List of Los Angeles Lakers broadcasters

Broadcasters for the Minneapolis/Los Angeles Lakers National Basketball Association teams.

Television[]

1950s[]

Year	Channel	Play-by-play	Color commentator(s)	Courtside reporter	Studio host	Studio analysts
1955–56	KEYD-TV	Jack Horner
1956–57	KMGM-TV	Jack Horner
1957–58	KMSP-TV	Jack Horner
1958–59	KMSP-TV	Jack Horner
1959–60	KSTP-TV	Rod Trongard

1960s[]

Year	Channel	Play-by-play	Color commentator(s)	Courtside reporter	Studio host	Studio analysts
1960–61	KHJ-TV	Chick Hearn
1961–62	KHJ-TV
1962���63	KHJ-TV
1963–64	KHJ-TV
1964–65	KTTV		Al Michaels
1965–66	KTTV		Rod Hundley
1966–67	KTTV		Rod Hundley
1967–68	KTLA		Rod Hundley
1968–69	KTLA		Rod Hundley
1969–70	KTLA		Lynn Shackelford

1970s[]

Year	Channel	Play-by-play	Color commentator(s)	Courtside reporter	Studio host	Studio analysts
1970–71	KTLA	Chick Hearn	Lynn Shackelford
1971–72	KTLA		Lynn Shackelford
1972–73	KTLA		Lynn Shackelford
1973–74	KTLA		Lynn Shackelford
1974–75	KTLA		Lynn Shackelford
1975–76	KTLA		Lynn Shackelford
1976–77	KTLA		Lynn Shackelford
1977–78	KHJ-TV		Pat Riley
1978–79	KHJ-TV		Pat Riley		Lynn Shackelford
1979–80	KHJ-TV		Keith Erickson

1980s[]

Year	Channel	Play-by-play	Color commentator(s)	Courtside reporter	Studio host	Studio analysts
1980–81	KHJ-TV	Chick Hearn	Keith Erickson
1981–82	KHJ-TV		Keith Erickson
1982–83	KHJ-TV		Keith Erickson
1983–84	KHJ-TV		Keith Erickson
1984–85	KHJ-TV		Keith Erickson
1985–86	KHJ-TV		Keith Erickson
	Prime Ticket		Keith Erickson		Geoff Witcher
1986–87	KHJ-TV		Keith Erickson		Roy Firestone
	Prime Ticket		Keith Erickson		Geoff Witcher
1987–88	KHJ-TV		Stu Lantz		Roy Firestone
	Prime Ticket		Stu Lantz		Geoff Witcher
1988–89	KHJ-TV		Stu Lantz		Roy Firestone
	Prime Ticket		Stu Lantz
1989–90	KCAL-TV		Stu Lantz		Roy Firestone
	Prime Ticket		Stu Lantz

1990s[]

Year	Channel	Play-by-play	Color commentator(s)	Courtside reporter	Studio host	Studio analysts
1990–91	KCAL-TV	Chick Hearn	Stu Lantz
	Prime Ticket
1991–92	KCAL-TV
	Prime Ticket
1992–93	KCAL-TV
	Prime Ticket
1993–94	KCAL-TV
	Prime Ticket				Paul Sunderland
1994–95	KCAL-TV
	Prime Sports West				Paul Sunderland
1995–96	KCAL-TV
	Prime Sports West				Paul Sunderland
1996–97	KCAL-TV
	Fox Sports West				Paul Sunderland
1997–98	KCAL-TV
	Fox Sports West				Paul Sunderland
1998–99	KCAL-TV					James Worthy
	Fox Sports West				Paul Sunderland
1999–00	KCAL-TV					James Worthy
	Fox Sports Net West				Paul Sunderland

2000s[]

