Broadcasters for the

Los Angeles Clippers The Los Angeles Clippers are an American professional basketball team based in Los Angeles. The Clippers compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the Pacific Division in the league's Western Conference. The Clipper ...

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, and

Buffalo Braves The Buffalo Braves were an American professional basketball franchise based in Buffalo, New York. The Braves competed in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member club of the league's Eastern Conference Atlantic Division from 1970 ...

National Basketball Association The National Basketball Association (NBA) is a professional basketball league in North America. The league is composed of 30 teams (29 in the United States and 1 in Canada) and is one of the major professional sports leagues in the United S ...

teams.

Television

Play-by-play

* Chuck Healy: 1972–1973 (WBEN-TV) *

Van Miller Van Miller (November 22, 1927 – July 17, 2015) was an American radio and television sports announcer from Dunkirk, New York, where he began his career at Dunkirk radio station WFCB calling play-by-play for high school football games. In the 1 ...

: 1973–1978 (WBEN-TV) *

Ted Leitner TED may refer to: Economics and finance * TED spread between U.S. Treasuries and Eurodollar Education * ''Türk Eğitim Derneği'', the Turkish Education Association ** TED Ankara College Foundation Schools, Turkey ** Transvaal Education Dep ...

: 1978–1984 * Al Albert: 1984–1985 (KTTV) Ruling Clears Way for ESPN to Show '84 Olympic Series
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Phil Stone Philip Avery Stone (23 February 1893 – 20 February 1967) also known as Phil Stone, was an attorney from Oxford, Mississippi and mentor to William Faulkner. Educated at the University of Mississippi and Yale, Stone had a law office in Oxfo ...

: 1985–1986 (KTLA) *

Dave Diles David L. Diles (October 14, 1931 – December 29, 2009) was an American sports broadcaster and journalist, as well as an author. He was a broadcaster for ABC Sports and hosted the “Prudential College Football Scoreboard Show”. Early life Dav ...

: 1986–1987 (KTLA) NBC Looks to True Horse Player for a Leader of the Pack
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Ralph Lawler Ralph Anthony Lawler (born April 21, 1938) is an American former television and radio personality. He is best known for his 41-year tenure as the voice of the National Basketball Association's Los Angeles Clippers. Going back to the franchise's ...

: 1987–2019 (KTLA, KCOP-TV, KCAL-TV, Z Channel, & Fox Sports Net Prime Ticket) * Tom Kelly: 1990–1991 (Prime Ticket) *

Joel Meyers Joel Meyers is an American sportscaster who is the play-by-play announcer of the New Orleans Pelicans of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He also is the lead host of "Above the Rim", which airs weekdays from 10am-1pm ET on SiriusXM NB ...

: 1991–1993 (SportsChannel Los Angeles) * Brian Sieman: 2019–present

Color analysts

Rudy Martzke Rudy or Rudi is a masculine given name, sometimes short for Rudolf, Rudolph, Rawad, Rudra, Ruairidh, or variations thereof, a nickname and a surname which may refer to: People Given name or nickname *Rudolf Rudy Andeweg (born 1952), Dutch polit ...

: 1972–1974 (WBEN-TV) MyWire , USA TODAY: Rudy signs off on TV column
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Dick Rifenburg Richard Gale Rifenburg (August 21, 1926 – December 5, 1994) was an American football player and a pioneering television broadcaster for the forerunner to WIVB-TV in Buffalo. He played college football for the University of Michigan Wolverin ...

: 1977–1978 (WBEN-TV) *

Stu Lantz Stuart Burrell Lantz (born July 13, 1946) is an American former professional basketball player who is a television commentator for the Los Angeles Lakers of the National Basketball Association (NBA) on Spectrum SportsNet. He played college basket ...

: 1978–1983 *

John Olive John Olive (born March 1, 1955) is a former American basketball player and coach. Olive attended Bishop Eustace Preparatory School, in Pennsauken, New Jersey, then played collegiate basketball at Villanova University, where he graduated in 1977 ...

: 1983–1984 *

Ted Green Edward Joseph "Terrible Ted" Green (March 23, 1940 – October 8, 2019) was a Canadian professional ice hockey coach and player. Green played defence in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the Boston Bruins and in the World Hockey Association (W ...

: 1984–1985 (KTTV) * Tommy Hawkins: 1985–1986 (KTLA) *

Norm Nixon Norman Ellard Nixon (born October 11, 1955) is an American former professional basketball player who played for the Los Angeles Lakers and the San Diego/Los Angeles Clippers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He also played with Scavo ...

