List of Los Angeles Dodgers broadcasters

Broadcasters

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

Vin Scully has called Dodgers games since 1950. His longtime partners were Jerry Doggett (1956–1987) and Ross Porter (1977–2004). 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). He currently is in his 67th year with the team. 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. 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. He was replaced by former Dodgers outfielder Rick Monday. 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. Scully, however, continues to announce solo.

Scully calls roughly 80 games per season (all home games and select road games in Southern California) for both radio and television. Scully is simulcast for the first three innings of each of his appearances, then announces the remaining innings only for the TV audience. If Scully is calling the game, Charley Steiner takes over play-by-play on radio beginning with the fourth inning, with Rick Monday as color commentator. If Scully is not calling the game, an alternate team of broadcasters (Steiner and Steve Lyons from 2005-2008), Lyons and Eric Collins from 2009-2013 and Steiner and Orel Hershiser starting in 2014) call the entire game on television while Steiner and Monday do 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 works with Monday on radio. In 2016, Joe Davis joined the broadcast team to call approximately 50 road games on television.

In the event the Dodgers are in post-season play, Scully calls the first three and last three innings of the radio broadcast alone; with Charley Steiner and Rick Monday handling the middle innings.

The Dodgers also broadcast on radio in Spanish, and the play-by-play is handled by another Ford C. Frick Award winner, Jaime Jarrín. Jarrin has been with the Dodgers since 1959. The color analyst for some games is former Dodger pitcher Fernando Valenzuela, for whom Jarrin once translated post-game interviews. The Spanish-language flagship is KTNQ.

The Dodgers also broadcast games in Korean, with all games broadcast in Korean on a second audio program on television, with selected games broadcast on KMPC Radio Korea. Richard Choi does play-by-play with Chong Ho Yim the color commentator.

The pre-game show on the radio is hosted by Tim Cates and the post-game show features David Vassegh and Tony Gwynn, Jr..

Broadcast outlets

From 2006-2013, the over-the-air games were aired on KCAL-TV (Channel 9) 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 were KCOP-TV (Channel 13) from 2002-2005, KTLA (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. The cable television home of the Dodgers was Fox Sports Net Prime Ticket (previously known as Fox Sports Net West 2) from 1997-2013.

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 1973 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 1961 to 1972. 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 Jarrin, 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.

Scully normally does 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 take over in the final innings on radio. However, Scully's current schedule calls for him to work only the home and road games within the National League Western division, except Colorado, and any West Coast interleague contests within the American League West, as he decided in recent years to cut back on his schedule.

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." 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. On January 10, 2012, Fox and the Dodgers reached a settlement in court, clearing the way for the sale of the team. 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).

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 teams games, for the first time since 1949.

