Their Spanish radio network is led by KHJ which takes over in 2008 from longtime home 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. 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. Other station to carry the Dodgers included KXTA (1150 AM now KTLK), which was a sports-talk station, from 1998-2001 and KFI (640 AM) was the radio flagship from 1961 to 1972. The games had aired on KFWB (980 AM) from 2002-2007. On radio, the Dodgers will be broadcast in 2008 on KABC (790 AM), which had previously been the flagship station from 1973-1997. 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. 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. During that timeframe, in addition to the road telecasts from KTTV, selected home games were also televised on the ON-TV 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. 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. 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 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. Since 1997, The cable television home of the Dodgers has been Fox Sports Net Prime Ticket (previously known as Fox Sports Net West 2). Since 2006, the over-the-air games have aired on KCAL-TV (Channel 9) after the two parties signed a multi-year, multi-million dollar deal in 2005, and will air 50 games per season. Jaime Jarrin has been the Dodgers' Spanish-language broadcaster since 1959. Former ESPN reporter/announcer and Yankees radio voice Charley Steiner replaced Porter before the 2005 season. Ross Porter, who was an announcer/anchor for NBC Sports and KNBC-TV, was with the Dodgers from 1977 - 2004. Jerry Doggett ( SeptemJuly 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. Ernie Harwell began his career with the Dodgers he called Giants and Orioles games before he became the voice of the Detroit Tigers. Barber had been calling Dodgers games since 1939. Scully joined the Dodgers in 1950, working with Red Barber. One constant in the Dodgers' broadcast booth since their move from Brooklyn, New York has been Vin Scully.
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