: 1986–1987 (KTLA) *

Junior Bridgeman Ulysses Lee "Junior" Bridgeman (born September 17, 1953) is an American businessman and former professional basketball player. Bridgeman played in the National Basketball League (NBA) for twelve years from 1975 until 1987, beginning with the Milw ...

: 1987–1988 (KTLA) *

Keith Erickson Keith Raymond Erickson (born April 19, 1944) is an American former basketball, and volleyball player. After graduating from El Segundo High School (California), attended El Camino College. Erickson then played basketball at UCLA, where he was a ...

: 1988–1990 (Z Channel) *

Kevin Loughery Kevin Michael Loughery (born March 28, 1940) is an American former professional basketball player and coach. Career biography Loughery spent 11 seasons in the National Basketball Association (1962–1973), almost nine of them with the Baltimore ...

: 1988–1990 (KTLA) *

Mike Fratello Michael Robert Fratello (born February 24, 1947) is an American sports broadcaster and a professional basketball coach. Fratello is currently an analyst for Fox Sports Ohio for the Cavaliers and a part-time color commentator for Fox Sports West f ...

: 1990–1992 (KTLA, KCOP-TV) *

Earl Strom Earl "Yogi" Strom (December 15, 1927 – July 10, 1994) was an American professional Official (basketball), basketball referee for 29 years in the National Basketball Association (NBA) and for three years in the American Basketball Associatio ...

: 1990–1991 (Prime Ticket) *

Jerry Tarkanian Jerry Tarkanian (August 8, 1930 – February 11, 2015) was an American basketball coach. He coached college basketball for 31 seasons over five decades at three schools. He spent the majority of his career coaching with the UNLV Runnin' Rebe ...

: 1991–1992 (SportsChannel Los Angeles) *

Bill Walton William Theodore Walton III (born November 5, 1952) is an American television sportscaster and former professional basketball player. He played college basketball for coach John Wooden and the UCLA Bruins, winning three consecutive national ...

: 1992–2002 (SportsChannel Los Angeles, KCOP-TV, KCAL-TV, Fox Sports Net Prime Ticket) * Mike Smith: 2002–2017 (KTLA, Fox Sports Net Prime Ticket) *

Bruce Bowen Bruce Eric Bowen Jr. (born June 14, 1971) is an American former professional basketball player. Bowen played small forward and graduated from Edison High School and Cal State Fullerton. He went on to play for the National Basketball Association' ...

: 2017–2018 (Fox Sports Net Prime Ticket) *

Don MacLean Don Maclean (born 1942/1943) MBE KSS is an English actor and comedian, who appeared on the BBC television series '' Crackerjack'' with Michael Aspel, Peter Glaze and Jan Hunt in the 1970s. Born in Birmingham, he attended Clifton Road Schoo ...

: 2018-2019 (Fox Sports Net Prime Ticket) *

Chauncey Billups Chauncey Ray Billups (born September 25, 1976) is an American professional basketball coach and former player who is the head coach for the Portland Trail Blazers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played 17 seasons in the NBA. Afte ...

: 2019–2020 (Fox Sports Net Prime Ticket) * Jim Jackson: 2020–present (Fox Sports Net Prime Ticket, Bally Sports SoCal and Bally Sports West) When Walton worked for the

NBA on NBC The ''NBA on NBC'' is the branding used for presentations of National Basketball Association (NBA) games produced by the NBC television network in the United States. NBC held broadcast rights from 1955 to 1962 and again from 1990 (when it obta ...

Hubie Brown Hubert Jude Brown (born September 25, 1933) is an American retired basketball coach and player and a current television analyst. Brown is a two-time NBA Coach of the Year, the honors being separated by 26 years. Brown was inducted into the Naism ...

Rick Barry Richard Francis Dennis Barry III (born March 28, 1944) is an American retired professional basketball player who starred at the NCAA, American Basketball Association (ABA) and National Basketball Association (NBA) levels. Barry ranks among the ...

Reggie Theus Reginald Wayne Theus (born October 13, 1957) is an American basketball coach and former player. He played 13 seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA), where he was a two-time NBA All-Star. He is currently the head men's basketball he ...

, and Mike Smith served as alternate announcers. When Fratello worked on NBC,

Bob Weiss Robert William Weiss (born May 7, 1942) is an American professional basketball coach and former player. College career Weiss played college basketball at Penn State University from 1963 to 1965 and averaged 16.3 points per game during his senior ...

served as alternate announcer.