List of current and former broadcasters and stations

See also: Los Angeles Dodgers Radio Network

Year	Local Radio Station	Local Radio Announcers	Foreign Language Radio Station	Foreign Language Radio Announcers	Local Television Station	Local Television Announcers	Cable Television Station	Cable Television Announcers	Notes
1939	WHN	Red Barber Al Helfer	None	None	None	None	None	None
1940	WHN	Red Barber Al Helfer	None	None	None	None	None	None
1941	WHN	Red Barber Al Helfer	None	None	None	None	None	None
1942	WHN	Red Barber Alan Hale	None	None	None	None	None	None
1943	WHN	Red Barber Connie Desmond	None	None	None	None	None	None
1944	WHN	Red Barber Connie Desmond	None	None	None	None	None	None
1945	WHN	Red Barber Connie Desmond	None	None	None	None	None	None
1946	WHN	Red Barber Connie Desmond	None	None	None	None	None	None
1947	WHN	Red Barber Connie Desmond	None	None	None	None	None	None
1948	WMGM	Red Barber Connie Desmond Ernie Harwell	None	None	None	None	None	None
1949	WMGM	Red Barber Connie Desmond Ernie Harwell	None	None	None	None	None	None
1950	WMGM	Red Barber Connie Desmond Vin Scully	None	None	WOR-TV	Red Barber Connie Desmond Vin Scully	None	None
1951	WMGM	Red Barber Connie Desmond Vin Scully	None	None	WOR-TV	Red Barber Connie Desmond Vin Scully	None	None
1952	WMGM	Red Barber Connie Desmond Vin Scully	None	None	WOR-TV	Red Barber Connie Desmond Vin Scully	None	None
1953	WMGM	Red Barber Connie Desmond Vin Scully	WHOM	Buck Canel Herb Marine	WOR-TV	Red Barber Connie Desmond Vin Scully	None	None
1954	WMGM	Connie Desmond Vin Scully André Baruch	WHOM	Buck Canel Herb Marine	WOR-TV	Connie Desmond Vin Scully André Baruch	None	None
1955	WMGM	Connie Desmond Vin Scully André Baruch Al Helfer	WHOM	Buck Canel Herb Marine	WOR-TV	Connie Desmond Vin Scully André Baruch Al Helfer	None	None
1956	WMGM	Connie Desmond Vin Scully Al Helfer	WHOM	Buck Canel Herb Marine	WOR-TV	Connie Desmond Vin Scully Al Helfer	None	None
1957	WMGM	Vin Scully Al Helfer Jerry Doggett	WHOM	Buck Canel Herb Marine	WOR-TV	Vin Scully Al Helfer Jerry Doggett	None	None
1958	KMPC	Vin Scully Jerry Doggett	KWKW	René Cárdenas Milt Nava	KTTV	Vin Scully Jerry Doggett	None	None
1959	KMPC	Vin Scully Jerry Doggett	KWKW	Jaime Jarrín René Cárdenas Miguel Alonzo	KTTV	Vin Scully Jerry Doggett	None	None
1960	KFI	Vin Scully Jerry Doggett	KWKW	Jaime Jarrín René Cárdenas Miguel Alonzo	KTTV	Vin Scully Jerry Doggett	None	None
1961	KFI	Vin Scully Jerry Doggett	KWKW	Jaime Jarrín René Cárdenas Miguel Alonzo	KTTV	Vin Scully Jerry Doggett	None	None
1962	KFI	Vin Scully Jerry Doggett	KWKW	Jaime Jarrín Jose Garcia	KTTV	Vin Scully Jerry Doggett	None	None
1963	KFI	Vin Scully Jerry Doggett	KWKW	Jaime Jarrín Jose Garcia	KTTV	Vin Scully Jerry Doggett	None	None
1964	KFI	Vin Scully Jerry Doggett	KWKW	Jaime Jarrín Jose Garcia	KTTV	Vin Scully Jerry Doggett	None	None
