst for some games is former Dodger pitcher Fernando Valenzuela, for whom Jarrín once translated post-game interviews. Since 2011, the Spanish-language flagship station is KTNQ Univision America 1020.

In 2014, the Dodgers launched Korean-language broadcasts on the second audio program of SportsNet LA, becoming the first MLB team to offer a Korean-language feed for all of its games. The broadcasts are called by Richard Choi and Chong Ho Yim. It followed the launch of Korean Los Angeles Lakers broadcasts on Time Warner Cable SportsNet, and the return of Korean-language radio broadcasts in 2013 following the arrival of Hyun-Jin Ryu. [8]

In 2023, the Dodgers added Stephen Nelson as the new television play-by-play announcer. Nelson previously worked for the MLB Network and called MLB Friday night games on Apple TV Plus and will be substituting for Joe Davis when he is on a Fox network MLB or NFL game.

Broadcast outlets

From 2006 to 2013, the over-the-air games were aired on KCAL-TV after the two parties signed a multi-year, multimillion-dollar deal in 2005, and they aired 50 games per season. The previous over-the-air television homes for the Dodgers in Los Angeles were KCOP from 2002 to 2005; KTLA from 1993 to 2001; and KTTV from 1958 to 1992. In their New York days, WOR-TV carried Dodgers games from 1950 until their move following the 1957 season.

The cable television home of the Dodgers was Fox Sports Net Prime Ticket (previously known as Fox Sports Net West 2) from 1997 to 2013.

Starting in the late 1970s through the early 1990s, the Dodgers put a small number of their home games on a subscription/pay-per-view service appropriately carried Dodgervision. During that timeframe, in addition to the road telecasts from KTTV, selected home games were also televised on the ONTV subscription service, the now-defunct Z Channel/SportsChannel Los Angeles network, and then again, on a pay-per-view basis until a majority of Dodgers games debuted on the then-new Fox Sports Net West 2 in 1997, just around the same time FSN West 2's parent company, News Corporation (also owner of KTTV) bought the team from the O'Malley family. In relation to News Corp's purchase of the Dodgers, there was speculation that the Dodgers over-the-air telecasts would return to KTTV, but they were still under contract to KTLA. KTLA's contract with the Dodgers ended in 2001, and the over-the-air telecasts then moved to KTTV's now-sister station, KCOP, with the production handled by FSN West 2.

On radio, the Dodgers have broadcast on KLAC (570 AM) since 2012. In October 2011 the team signed a three-year deal with KLAC parent company Clear Channel Communications. KABC (790 AM) was the Dodgers' flagship station from 1974 through 1997 and from 2008 through 2011. The games had aired on KFWB (980 AM) from 2002 through 2007. Other station to carry the Dodgers included KXTA (1150 AM; now KEIB), which was a sports-talk station, from 1998 through 2001. KFI (640 AM) was the radio flagship from 1960 to 1973. And previous to that, KMPC (710 AM, now KSPN) was the original flagship radio station in Los Angeles of the vast Dodgers Radio Network, which is carried on 16 stations in five states (California, Nevada, New Mexico, Hawaii, Florida, plus the U.S. Virgin Islands). Their Spanish radio network was led by KHJ which took over in 2008 from longtime home KWKW (1330 AM), with Jarrín, Pepe Yñiguez, and former Dodger great Fernando Valenzuela on the call, and was carried on six stations in California, Nevada, and Arizona. In 2011 Spanish-language Dodger broadcasts returned to KTNQ, the station that carried the games from 1979 to 1986.

During Scully's later years in the broadcast booth, he normally called all nine innings (plus extra innings if necessary) on locally televised games, with the first three innings being simulcast on radio, while Steiner and Monday took over in the final innings on radio. However, as he neared retirement, he cut back on his schedule. Starting in 2005, he largely stopped working non-playoff games played east of Phoenix, and did not regularly call any Dodgers regular-season games that were nationally televised. By his final season in 2016, he called only home games, plus select road games in California; he chose to end his broadcasting career at the end of the 2016 regular season despite the Dodgers making the playoffs.

