Jorge Jarrín is a sports broadcaster, who previously worked Spanish language radio for the

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. He was a Los Angeles traffic reporter for radio station KABC. He was the helicopter reporter in "Jet Copter 790" from 1985 to 2011, earning the nickname "Captain Jorge." Jorge also broadcast traffic reports on Spanish KSKQ. On October 26, 2011, Jorge was let go, one of 27 KABC/KLOS employees to lose their jobs after Cumulus Media took over those stations from Citadel Broadcasting.

Career

Jarrín graduated with a B.A. in theater arts from

Pepperdine University Pepperdine University () is a private university, private Christianity, Christian research university affiliated with the Churches of Christ, with its main campus in Los Angeles County, California, United States. Pepperdine's main campus consists ...

in 1979. Jarrín is the son of

Jaime Jarrín Jaime Jarrín (; born December 10, 1935) is an Ecuadorian-born American sportscaster known as 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 A ...

, a radio sportscaster who has broadcast for the Dodgers in Spanish since 1958. Honored by the Associated Press for his coverage of the

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, Jorge has followed in his father's footsteps, winning the prestigious Golden Mike Award for broadcasting excellence.

Los Angeles Dodgers (2012-2020)

Beginning in 2012, Jarrín was teamed with former

left fielder

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, doing Spanish-language telecasts of Dodgers games for

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. He also co-hosted the ''Dodger Talk'' radio post-game show on

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along with Kevin Kennedy and David Vassegh. When the Dodgers started

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in 2014, he and Mota called select games on the Spanish-language feed. In 2015, he was teamed with his father on the Dodgers radio broadcasts on

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. He stepped down from his role with the Dodgers after the 2020 season.

References

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