Broadcast outlets

Terrestrial television

Buffalo * WBEN-TV: 1972–1978 San Diego *

KFMB-TV KFMB-TV (channel 8) is a television station in San Diego, San Diego, California, United States, affiliated with CBS, The CW, and MyNetworkTV. Owned by Tegna Inc., it has studios on Engineer Road in the Kearny Mesa, San Diego, Kearny Mesa section ...

: 1978–1980; 1983–1984 *

XETV XETV-TDT (channels 6 and 16) is a television station located in Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico, broadcasting programs from Canal 5 and NU9VE. Its terrestrial signal also covers the San Diego, California area across the international border in ...

: 1980–1982 * KCST-TV: 1982–1983 Los Angeles *

KTTV KTTV (channel 11) is a television station in Los Angeles, California, United States, serving as the West Coast flagship of the Fox network. It is owned and operated by the network's Fox Television Stations division alongside MyNetworkTV outle ...

: 1984–1985 *

KTLA KTLA (channel 5) is a television station in Los Angeles, California, United States, serving as the West Coast flagship of The CW. It is the largest directly owned property of the network's majority owner, Nexstar Media Group, and is the seco ...

: 1985–1991; 2002–2009; 2022- *

KCOP-TV KCOP-TV (channel 13) is a television station in Los Angeles, California, United States, serving as the West Coast flagship of MyNetworkTV. It is owned and operated by Fox Television Stations alongside Fox outlet KTTV (channel 11). Both stations ...

: 1991–1996; 2011; 2012, 2017- *

KCAL-TV KCAL-TV (channel 9) is an independent television station in Los Angeles, California, United States. It is owned by the CBS News and Stations group alongside CBS West Coast flagship KCBS-TV (channel 2). Both stations share studios at the C ...

: 1996–2001

Cable television

Z Channel The Z Channel was one of the first pay television stations in the United States best known for its devotion to the art of cinema due to the eclectic choice of films"Film-News and Notes." ''Daily News of Los Angeles'' October 3, 1986 by the prog ...

: 1988–1989 *

SportsChannel Los Angeles SportsChannel Los Angeles was an American regional sports network owned as a joint venture between the Rainbow Media subsidiary of Cablevision and NBC, and operated as an affiliate of SportsChannel. Headquartered in Los Angeles, the channel broad ...

: 1989–1990 *

Prime Ticket Prime Ticket may refer to: * Bally Sports West, a regional sports network that was known as Prime Ticket from 1985 to 1995 * Bally Sports SoCal Bally Sports SoCal is an American regional sports network owned by Diamond Sports Group, a joint v ...

:1990-1991 *SportsChannel Los Angeles: 1991-1992 * Prime Ticket/Fox Sports Net West: 1992–1997 * Fox Sports Net Prime Ticket: 1997–2021 *

Bally Sports SoCal Bally Sports SoCal is an American regional sports network owned by Diamond Sports Group, a joint venture between Sinclair Broadcast Group and Entertainment Studios, and operated as part of Bally Sports, along with its sister network Bally Spor ...

and

Bally Sports West Bally Sports West is an American regional sports network owned by Diamond Sports Group, a joint venture between Sinclair Broadcast Group and Entertainment Studios, and operated as part of Bally Sports, along with its sister network Bally Sports ...

: 2021–present

Television network

Station lineup (as of 2022)

Radio

Play-by-Play

: 1970–1978 *

: 1978–1981, 1982–1984, 1985–1987, 1989–1990 (All non-televised games since 1987) *

Jerry Gross Jerry may refer to: Animals * Jerry (Grand National winner), racehorse, winner of the 1840 Grand National * Jerry (St Leger winner), racehorse, winner of 1824 St Leger Stakes Arts, entertainment, and media * ''Jerry'' (film), a 2006 Indian film ...

: 1981–1982 *

Eddie Doucette Eddie Doucette (born June 15, 1940) is a former television and radio sportscaster and currently the president of Doucette Promotions Inc. Doucette was the original radio play-by-play voice of the Milwaukee Bucks, where he broadcast games for 16 ye ...

: 1984–1985 *

Pete Arbogast Pete Arbogast (born December 5, 1954) is a radio announcer who is the voice of the USC Trojans. Biography Arbogast was born in Chicago but grew up in Los Angeles. He has called football, men's basketball, and women's basketball for the Trojans and ...

: 1984–1989 *

Rich Marotta Rich Marotta is an American sports personality in Reno, Nevada. After spending nearly 30 years in Los Angeles, Rich worked the final five years of his radio career on LA-based KFI AM 640, broadcasting from his Nevada home. In February 2011, h ...

: 1990–1994 *

Rory Markas Rory Markas (December 20, 1955 – January 4, 2010) was an American sportscaster best known as the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim's play-by-play broadcaster for eight seasons and as the radio voice of the University of Southern California men's ba ...

