List of Los Angeles Dodgers broadcasters

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1 Current Broadcasters
2 Broadcast Outlets
3 List of current and former broadcasters
4 References

[edit] Current Broadcasters

One constant in the Dodgers' broadcast booth since their move from Brooklyn, New York has been Vin Scully. Scully joined the Dodgers in 1951, working with Red Barber. Barber had been calling Dodgers games since 1939. Ernie Harwell began his career with the Dodgers; he called Giants and Orioles games before he became the voice of the Detroit Tigers.

Jerry Doggett (September 14, 1916 - July 7, 1997) joined Scully for 31 seasons (1957-1987), and was replaced by Don Drysdale in 1988, who in return was replaced by Rick Monday after Drysdale's death. Ross Porter, who was an announcer/anchor for NBC Sports and KNBC-TV, was with the Dodgers from 1977 - 2004. Former ESPN reporter/announcer and Yankees radio voice Charley Steiner replaced Porter before the 2005 season. Jaime Jarrin has been the Dodgers' Spanish-language broadcaster since 1959.

[edit] Broadcast Outlets

Beginning in 2006, the over-the-air games air on KCAL-TV (Channel 9) after the two signed a multi-year, multi-million dollar deal in 2005, and will air 50 games per season. Since 1997, The cable television home of the Dodgers has been Fox Sports Net Prime Ticket (previously known as Fox Sports Net West 2). The previous over-the-air television homes for the Dodgers were KCOP-TV (Channel 13) from 2002-2005, KTLA-TV (Channel 5) from 1993-2001, and KTTV (Channel 11) from 1958-1992. In their New York days, WOR (Channel 9, now WWOR-TV) carried Dodgers games from 1951 until their move following the season of 1957.

On radio, since 2002, the games have aired on KFWB (980 AM), carrying most spring training and every regular season and postseason game that the Dodgers are involved in. Prior to KFWB, the games were previously carried on KXTA (1150 AM; now KTLK-AM), which was a sports-talk station, from 1998-2001. ABC-owned talk radio station KABC (790 AM) had the longest tenure of carrying the Dodgers, from 1973-1997. And previous to that, KFI (640 AM) was the flagship radio station 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 is led by KWKW (1330 AM), with Jarrin, Pepe Yñiguez, and former Dodger great Fernando Valenzuela on the call, and is carried on six stations in California, Nevada, and Arizona.

Scully normally does all nine innings (plus extra innings if necessary) on locally televised games (KCAL and FSN Prime Ticket), with the first three innings being simulcast on radio, while Steiner and Monday take over in the final innings on radio. However, Scully's current schedule calls for him to work only the home games and road games within the National League Western division, as he decided in recent years to cut back on his schedule. In Scully's absence, Steiner and Steve Lyons (who is an analyst for Fox Sports' national baseball coverage) work the games together on television only, while Monday and former Dodger pitching great Jerry Reuss call the game on the radio network. Reuss is considered a guest analyst, therefore he is not officially listed on the roster of Dodger broadcasters.