1965	KFI	Vin Scully Jerry Doggett	KWKW	Jaime Jarrín Jose Garcia	KTTV	Vin Scully Jerry Doggett	None	None
1966	KFI	Vin Scully Jerry Doggett	KWKW	Jaime Jarrín Jose Garcia	KTTV	Vin Scully Jerry Doggett	None	None
1967	KFI	Vin Scully Jerry Doggett	KWKW	Jaime Jarrín Jose Garcia	KTTV	Vin Scully Jerry Doggett	None	None
1968	KFI	Vin Scully Jerry Doggett	KWKW	Jaime Jarrín Jose Garcia	KTTV	Vin Scully Jerry Doggett	None	None
1969	KFI	Vin Scully Jerry Doggett	KWKW	Jaime Jarrín Jose Garcia	KTTV	Vin Scully Jerry Doggett	None	None
1970	KFI	Vin Scully Jerry Doggett Mike Walden	KWKW	Jaime Jarrín Jose Garcia	KTTV	Vin Scully Jerry Doggett	None	None
1971	KFI	Vin Scully Jerry Doggett	KWKW	Jaime Jarrín Jose Garcia	KTTV	Vin Scully Jerry Doggett	None	None
1972	KFI	Vin Scully Jerry Doggett	KWKW	Jaime Jarrín Jose Garcia	KTTV	Vin Scully Jerry Doggett	None	None
1973	KFI	Vin Scully Jerry Doggett	KWKW	Jaime Jarrín Rudy Hoyos	KTTV	Vin Scully Jerry Doggett	None	None
1974	KABC	Vin Scully Jerry Doggett	KWKW	Jaime Jarrín Rudy Hoyos	KTTV	Vin Scully Jerry Doggett	None	None
1974	KABC	Vin Scully Jerry Doggett	KWKW	Jaime Jarrín Rudy Hoyos	KTTV	Vin Scully Jerry Doggett	None	None
1975	KABC	Vin Scully Jerry Doggett	KWKW	Jaime Jarrín Rudy Hoyos	KTTV	Vin Scully Jerry Doggett	None	None
1976	KABC	Vin Scully Jerry Doggett	KWKW	Jaime Jarrín Rudy Hoyos	KTTV	Vin Scully Jerry Doggett	None	None
1977	KABC	Vin Scully Jerry Doggett Ross Porter	XEGM	Jaime Jarrín Rudy Hoyos	KTTV	Vin Scully Jerry Doggett Ross Porter	None	None
1978	KABC	Vin Scully Jerry Doggett Ross Porter	XEGM	Jaime Jarrín Rudy Hoyos	KTTV	Vin Scully Jerry Doggett Ross Porter	None	None
1979	KABC	Vin Scully Jerry Doggett Ross Porter	KTNQ	Jaime Jarrín Rudy Hoyos	KTTV	Vin Scully Jerry Doggett Ross Porter	None	None
1980	KABC	Vin Scully Jerry Doggett Ross Porter	KTNQ	Jaime Jarrín Rudy Hoyos	KTTV	Vin Scully Jerry Doggett Ross Porter	ONTV	Geoff Witcher Al Downing
1981	KABC	Vin Scully Jerry Doggett Ross Porter	KTNQ	Jaime Jarrín Rudy Hoyos	KTTV	Vin Scully Jerry Doggett Ross Porter	ONTV	Geoff Witcher Al Downing
1982	KABC	Vin Scully Jerry Doggett Ross Porter	KTNQ	Jaime Jarrín René Cárdenas	KTTV	Vin Scully Jerry Doggett Ross Porter	ONTV	Geoff Witcher Al Downing
1983	KABC	Vin Scully Jerry Doggett Ross Porter	KTNQ	Jaime Jarrín René Cárdenas	KTTV	Vin Scully Jerry Doggett Ross Porter	ONTV	Geoff Witcher Al Downing
1984	KABC	Vin Scully Jerry Doggett Ross Porter	KTNQ	Jaime Jarrín René Cárdenas	KTTV	Vin Scully Jerry Doggett Ross Porter	ONTV	Eddie Doucette Al Downing
1985	KABC	Vin Scully Jerry Doggett Ross Porter	KTNQ	Jaime Jarrín René Cárdenas	KTTV	Vin Scully Jerry Doggett Ross Porter	Dodgervision	Eddie Doucette Al Downing Rick Monday
1986	KABC	Vin Scully Jerry Doggett Ross Porter	KTNQ	Jaime Jarrín René Cárdenas	KTTV	Vin Scully Jerry Doggett Ross Porter	Dodgervision	Eddie Doucette Al Downing Rick Monday
