Los Angeles Dodgers Radio Network
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The Los Angeles Dodgers Radio Network is a network of 26 radio stations that air Major League Baseball
games of the Los Angeles Dodgers
. , 23 stations broadcast games in English, while another 3 broadcast them in Spanish.
, who has broadcast Dodgers games since 1950, does play-by-play during Dodgers' locally televised home games, road games against National League West
opponents, and road games against the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim
. Unlike most baseball broadcasters, Scully prefers to announce solo.
Scully only calls the first three innings on radio (simulcast with Dodgers' television broadcasts); after the first three innings, the radio broadcasts are handled by Charley Steiner
on play-by-play and Rick Monday
with color commentary while Scully continues on television. When Scully is unavailable or the game is only being nationally televised, Steiner and Monday handle the entire game broadcast.
. Jaime Jarrin
has been the Spanish play-by-play voice of the Dodgers since 1959. Pepe Yñiguez
and Fernando Valenzuela
join him with color commentary. The audio of the Spanish network is simulcasted on the Dodgers' local TV rights holder Prime Ticket; viewers can switch from English to Spanish using the SAP
function on their televisions.
The Spanish affiliates are:
Major League Baseball
Major League Baseball is the highest level of professional baseball in the United States and Canada, consisting of teams that play in the National League and the American League...
games of the Los Angeles Dodgers
Los Angeles Dodgers
The Los Angeles Dodgers are a professional baseball team based in Los Angeles, California. The Dodgers are members of Major League Baseball's National League West Division. Established in 1883, the team originated in Brooklyn, New York, where it was known by a number of nicknames before becoming...
. , 23 stations broadcast games in English, while another 3 broadcast them in Spanish.
English
Vin ScullyVin Scully
Vincent Edward Scully is an American sportscaster, known primarily as the play-by-play voice of the Brooklyn and Los Angeles Dodgers baseball team on Prime Ticket, KCAL-TV and KABC radio...
, who has broadcast Dodgers games since 1950, does play-by-play during Dodgers' locally televised home games, road games against National League West
National League West
The National League Western Division, or NL West, is one of the three divisions of Major League Baseball's National League. It was created in 1969 when the previously undivided National League expanded its membership to twelve teams, positioning half of them in an Eastern division and the other...
opponents, and road games against the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim
Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim
The Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim are a professional baseball team based in Anaheim, California, United States. The Angels are a member of the Western Division of Major League Baseball's American League. The "Angels" name originates from the city in which the team started, Los Angeles...
. Unlike most baseball broadcasters, Scully prefers to announce solo.
Scully only calls the first three innings on radio (simulcast with Dodgers' television broadcasts); after the first three innings, the radio broadcasts are handled by Charley Steiner
Charley Steiner
Charles Harris "Charley" Steiner is an American sportscaster and broadcast journalist. He is currently the main play-by-play voice for the Los Angeles Dodgers Radio Network, paired with Rick Monday.-Early career:...
on play-by-play and Rick Monday
Rick Monday
Robert James "Rick" Monday, Jr. is a former center fielder in Major League Baseball and is currently a broadcast announcer. From 1966 through 1984, Monday, a center fielder for most of his career, played for the Kansas City/Oakland Athletics , Chicago Cubs and Los Angeles Dodgers...
with color commentary while Scully continues on television. When Scully is unavailable or the game is only being nationally televised, Steiner and Monday handle the entire game broadcast.
California affiliates
- KLACKLAC (AM)KLAC AM 570 is a radio station serving the Los Angeles metropolitan area. KLAC is one of eight Los Angeles radio stations owned by San Antonio-based Clear Channel Communications...
570 AM Los AngelesLos ÁngelesLos Ángeles is the capital of the province of Biobío, in the commune of the same name, in Region VIII , in the center-south of Chile. It is located between the Laja and Biobío rivers. The population is 123,445 inhabitants...
(English flagship station) - KNZRKNZRKNZR is a news/talk radio station based in Bakersfield, California, USA. The station broadcasts at 25 thousand watts of power and can be heard in most of California and other Western states every night. KNZR is designated by the FCC as a "clear channel" radio station. It is owned by Buckley...
1560 AM BakersfieldBakersfield, CaliforniaBakersfield is a city near the southern end of the San Joaquin Valley in Kern County, California. It is roughly equidistant between Fresno and Los Angeles, to the north and south respectively.... - KMETKMET (AM)KMET is a commercial radio station in Banning, California, broadcasting to the eastern sections of the Riverside-San Bernardino, California area on 1490 AM. KMET airs talk programming....
