Radio

The Chargers' official flagship station in 2020 is now KYSR 98.7 FM For the previous two seasons, their radio flagship was KFI 640 AM in

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, commonly known as "KFI AM 640". Chargers daily updates, and specialty shows, will continue to air on FOX Sports 570

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. The broadcast team consists of

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announcer

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and former NFL scout

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comprise the broadcast team with

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morning co-host Shannon Farren serving as sideline reporter. Past Chargers radio broadcasters have included

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, Ralph Lawler,

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, Tom Kelly, Lee "Hacksaw" Hamilton,

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, and Nick Hardwick. Bauer served seventeen seasons (1998–2014) as the radio color analyst; however, the Chargers and then flagship

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decided not to renew his contract, and was replaced by Curtis Conway starting with the 2015 season.

P.A. announcer

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. Smith replaced legendary P.A. announcer Bruce Binkowski, who went on to become the executive director of the

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and Poinsettia Bowl games. With the Chargers return to Los Angeles in 2017, the team became a beneficiary of league scheduling policies. Both the Chargers and the Los Angeles Rams share the Los Angeles market, which is on the West Coast of the United States. This means that the Chargers cannot play home games, road division games against the

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or Oakland Raiders, or interconference road games against the

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(in seasons that the

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and NFC West meet in interconference play) in the early 10:00 a.m.

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slot. In addition, they cannot play interconference home games at the same time or network as the Rams. As a result, both teams generally will have more limited scheduling options, and will also benefit by receiving more prime-time games than usual. Thus, regardless of the previous season's record, the Chargers will receive a disproportionate number of Sunday Night, Monday Night and/or Thursday Night games, compared to the rest of the league. Previously when the team was in San Diego its main flagship was

. The previous Los Angeles flagship was

/570, in Los Angeles and Orange County, which like KIOZ, KLSD, and several other Charger radio affiliates, is owned by iHeartMedia. Prior to that KSPN/710 was the Los Angeles affiliate and before that,

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/1540 for several years. As of 2014, the Chargers also stream their radio broadcasts on their official mobile application (through

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and Android devices) as well as on their website.

Radio affiliates

Chargers Radio Network

English

Spanish

References

{{Lists of National Football League broadcasters

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