1987	KABC	Vin Scully Jerry Doggett Ross Porter	KWKW	Jaime Jarrín René Cárdenas	KTTV	Vin Scully Jerry Doggett Ross Porter	Dodgervision	Eddie Doucette Al Downing Rick Monday
1988	KABC	Vin Scully Ross Porter Don Drysdale	KWKW	Jaime Jarrín René Cárdenas	KTTV	Vin Scully Ross Porter Don Drysdale	Z Channel	Rick Monday Tony Hernandez
1989	KABC	Vin Scully Ross Porter Don Drysdale	KWKW	Jaime Jarrín René Cárdenas	KTTV	Vin Scully Ross Porter Don Drysdale	Z Channel	Eddie Doucette Don Sutton
1990	KABC	Vin Scully Ross Porter Don Drysdale	KWKW KAZN	Jaime Jarrín René Cárdenas Tito Rondon Richard Choi	KTTV	Vin Scully Ross Porter Don Drysdale	SportsChannel	Joel Meyers Ron Cey
1991	KABC	Vin Scully Ross Porter Don Drysdale	KWKW KAZN	Jaime Jarrín René Cárdenas Richard Choi	KTTV	Vin Scully Ross Porter Don Drysdale	SportsChannel	Al Downing Joel Meyers Duke Snider
1992	KABC	Vin Scully Ross Porter Don Drysdale	KWKW KYPA	Jaime Jarrín René Cárdenas Richard Choi	KTTV	Vin Scully Ross Porter Don Drysdale	SportsChannel	Don Drysdale Ross Porter
1993	KABC	Vin Scully Ross Porter Don Drysdale	KWKW KYPA	Jaime Jarrín René Cárdenas Richard Choi	KTLA	Vin Scully Ross Porter Don Drysdale	None	None
1994	KABC	Vin Scully Ross Porter Rick Monday	KWKW KYPA	Jaime Jarrín René Cárdenas Richard Choi	KTLA	Vin Scully Ross Porter Rick Monday	None	None
1995	KABC	Vin Scully Ross Porter Rick Monday	KWKW KYPA	Jaime Jarrín René Cárdenas Richard Choi	KTLA	Vin Scully Ross Porter Rick Monday	None	None
1996	KABC	Vin Scully Ross Porter Rick Monday	KWKW KYPA	Jaime Jarrín René Cárdenas Richard Choi	KTLA	Vin Scully Ross Porter Rick Monday	None	None
1997	KABC	Vin Scully Ross Porter Rick Monday	KWKW KYPA	Jaime Jarrín René Cárdenas Richard Choi	KTLA	Vin 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	KTLA	Vin Scully Ross Porter Rick Monday	Fox Sports West 2	Vin Scully Ross Porter
1999	KXTA	Vin Scully Ross Porter Rick Monday	KWKW KYPA	Jaime Jarrín Pepe Yñiguez Richard Choi	KTLA	Vin Scully Ross Porter Rick Monday	FS Net West 2	Vin Scully Ross Porter Rick Monday
2000	KXTA	Vin Scully Ross Porter Rick Monday	KWKW	Jaime Jarrín Pepe Yñiguez	KTLA	Vin Scully Ross Porter Rick Monday	FSN West 2	Vin Scully Ross Porter Rick Monday
2001	KXTA	Vin Scully Ross Porter Rick Monday	KWKW	Jaime Jarrín Pepe Yñiguez	KTLA	Vin Scully Ross Porter Rick Monday	FSN West 2	Vin Scully Ross Porter Rick Monday
2002	KXTA	Vin Scully Ross Porter Rick Monday	KWKW	Jaime Jarrín Pepe Yñiguez	KCOP-TV	Vin Scully Ross Porter Rick Monday	FSN West 2	Vin Scully Ross Porter Rick Monday
2003	KFWB	Vin Scully Ross Porter Rick Monday	KWKW	Jaime Jarrín Pepe Yñiguez	KCOP-TV	Vin Scully Ross Porter Rick Monday	FSN West 2	Vin Scully Ross Porter Rick Monday
2004	KFWB	Vin Scully Ross Porter Rick Monday	KWKW	Jaime Jarrín Pepe Yñiguez Fernando Valenzuela	KCOP-TV	Vin Scully Ross Porter Rick Monday	FSN West 2	Vin Scully Ross Porter Rick Monday