1490 AM BanningBanning, California-2010:The 2010 United States Census reported that Banning had a population of 29,603. The population density was 1,281.6 people per square mile . The racial makeup of Banning was 19,164 White, 2,165 African American, 641 Native American, 1,549 Asian, 39 Pacific Islander, 4,604 from other... - KBOVKBOVKBOV is a radio station broadcasting a classic hits format to the Bishop, California, USA area. The station is currently owned by Great Country Broadcasting, Inc. and features programing from ABC Radio. -References:...
1230 AM BishopBishop, CaliforniaBishop is a city in Inyo County, California, United States. Though Bishop is the only city and the largest populated place in Inyo County, the county seat is Independence. Bishop is located near the northern end of the Owens Valley, at an elevation of 4147 feet . The population was 3,879 at the... - KROPKROPKROP is a radio station that is currently broadcasting from Brawley, California. Licensed in the city of Brawley, California, USA, it serves the Imperial Valley, California, area. The station is currently owned by LarDog Communications, LLC....
1300 AM BrawleyBrawley, CaliforniaBrawley is a city in Imperial County, California, United States. Brawley is located north of El Centro. The population was 24,953 at the 2010 census, up from 22,052 at the 2000 census. The town has a significant cattle and feed industry, and hosts the annual Cattle Call Rodeo. Year-round...
/ El CentroEl Centro, CaliforniaEl Centro is a city in and county seat of Imperial County, the largest city in the Imperial Valley and the east anchor of the Southern California Border Region, and the core urban area and principal city of the El Centro metropolitan area which encompasses all of Imperial County. El Centro is also... - KCBLKCBL-External links:*...
1340 AM FresnoFresno, CaliforniaFresno is a city in central California, United States, the county seat of Fresno County. As of the 2010 census, the city's population was 510,365, making it the fifth largest city in California, the largest inland city in California, and the 34th largest in the nation... - KAVL 610 AM LancasterLancaster, CaliforniaLancaster is a charter city in northern Los Angeles County, in the high desert, near the Kern County line. Lancaster currently ranks as the 30th largest city in California, and the 148th largest city in the United States. Lancaster is the principal city within the Antelope Valley...
/ PalmdalePalmdale, CaliforniaPalmdale is a city located in the center of northern Los Angeles County, California, United States.Palmdale was the first community within the Antelope Valley to incorporate as a city on August 24, 1962; 47 years later, voters approved creating a charter city in November, 2009. Palmdale is... - KPSIKPSI (AM)KPSI is a radio station broadcasting a News/Talk radio format. Licensed to Palm Springs, California, USA, the station serves the Palm Springs area...
920 AM Palm SpringsPalm Springs, CaliforniaPalm Springs is a desert city in Riverside County, California, within the Coachella Valley. It is located approximately 37 miles east of San Bernardino, 111 miles east of Los Angeles and 136 miles northeast of San Diego... - KWDJKWDJKWDJ is a radio station broadcasting a News Talk Information format. Licensed to Ridgecrest, California, USA, it serves the immediate Ridgecrest area. The station is currently operated by Eric and Kim Kauffman and features programing from Fox Radio....
1360 AM RidgecrestRidgecrest, CaliforniaRidgecrest, formerly known as Crumville, was incorporated as a city in 1913. It is located in the Indian Wells Valley in northeastern Kern County, California, adjacent to the Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake . Ridgecrest is the only incorporated city along US 395 in Kern County... - KPROKPROKPRO is a radio station broadcasting a Christian radio format. Licensed to Riverside, California, USA, the station serves the Riverside-San Bernardino area. The station is currently owned by Impact Radio, Inc. and features programing from CNN Radio and Westwood One.The station airs mainly...
1570 AM RiversideRiverside, CaliforniaRiverside is a city in Riverside County, California, United States, and the county seat of the eponymous county. Named for its location beside the Santa Ana River, it is the largest city in the Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario metropolitan area of Southern California, 4th largest inland California... - KYNSKYNSKYNS is a radio station broadcasting a talk radio format. Licensed to San Luis Obispo, California, USA, it serves the San Luis Obispo area. The station is currently owned by Mapleton Communications, LLC.-History:...
1340 AM San Luis ObispoSan Luis Obispo, CaliforniaSan Luis Obispo is a city in California, located roughly midway between San Francisco and Los Angeles on the Central Coast. Founded in 1772 by Spanish Fr. Junipero Serra, San Luis Obispo is one of California’s oldest communities...