: 1994–1999 * Mike Smith: 1999–2002 *

John Ireland John Benjamin Ireland (January 30, 1914 – March 21, 1992) was a Canadian actor. He was nominated for an Academy Award for his performance in ''All the King's Men'' (1949), making him the first Vancouver-born actor to receive an Oscar nomina ...

: 1999–2002 (Fill-in) *

Mel Proctor Mel Proctor is an American television sportscaster, actor, and book author. Biography A Denver, Colorado native, Proctor has called play-by-play for the Texas Rangers (baseball), Texas Rangers, Baltimore Orioles, Washington Nationals, San Diego ...

: 2002–2005 * Matt Pinto: 2005–2007 * Brian Sieman: 2007–2018 *

Noah Eagle Noah Eagle (born December 11, 1997) is an American sportscaster. The son of sportscaster Ian Eagle, he is a play-by-play broadcaster for Fox Sports and the Tennis Channel. At Fox, Eagle calls various sports including the NFL and college football. ...

: 2019–Present

Color analysts

: 1972–1974 *

: 1977–1978 *

: 1978–1983 *

: 1983–1984 *

: 1984–1986 *

: 1986–1987 *

: 1989–1990 *

: 1988–1990 *

: 1990–1994 (Non-televised games) *

: 1994–1999 (Non-televised games) * Mike Smith: 1999–2017 (Non-televised games) *

Scott Brooks Scott William Brooks (born July 31, 1965) is an American professional basketball coach and former player who is the top assistant coach for the Portland Trail Blazers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played point guard at San Joaq ...

: 1998–1999 *

: 2004–2005 *

: 2017–2018

Flagship Station

Buffalo * WBEN (1970–1978) San Diego * KFMB (1978–1980; 1983–1984) * KOGO (1980–1982) * KCNN (1982–1983) Los Angeles * KFOX (1984) *

KLAC KLAC (570 AM) is a commercial sports radio station licensed to Los Angeles, California, serving Greater Los Angeles and much of surrounding Southern California. Owned by a joint venture between iHeartMedia, Inc. and the Los Angeles Dodgers bas ...

(1984–1987, March 19, 2016–present) * KIIS-AM (1987–1988) *

KRLA KRLA (870 kHz) "AM 870 The Answer" is a commercial AM radio station broadcasting a talk radio format. Licensed to Glendale, California, it serves Greater Los Angeles and Southern California. The station is owned by Salem Media Group, which also ...

(1988–1992) *

KMPC KMPC (1540 AM, "Radio Korea", 라디오코리아) is a commercial radio station in Los Angeles, California. It is owned by P&Y Broadcasting Corporation. Radio Korea is a division of the Radio Korea Media Group. The station airs Korean– ...

(1992–1995) *

KNNS KNNS (1510 AM) is an oldies radio station in Larned, Kansas, near Great Bend. History The Regional Mexican format began in October 2010. Before this, it was an affiliate of ESPN Radio from the spring of 2008 to 2010; before ESPN, it was an oldi ...

(1995–1997) * KXTA/KTLK (1997–2006) * KSPN (2006–2009) *

KTNQ KTNQ (1020 AM) is a radio station licensed to Los Angeles, California, with a Spanish News/Talk format. It is owned by TelevisaUnivision. From its original licensing on March 13, 1925 until 1955 it was called KFVD. The station has studios on th ...

(Spanish; 2004–2009) *

KFWB KFWB (980 AM) is a commercial radio station in Los Angeles, California. It airs a classic Regional Mexican music format. KFWB is owned by Lotus Communications. The station has a colorful history, being the radio voice of Warner Bros. Studios i ...

(2009–March 16, 2016) *

KWKW KWKW (1330 AM) is a commercial Spanish language radio station licensed to serve Los Angeles, California, featuring a sports format known as "Tu Liga Radio 1330". Owned by Lotus Communications, the station services Greater Los Angeles and muc ...

(Spanish; 2009–present) *

KEIB KEIB (1150 AM) is a commercial radio station in Los Angeles, California. Owned by iHeartMedia, the station brands itself as ''The Patriot'', and broadcasts a talk radio format. The station's studios are on West Olive Avenue in Burbank. By day, ...

(2016–present (alternate))

Radio Network

Station Lineup (as of 2016)

References

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Broadcasters Broadcaster may refer to: * A presenter of any syndicated media program * A broadcasting organization, one responsible for audio and video content and/or their transmission * A sports commentator on television or radio * Broadcaster, currently ...