Fox Sports West's broadcast deal with the team expired at the end of the 2013 MLB season. On June 20, 2011, MLB Commissioner Bud Selig rejected a proposed contract extension between the Dodgers and Fox, stating "Critically, the transaction is structured to facilitate the further diversion of Dodgers assets for the personal needs of Mr. McCourt. Given the magnitude of the transaction, such a diversion of assets would have the effect of mortgaging the future of the franchise to the long-term detriment of the club and its fans." [9] Both Fox Sports West and the Dodgers were involved in separate lawsuits over the team's broadcast rights as well as the sale of the club. [10] [11] On January 10, 2012, Fox and the Dodgers reached a settlement in court, clearing the way for the sale of the team. [12] Fox's exclusive negotiating period with the Dodgers expired on November 30, 2012: both sides were in discussions over a TV deal worth $6 billion over 25 years. The team was also in talks to move to the newly formed Time Warner Cable SportsNet, or to form a team-owned regional sports network with Dick Clark Productions (which was also recently acquired by the Dodgers' parent company, Guggenheim Partners). [13]

In 2014 the Dodgers began a new exclusive television deal with Time Warner Cable and began airing games on the team-controlled cable channel, SportsNet LA. This meant the end of over-the-air broadcast of the team's games, for the first time since 1949. [14] Limited over-the-air broadcasts would only resume in 2016 on KTLA, with several over the air game broadcasts simulcast from SportsNet LA during the season. The simulcasts began first as a chance for non-cable viewers to hear and see Vin Scully's final season as the long time team play-by-play commentator.