/ Santa MariaSanta Maria, CaliforniaSanta Maria is a city in Santa Barbara County, on the Central Coast of California. The 2010 census population was 100,062, putting it ahead of Santa Barbara for the first time and making it the largest city in the county... - KHTSKHTS (AM)KHTS is an AM radio station in Santa Clarita, California, about 30 miles north of Los Angeles. It is owned by Jeri Lyn Broadcasting . It broadcasts at the frequency of 1220 kHz with 1000 watts during the daytime and 500 watts at night. The station is nicknamed Your Hometown Station...
1220 AM Santa ClaritaSanta Clarita, CaliforniaSanta Clarita is the fourth largest city in Los Angeles County, California, United States and the twenty-fourth largest city in the state of California. The 2010 US Census reported the city's population grew 16.7% from the year 2000 to 176,320 residents. It is located about northwest of downtown... - KVENKVENKVEN is a sports radio station licensed to Ventura, California. It is owned by Cumulus Media.Its broadcasting power is a constant 1 kW to be heard in nearby Santa Barbara. On a clear day, KVEN's signal can be heard as far south as Los Angeles, and well north of Santa Barbara all the way to Salinas...
1450 AM VenturaVentura, CaliforniaVentura is the county seat of Ventura County, California, United States, incorporated in 1866. The population was 106,433 at the 2010 census, up from 100,916 at the 2000 census. Ventura is accessible via U.S... - KRZRKRZRKRZR is an American radio station broadcasting a Sports Talk format. Licensed to Visalia, California, USA. The station is currently owned by Clear Channel Communications....
1400 AM VisaliaVisalia, CaliforniaVisalia is a Central California city situated in the heart of California’s agricultural San Joaquin Valley, approximately southeast of San Francisco and north of Los Angeles...
Out of state affiliates
- KQTMKQTMKQTM is a radio station serving the Albuquerque, New Mexico, area. They are owned by Team Broadcasting and its city of license is Rio Rancho, New Mexico...
101.7 FM Albuquerque, New MexicoAlbuquerque, New MexicoAlbuquerque is the largest city in the state of New Mexico, United States. It is the county seat of Bernalillo County and is situated in the central part of the state, straddling the Rio Grande. The city population was 545,852 as of the 2010 Census and ranks as the 32nd-largest city in the U.S. As... - KICEKICEKICE is a commercial radio station in Bend, Oregon, broadcasting on 940 AM. KICE airs sports programming from the ESPN Radio Network. The station broadcasts Major League Baseball games as a member of the Los Angeles Dodgers Radio Network.-History:...
940 AM Bend, OregonBend, OregonBend is a city in and the county seat of Deschutes County, Oregon, United States, and the principal city of the Bend, Oregon Metropolitan Statistical Area. Bend is Central Oregon's largest city, and, despite its modest size, is the de facto metropolis of the region, owing to the low population... - KRODKRODKROD is a sports radio station in El Paso, Texas, USA. The station's license is held by Townsquare Media.The station is an affiliate of the Dallas Cowboys radio network. The station broadcasts Major League Baseball games as a member of the Los Angeles Dodgers Radio Network...
600 AM El Paso, TexasEl Paso, TexasEl Paso, is a city in and the county seat of El Paso County, Texas, United States, and lies in far West Texas. In the 2010 census, the city had a population of 649,121. It is the sixth largest city in Texas and the 19th largest city in the United States... - WSJDWSJDWSJD is a radio station serving the Evansville, Indiana area with an oldies format. It broadcasts on FM frequency 100.5 MHz and is under self ownership. Majority of the programming is featured from ABC Radio's "The True Oldies Channel" satellite feed...
100.5 FM Evansville, IndianaEvansville, IndianaEvansville is the third-largest city in the U.S. state of Indiana and the largest city in Southern Indiana. As of the 2010 census, the city had a total population of 117,429. It is the county seat of Vanderburgh County and the regional hub for both Southwestern Indiana and the... - KYVAKYVA (AM)KYVA is a radio station licensed to Gallup, New Mexico, USA, broadcasting a country music format in AM stereo. The station is currently owned by Millennium Media. The station broadcasts Major League Baseball games as a member of the Los Angeles Dodgers Radio Network.-History:The station was...