2005	KFWB	Vin Scully Rick Monday Charley Steiner Al Downing	KWKW	Jaime Jarrín Pepe Yñiguez Fernando Valenzuela	KCOP-TV KCAL-TV	Vin Scully Rick Monday Charley Steiner Steve Lyons	FSN West 2	Vin Scully Rick Monday Charley Steiner Steve Lyons
2006	KFWB	Vin Scully Rick Monday Charley Steiner Jerry Reuss	KWKW	Jaime Jarrín Pepe Yñiguez Fernando Valenzuela	KCAL-TV	Vin Scully Charley Steiner Steve Lyons	FSN West 2	Vin Scully Charley Steiner Steve Lyons
2007	KFWB	Vin Scully Rick Monday Charley Steiner	KWKW	Jaime Jarrín Pepe Yñiguez Fernando Valenzuela	KCAL-TV	Vin Scully Charley Steiner Steve Lyons	FSN PrimeTicket	Vin Scully Charley Steiner Steve Lyons
2008	KABC	Vin Scully Rick Monday Charley Steiner	KHJ	Jaime Jarrín Pepe Yñiguez Fernando Valenzuela	KCAL-TV	Vin Scully Charley Steiner Steve Lyons	FSN PrimeTicket	Vin Scully Charley Steiner Steve Lyons
2009	KABC	Vin Scully Rick Monday Charley Steiner	KHJ	Jaime Jarrín Pepe Yñiguez Fernando Valenzuela	KCAL-TV	Vin Scully Steve Lyons Eric Collins	FSN PrimeTicket	Vin Scully Steve Lyons Eric Collins
2010	KABC	Vin Scully Rick Monday Charley Steiner	KHJ	Jaime Jarrín Pepe Yñiguez Fernando Valenzuela	KCAL-TV	Vin Scully Steve Lyons Eric Collins	FSN PrimeTicket	Vin Scully Steve Lyons Eric Collins Spanish Broadcasts: Manny Mota
2011	KABC	Vin Scully Rick Monday Charley Steiner	KTNQ	Jaime Jarrín Pepe Yñiguez Fernando Valenzuela	KCAL-TV	Vin Scully Steve Lyons Eric Collins	FSN PrimeTicket	Vin Scully Steve Lyons Eric Collins Spanish Broadcasts: Manny Mota
2012	KLAC	Vin Scully Rick Monday Charley Steiner	KTNQ	Jaime Jarrín Pepe Yñiguez Fernando Valenzuela	KCAL-TV	Vin Scully Steve Lyons Eric Collins	FSN PrimeTicket	Vin Scully Steve Lyons Eric Collins Spanish Broadcasts: Manny Mota Jorge Jarrin
2013	KLAC	Vin Scully Rick Monday Charley Steiner	KTNQ	Jaime Jarrín Pepe Yñiguez Fernando Valenzuela	KCAL-TV	Vin Scully Steve Lyons Eric Collins	FSN PrimeTicket	Vin Scully Steve Lyons Eric Collins Spanish Broadcasts: Manny Mota Jorge Jarrin
2014	KLAC	Vin Scully Rick Monday Charley Steiner Nomar Garciaparra Kevin Kennedy	KTNQ	Jaime 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 Jarrin
2015	KLAC	Vin Scully Rick Monday Charley Steiner Kevin Kennedy	KTNQ	Jaime Jarrín Jorge Jarrin	None	None	SportsNet LA	Vin Scully Charley Steiner Orel Hershiser Nomar Garciaparra Spanish Broadcasts: Pepe Yñiguez Fernando Valenzuela Manny Mota
2016	KLAC	Vin Scully Rick Monday Charley Steiner Kevin Kennedy	KTNQ	Jaime Jarrín Jorge Jarrin	None	None	SportsNet LA	Vin Scully Charley Steiner Orel Hershiser Nomar Garciaparra Joe Davis Spanish Broadcasts: Pepe Yñiguez Fernando Valenzuela Manny Mota

See also

• List of current Major League Baseball announcers
• Los Angeles Dodgers Radio Network

References

• Los Angeles Dodgers Radio Network
• Dodgers Broadcasters History