List of current and former broadcasters and stations

YearLocal Radio StationLocal Radio AnnouncersForeign Language Radio StationForeign Language Radio AnnouncersLocal Television StationLocal Television AnnouncersCable Television StationCable Television AnnouncersNotes
1939 WHN Red Barber
Al Helfer
NoneNoneNoneNoneNoneNone
1940WHNRed Barber
Al Helfer
NoneNoneNoneNoneNoneNone
1941WHNRed Barber
Al Helfer
NoneNoneNoneNoneNoneNone
1942WHNRed Barber
Alan Hale
NoneNoneNoneNoneNoneNone
1943WHNRed Barber
Connie Desmond
NoneNoneNoneNoneNoneNone
1944WHNRed Barber
Connie Desmond
NoneNoneNoneNoneNoneNone
1945WHNRed Barber
Connie Desmond
NoneNoneNoneNoneNoneNone
1946WHNRed Barber
Connie Desmond
NoneNoneNoneNoneNoneNone
1947WHNRed Barber
Connie Desmond
NoneNoneNoneNoneNoneNone
1948 WMGM Red Barber
Connie Desmond
Ernie Harwell
NoneNoneNoneNoneNoneNone
1949WMGMRed Barber
Connie Desmond
Ernie Harwell
NoneNoneNoneNoneNoneNone
1950WMGMRed Barber
Connie Desmond
Vin Scully
NoneNone WOR-TV Red Barber
Connie Desmond
Vin Scully
NoneNone
1951WMGMRed Barber
Connie Desmond
Vin Scully
NoneNoneWOR-TVRed Barber
Connie Desmond
Vin Scully
NoneNone
1952WMGMRed Barber
Connie Desmond
Vin Scully
Johnny Most
Dick Williams [15]
NoneNoneWOR-TVRed Barber
Connie Desmond
Vin Scully
NoneNone
1953WMGMRed Barber
Connie Desmond
Vin Scully
WHOM Buck Canel
Herb Marine
WOR-TVRed Barber
Connie Desmond
Vin Scully
NoneNone
1954WMGMConnie Desmond
Vin Scully
André Baruch
WHOMBuck Canel
Herb Marine
WOR-TVConnie Desmond
Vin Scully
André Baruch
NoneNone
1955WMGMConnie Desmond
Vin Scully
André Baruch
Al Helfer
WHOMBuck Canel
Herb Marine
WOR-TVConnie Desmond
Vin Scully
André Baruch
Al Helfer
NoneNone
1956WMGMConnie Desmond
Vin Scully
Al Helfer
WHOMBuck Canel
Herb Marine
WOR-TVConnie Desmond
Vin Scully
Al Helfer
NoneNone
1957WMGMVin Scully
Al Helfer
Jerry Doggett
WHOMBuck Canel
Herb Marine
WOR-TVVin Scully
Al Helfer
Jerry Doggett
NoneNone
1958 KMPC Vin Scully
Jerry Doggett
KWKW René Cárdenas
Milt Nava
KTTV [16] Vin Scully
Jerry Doggett
NoneNone
1959KMPCVin Scully
Jerry Doggett
KWKW Jaime Jarrín
René Cárdenas
Miguel Alonzo
KTTVVin Scully
Jerry Doggett
NoneNone
1960 KFI Vin Scully
Jerry Doggett
KWKWJaime Jarrín
René Cárdenas
Miguel Alonzo
KTTVVin Scully
Jerry Doggett
NoneNone
1961KFIVin Scully
Jerry Doggett
KWKWJaime Jarrín
René Cárdenas
Miguel Alonzo
KTTVVin Scully
Jerry Doggett
NoneNone
1962KFIVin Scully
Jerry Doggett
KWKWJaime Jarrín
Jose Garcia
KTTVVin Scully
Jerry Doggett
NoneNone
1963KFIVin Scully
Jerry Doggett
KWKWJaime Jarrín
Jose Garcia
KTTVVin Scully
Jerry Doggett
NoneNone
1964KFIVin Scully
Jerry Doggett
KWKWJaime Jarrín
Jose Garcia
KTTVVin Scully
Jerry Doggett
NoneNone
1965KFIVin Scully
Jerry Doggett
KWKWJaime Jarrín
Jose Garcia
KTTVVin Scully
Jerry Doggett
NoneNone
1966KFIVin Scully
Jerry Doggett
KWKWJaime Jarrín
Jose Garcia
KTTVVin Scully
Jerry Doggett
NoneNone
1967KFIVin Scully
Jerry Doggett
KWKWJaime Jarrín
Jose Garcia
KTTVVin Scully
Jerry Doggett
NoneNone
1968KFIVin Scully
Jerry Doggett
KWKWJaime Jarrín
Jose Garcia
KTTVVin Scully
Jerry Doggett
NoneNone
1969KFIVin Scully
Jerry Doggett
KWKWJaime Jarrín
Jose Garcia
KTTVVin Scully
Jerry Doggett
NoneNone
1970KFIVin Scully
Jerry Doggett
Mike Walden
KWKWJaime Jarrín
Jose Garcia
KTTVVin Scully
Jerry Doggett
NoneNone
1971KFIVin Scully
Jerry Doggett
KWKWJaime Jarrín