1230 AM Gallup, New MexicoGallup, New Mexico- Demographics :As of the census of 2000, there were 20,209 people, 6,810 households, and 4,869 families residing in the city. The population density was 1,513.7 people per square mile... - WNSRWNSRWNSR is a Nashville-area Class D radio station operating on the AM frequency of 560 kHz. WNSR's majority owner is Randolph Victor Bell, and the station's general manager is former WSM personality Ted Johnson....
560 AM Nashville, TennesseeNashville, TennesseeNashville is the capital of the U.S. state of Tennessee and the county seat of Davidson County. It is located on the Cumberland River in Davidson County, in the north-central part of the state. The city is a center for the health care, publishing, banking and transportation industries, and is home... - KRHWKRHWKRHW is a radio station broadcasting a country music format. Licensed to Sikeston, Missouri, USA, the station serves the Southeast Missouri area, and operates on 1520 kHz in the AM radio band. KRHW is owned by Withers Broadcasting Company of Southeast Missouri, LLC...
1520 AM Sikeston, MissouriSikeston, MissouriSikeston is a city located both in southern Scott County and northern New Madrid County, in the U.S. state of Missouri. It is geographically situated just north of the "Missouri Bootheel", although many locals consider Sikeston a part of it. By way of Interstate 55, Sikeston is close to the... - WSTA 1340 AM Saint Thomas, U.S. Virgin IslandsSaint Thomas, U.S. Virgin IslandsSaint Thomas is an island in the Caribbean Sea and with the islands of Saint John, Saint Croix, and Water Island a county and constituent district of the United States Virgin Islands , an unincorporated territory of the United States. Located on the island is the territorial capital and port of...
Spanish
A separate network airs games in SpanishSpanish language
Spanish , also known as Castilian , is a Romance language in the Ibero-Romance group that evolved from several languages and dialects in central-northern Iberia around the 9th century and gradually spread with the expansion of the Kingdom of Castile into central and southern Iberia during the...
. Jaime Jarrin
Jaime Jarrin
Jaime Jarrin is the Spanish language voice of the Los Angeles Dodgers. He began broadcasting for the Dodgers in 1959, and was the 1998 recipient of the Ford C. Frick Award from the Baseball Hall of Fame...
has been the Spanish play-by-play voice of the Dodgers since 1959. Pepe Yñiguez
Pepe Yñiguez
Pepe Yñiguez is a Spanish-language baseball broadcaster for the Los Angeles Dodgers. He joined the Dodgers broadcast team in 1999, teaming with Hall of Fame announcer Jaime Jarrin. For several off-seasons he also hosted "Central Deportiva", a weekly sports talk show on KWKW. He has also broadcast...
and Fernando Valenzuela
Fernando Valenzuela
Fernando Valenzuela Anguamea is a Mexican former left-handed pitcher, most notably with the Los Angeles Dodgers.In 1981, the 20-year-old Valenzuela took Los Angeles by storm, winning his first 8 decisions and leading the Dodgers to the World Championship...
join him with color commentary. The audio of the Spanish network is simulcasted on the Dodgers' local TV rights holder Prime Ticket; viewers can switch from English to Spanish using the SAP
Second audio program
Second audio program , also known as secondary audio programming, is an auxiliary audio channel for analog television that can be broadcast or transmitted both over the air and by cable TV.-Usage:...
function on their televisions.
The Spanish affiliates are:
- KTNQKTNQKTNQ is a radio station licensed to Los Angeles, California, with a Spanish News/Talk format. It is owned by Univision. on June 13, 1925 until 1955 it was called . From August 1, 1955 until 1960 it was called KPOP. From June 29, 1960 until 1976, it was called KGBS...
1020 AM Los Angeles / Orange County (Spanish flagship station) - XESPN 620 AM EnsenadaEnsenada, Baja CaliforniaEnsenada is a coastal city in Mexico and the third-largest city in Baja California. It is located south of San Diego on the Baja California Peninsula. The city is locally referred to as La Cenicienta del Pacífico, or, The Cinderella of the Pacific...
/ TijuanaTijuanaTijuana is the largest city on the Baja California Peninsula and center of the Tijuana metropolitan area, part of the international San Diego–Tijuana metropolitan area. An industrial and financial center of Mexico, Tijuana exerts a strong influence on economics, education, culture, art, and politics... - KFUTKFUTKFUT is a radio station broadcasting a Spanish oldies/talk format. Licensed to Thousand Palms, California, USA, it serves the Palm Springs area. The station is owned by Mcc Radio, LLC....
1270 AM Palm Springs