Jose Garcia
KTTVVin Scully
Jerry Doggett
NoneNone
1972KFIVin Scully
Jerry Doggett
KWKWJaime Jarrín
Jose Garcia
KTTVVin Scully
Jerry Doggett
NoneNone
1973KFIVin Scully
Jerry Doggett
KWKWJaime Jarrín
Rudy Hoyos
KTTVVin Scully
Jerry Doggett
NoneNone
1974 KABC Vin Scully
Jerry Doggett
KWKWJaime Jarrín
Rudy Hoyos
KTTVVin Scully
Jerry Doggett
NoneNone
1974KABCVin Scully
Jerry Doggett
KWKWJaime Jarrín
Rudy Hoyos
KTTVVin Scully
Jerry Doggett
NoneNone
1975KABCVin Scully
Jerry Doggett
KWKWJaime Jarrín
Rudy Hoyos
KTTVVin Scully
Jerry Doggett
NoneNone
1976KABCVin Scully
Jerry Doggett
KWKWJaime Jarrín
Rudy Hoyos
KTTVVin Scully
Jerry Doggett
NoneNone
1977KABCVin Scully
Jerry Doggett
Ross Porter
XEGM Jaime Jarrín
Rudy Hoyos
KTTVVin Scully
Jerry Doggett
Ross Porter
NoneNone
1978KABCVin Scully
Jerry Doggett
Ross Porter
XEGMJaime Jarrín
Rudy Hoyos
KTTVVin Scully
Jerry Doggett
Ross Porter
NoneNone
1979KABCVin Scully
Jerry Doggett
Ross Porter
KTNQ Jaime Jarrín
Rudy Hoyos
KTTVVin Scully
Jerry Doggett
Ross Porter
NoneNone
1980KABCVin Scully
Jerry Doggett
Ross Porter
KTNQJaime Jarrín
Rudy Hoyos
KTTVVin Scully
Jerry Doggett
Ross Porter
ONTV Geoff Witcher
Al Downing
1981KABCVin Scully
Jerry Doggett
Ross Porter
KTNQJaime Jarrín
Rudy Hoyos
KTTVVin Scully
Jerry Doggett
Ross Porter
ONTVGeoff Witcher
Al Downing
1982KABCVin Scully
Jerry Doggett
Ross Porter
KTNQJaime Jarrín
René Cárdenas
KTTVVin Scully
Jerry Doggett
Ross Porter
ONTVGeoff Witcher
Al Downing
1983KABCVin Scully
Jerry Doggett
Ross Porter
KTNQJaime Jarrín
René Cárdenas
KTTVVin Scully
Jerry Doggett
Ross Porter
ONTVGeoff Witcher
Al Downing
1984KABCVin Scully
Jerry Doggett
Ross Porter
KTNQJaime Jarrín
René Cárdenas
KTTVVin Scully
Jerry Doggett
Ross Porter
ONTV Eddie Doucette
Al Downing
1985KABCVin Scully
Jerry Doggett
Ross Porter
KTNQJaime Jarrín
René Cárdenas
KTTVVin Scully
Jerry Doggett
Ross Porter
Dodgervision Eddie Doucette
Al Downing
Rick Monday
1986KABCVin Scully
Jerry Doggett
Ross Porter
KTNQJaime Jarrín
René Cárdenas
KTTVVin Scully
Jerry Doggett
Ross Porter
DodgervisionEddie Doucette
Al Downing
Rick Monday
1987KABCVin Scully
Jerry Doggett
Ross Porter
KWKWJaime Jarrín
René Cárdenas
KTTVVin Scully
Jerry Doggett
Ross Porter
DodgervisionEddie Doucette
Al Downing
Rick Monday
1988KABCVin Scully
Ross Porter
Don Drysdale
KWKWJaime Jarrín
René Cárdenas
KTTVVin Scully
Ross Porter
Don Drysdale
Z Channel Rick Monday
Tony Hernandez
1989KABCVin Scully
Ross Porter
Don Drysdale
KWKWJaime Jarrín
René Cárdenas
KTTVVin Scully
Ross Porter
Don Drysdale
Z ChannelEddie Doucette
Don Sutton
1990KABCVin Scully
Ross Porter
Don Drysdale
KWKW
KAZN
Jaime Jarrín
René Cárdenas
Tito Rondon
Richard Choi
KTTVVin Scully
Ross Porter
Don Drysdale
SportsChannel Joel Meyers
Ron Cey
1991KABCVin Scully
Ross Porter
Don Drysdale
KWKW
KAZN
Jaime Jarrín
René Cárdenas
Richard Choi
KTTVVin Scully
Ross Porter
Don Drysdale
SportsChannelAl Downing
Joel Meyers
Duke Snider
1992KABCVin Scully
Ross Porter
Don Drysdale
KWKW
KYPA
Jaime Jarrín
René Cárdenas
Richard Choi
KTTVVin Scully
Ross Porter
Don Drysdale
SportsChannelDon Drysdale
Ross Porter
1993KABCVin Scully
Ross Porter
Don Drysdale
Rick Monday
KWKW
KYPA
Jaime Jarrín
René Cárdenas
Richard Choi
KTLA Vin Scully
Ross Porter
Don Drysdale
Rick Monday
NoneNone
1994KABCVin Scully
Ross Porter
Rick Monday
KWKW
KYPA
Jaime Jarrín
René Cárdenas
Richard Choi
KTLAVin Scully
Ross Porter
Rick Monday
NoneNone
1995KABCVin Scully
Ross Porter
Rick Monday
KWKW
KYPA
Jaime Jarrín
René Cárdenas
Richard Choi
KTLAVin Scully
Ross Porter
Rick Monday
NoneNone
1996KABCVin Scully
Ross Porter
Rick Monday
KWKW
KYPA
Jaime Jarrín
René Cárdenas
Richard Choi
KTLAVin Scully
Ross Porter
Rick Monday
NoneNone
1997KABCVin Scully
Ross Porter
Rick Monday
KWKW
KYPA
Jaime Jarrín
René Cárdenas
Richard Choi
KTLAVin Scully
Ross Porter
Rick Monday
Fox Sports West 2 Vin Scully
Ross Porter
1998 KXTA Vin Scully
Ross Porter
Rick Monday
KWKW
KYPA
Jaime Jarrín
René Cárdenas
Pepe Yñiguez
Richard Choi
KTLAVin Scully
Ross Porter
Rick Monday
Fox Sports West 2Vin Scully
Ross Porter
1999KXTAVin Scully
Ross Porter
Rick Monday
KWKW
KYPA
Jaime Jarrín
Pepe Yñiguez
Richard Choi
KTLAVin Scully
Ross Porter
Rick Monday
FS Net West 2Vin Scully
Ross Porter
Rick Monday
2000KXTAVin Scully
Ross Porter
Rick Monday
KWKWJaime Jarrín
Pepe Yñiguez
KTLAVin Scully
Ross Porter
Rick Monday
FSN West 2Vin Scully
Ross Porter
Rick Monday
2001KXTAVin Scully
Ross Porter
Rick Monday
KWKWJaime Jarrín
Pepe Yñiguez
KTLAVin Scully
Ross Porter
Rick Monday
FSN West 2Vin Scully
Ross Porter
Rick Monday
2002KXTAVin Scully
Ross Porter
Rick Monday
KWKWJaime Jarrín
Pepe Yñiguez
KCOP-TV Vin Scully
Ross Porter
Rick Monday
FSN West 2Vin Scully
Ross Porter
Rick Monday
2003 KFWB Vin Scully
Ross Porter
Rick Monday
KWKWJaime Jarrín
Pepe Yñiguez
KCOP-TVVin Scully
Ross Porter
Rick Monday
FSN West 2Vin Scully
Ross Porter
Rick Monday
2004KFWBVin Scully
Ross Porter
Rick Monday
KWKWJaime Jarrín
Pepe Yñiguez
Fernando Valenzuela
KCOP-TVVin Scully
Ross Porter
Rick Monday
FSN West 2Vin Scully
Ross Porter
Rick Monday
2005KFWBVin Scully
Rick Monday
Charley Steiner
Al Downing
KWKWJaime Jarrín
Pepe Yñiguez
Fernando Valenzuela
KCOP-TV
KCAL-TV
Vin Scully
Rick Monday
Charley Steiner
Steve Lyons
FSN West 2Vin Scully
Rick Monday
Charley Steiner
Steve Lyons
2006KFWBVin Scully
Rick Monday
Charley Steiner
Jerry Reuss
KWKWJaime Jarrín
Pepe Yñiguez
Fernando Valenzuela
KCAL-TVVin Scully
Charley Steiner
Steve Lyons
FSN West 2Vin Scully
Charley Steiner
Steve Lyons
2007KFWBVin Scully
Rick Monday
Charley Steiner
KWKWJaime Jarrín
Pepe Yñiguez
Fernando Valenzuela
KCAL-TVVin Scully
Charley Steiner
Steve Lyons
FSN PrimeTicketVin Scully
Charley Steiner
Steve Lyons
2008KABCVin Scully
Rick Monday
Charley Steiner
KHJ Jaime Jarrín
Pepe Yñiguez
Fernando Valenzuela
KCAL-TVVin Scully
Charley Steiner
Steve Lyons
FSN PrimeTicketVin Scully
Charley Steiner
Steve Lyons
2009KABCVin Scully
Rick Monday
Charley Steiner
KHJJaime Jarrín
Pepe Yñiguez
Fernando Valenzuela
KCAL-TVVin Scully
Eric Collins
Steve Lyons
FSN PrimeTicketVin Scully
Eric Collins
Steve Lyons
2010KABCVin Scully
Rick Monday
Charley Steiner
KHJJaime Jarrín
Pepe Yñiguez
Fernando Valenzuela
KCAL-TVVin Scully
Eric Collins
Steve Lyons
FSN PrimeTicketVin Scully
Eric Collins
Steve Lyons
Spanish Broadcasts:
Manny Mota
2011KABCVin Scully
Rick Monday
Charley Steiner
KTNQJaime Jarrín
Pepe Yñiguez
Fernando Valenzuela
KCAL-TVVin Scully
Eric Collins
Steve Lyons
FSN PrimeTicketVin Scully
Eric Collins
Steve Lyons
Spanish Broadcasts:
Manny Mota
2012 KLAC Vin Scully
Rick Monday
Charley Steiner
KTNQJaime Jarrín
Pepe Yñiguez
Fernando Valenzuela
KCAL-TVVin Scully
Eric Collins
Steve Lyons
FSN PrimeTicketVin Scully
Eric Collins
Steve Lyons
Spanish Broadcasts:
Manny Mota
Jorge Jarrín
2013KLACVin Scully
Rick Monday
Charley Steiner
KTNQJaime Jarrín
Pepe Yñiguez
Fernando Valenzuela
KCAL-TVVin Scully
Eric Collins
Steve Lyons
FSN PrimeTicketVin Scully
Eric Collins
Steve Lyons
Spanish Broadcasts:
Manny Mota
Jorge Jarrín
2014KLACVin Scully
Rick Monday
Charley Steiner
Nomar Garciaparra
Kevin Kennedy
KTNQJaime Jarrín
Pepe Yñiguez
Fernando Valenzuela
KDOC
(SportsNet simulcast - last 6 games only)
Vin Scully SportsNet LA Vin Scully
Charley Steiner
Orel Hershiser
Nomar Garciaparra
Spanish Broadcasts:
Manny Mota
Jorge Jarrín
2015KLACVin Scully
Rick Monday
Charley Steiner
Kevin Kennedy
KTNQJaime Jarrín
Jorge Jarrín
NoneNoneSportsNet LAVin Scully
Charley Steiner
Orel Hershiser
Nomar Garciaparra
Spanish Broadcasts:
Pepe Yñiguez
Fernando Valenzuela
Manny Mota
2016KLACVin Scully
Rick Monday
Charley Steiner
Kevin Kennedy
KTNQJaime Jarrín
Jorge Jarrín
KTLA
(SportsNet simulcast - last week of season only)
NoneSportsNet LAVin Scully
Joe Davis
Charley Steiner
Orel Hershiser
Nomar Garciaparra
Spanish Broadcasts:
Pepe Yñiguez
Fernando Valenzuela
Manny Mota
2017KLACCharley Steiner
Rick Monday
Kevin Kennedy
KTNQJaime Jarrín
Jorge Jarrín
KTLA
(SportsNet simulcast)
NoneSportsNet LAJoe Davis
Charley Steiner
Orel Hershiser
Nomar Garciaparra
Joe Davis
Spanish Broadcasts:
Pepe Yñiguez
Fernando Valenzuela
Manny Mota
2018KLACCharley Steiner
Rick Monday
Kevin Kennedy
KTNQJaime Jarrín
Jorge Jarrín
KTLA
(SportsNet simulcast)
NoneSportsNet LAJoe Davis
Charley Steiner
Orel Hershiser
Nomar Garciaparra
Spanish Broadcasts:
Pepe Yñiguez
Fernando Valenzuela
Manny Mota
2019KLACCharley Steiner
Rick Monday
Tim Neverett
KTNQJaime Jarrín
Jorge Jarrín
KTLA
(SportsNet simulcast)
NoneSportsNet LAJoe Davis
Tim Neverett
Orel Hershiser
Nomar Garciaparra
Spanish Broadcasts:
Pepe Yñiguez
Fernando Valenzuela
Manny Mota
2020KLACCharley Steiner
Rick Monday
Tim Neverett
KTNQJaime Jarrín
Jorge Jarrín
NoneNoneSportsNet LAJoe Davis
Tim Neverett
Orel Hershiser
Nomar Garciaparra
Spanish Broadcasts:
Pepe Yñiguez
Fernando Valenzuela
Manny Mota
2021KLACCharley Steiner
Rick Monday
Tim Neverett
KTNQJaime JarrínNoneNoneSportsNet LAJoe Davis
Tim Neverett
Orel Hershiser
Nomar Garciaparra
Spanish Broadcasts:
Pepe Yñiguez
Fernando Valenzuela
Manny Mota
2022KLACCharley Steiner
Rick Monday
José Mota
Tim Neverett
KTNQJaime Jarrín
José Mota
Pepe Yñiguez
Fernando Valenzuela
NoneNoneSportsNet LAJoe Davis
Tim Neverett
Daron Sutton
Orel Hershiser
Nomar Garciaparra
Eric Karros
Jessica Mendoza
Dontrelle Willis
Spanish Broadcasts:
Pepe Yñiguez
Fernando Valenzuela
José Mota
2023KLACCharley Steiner
Rick Monday
Tim Neverett
KTNQJosé Mota
Pepe Yñiguez
Fernando Valenzuela
NoneNoneSportsNet LAJoe Davis
Stephen Nelson
Tim Neverett
Orel Hershiser
Nomar Garciaparra
Eric Karros
Jessica Mendoza
Dontrelle Willis
Spanish Broadcasts:
Pepe Yñiguez
Fernando Valenzuela
José Mota
2024KLACCharley Steiner
Rick Monday
Tim Neverett
Stephen Nelson
KTNQJosé Mota
Pepe Yñiguez
Fernando Valenzuela
NoneNoneSportsNet LAJoe Davis
Stephen Nelson
Tim Neverett
Orel Hershiser
Eric Karros
Jessica Mendoza
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Pepe Yñiguez
Fernando Valenzuela
José Mota

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