Year	Channel	Play-by-play	Color commentator(s)	Courtside reporter	Studio host	Studio analysts
2000–01	KCAL-TV	Chick Hearn	Stu Lantz			James Worthy
	Fox Sports Net West	Chick Hearn			Paul Sunderland	Jack Haley
2001–02	KCAL-TV	Chick Hearn				James Worthy
	Fox Sports Net West	Chick Hearn			Paul Sunderland	Jack Haley
2002–03	KCAL-TV	Paul Sunderland				James Worthy
	Fox Sports Net West	Paul Sunderland			Bill Macdonald	Jack Haley or Reggie Theus
2003–04	KCAL-TV	Paul Sunderland		John Ireland		James Worthy
	Fox Sports Net West	Paul Sunderland			Bill Macdonald	Jack Haley or Reggie Theus
2004–05	KCAL-TV	Paul Sunderland		John Ireland		James Worthy
	FSN West	Paul Sunderland			Bill Macdonald	Jack Haley
2005–06	KCAL-TV	Joel Meyers		John Ireland		James Worthy
	FSN West	Joel Meyers			Bill Macdonald	Jack Haley
2006–07	KCAL-TV	Joel Meyers		John Ireland		James Worthy
	FSN West	Joel Meyers			Bill Macdonald	Jack Haley or Paul Westphal
2007–08	KCAL-TV	Joel Meyers		John Ireland	Jim Hill	James Worthy
	Fox Sports West	Joel Meyers		Michael Eaves or Patrick O'Neal	Bill Macdonald	Norm Nixon or Paul Westphal
2008–09	KCAL-TV	Joel Meyers		John Ireland	Jim Hill	James Worthy
	Fox Sports West	Joel Meyers		Michael Eaves or Patrick O'Neal	Bill Macdonald	Norm Nixon or Paul Westphal
2009–10	KCAL-TV	Joel Meyers		John Ireland	Jim Hill	James Worthy
	Fox Sports West	Joel Meyers		Michael Eaves or Patrick O'Neal	Bill Macdonald	Norm Nixon

2010s[]

Year	Channel	Play-by-play	Color commentator(s)	Courtside reporter	Studio host	Studio analysts
2010–11	KCAL-TV	Joel Meyers	Stu Lantz	John Ireland	Jim Hill	James Worthy
	Fox Sports West	Joel Meyers		Michael Eaves or Patrick O'Neal	Bill Macdonald	Norm Nixon
2011–12	KCAL-TV	Bill MacDonald			Jim Hill	James Worthy
	Fox Sports West	Bill MacDonald			Jim Hill	James Worthy
2012–13	Time Warner Cable SportsNet	Bill MacDonald		John Ireland		James Worthy
2013–14	Time Warner Cable SportsNet	Bill MacDonald				James Worthy
2014–15	Time Warner Cable SportsNet	Bill MacDonald				James Worthy
2015–16	Time Warner Cable SportsNet	Bill MacDonald				James Worthy
2016–17	Spectrum Sportsnet	Bill MacDonald				James Worthy
2017–18	Spectrum Sportsnet	Bill MacDonald				James Worthy
2018–19	Spectrum Sportsnet	Bill MacDonald				James Worthy
2019–20	Spectrum Sportsnet	Bill MacDonald				James Worthy, Robert Horry, Derek Fisher, Candace Parker

Time Warner Cable[]

On February 14, 2011, Time Warner Cable and the Lakers announced the formation of two new regional sports networks (one in English, one in Spanish) that will exclusively televise the team's games and related programming for 20 years starting with the 2012–13 NBA season.^[1]

2020s[]

Year	Channel	Play-by-play	Color commentator(s)	Courtside reporter	Studio host(s)	Studio analysts
2020–21	Spectrum Sportsnet	Bill MacDonald	Stu Lantz			James Worthy, Robert Horry, Derek Fisher, Allie Clifton, Chris McGee

Radio[]

1940s[]

Year	Channel	Play-by-play	Color commentator(s)	Studio host
1947–48	WLOL
1948–49
1949–50

1950s[]

Year	Channel	Play-by-play	Color commentator(s)	Studio host
1950–51	WLOL
1951–52	WLOL
1952–53	WLOL
1953–54	WLOL
1954–55	WDGY
1955–56	WLOL
1956–57	WLOL
1957–58	WCCO
1958–59	WCCO
1959–60	WLOL	Rod Trongard

1960s[]

Year	Channel	Play-by-play	Color commentator(s)	Studio host
1960–61	KHJ	Chick Hearn
1961–62	KHJ
1962–63	KHJ
1963–64	KHJ
1964–65	KFI		Al Michaels
1965–66	KLAC AM & FM		Rod Hundley
1966–67	KNX		Rod Hundley
1967–68	KNX		Rod Hundley
1968–69	KNX		Rod Hundley
1969–70	KABC		Lynn Shackelford

1970s[]

Year	Channel	Play-by-play	Color commentator(s)	Studio host
1970–71	KABC	Chick Hearn	Lynn Shackelford
1971–72	KABC		Lynn Shackelford
1972–73	KFI		Lynn Shackelford
1973–74	KFI		Lynn Shackelford
1974–75	KABC		Lynn Shackelford
1975–76	KABC		Lynn Shackelford
1976–77	KABC		Lynn Shackelford
1977–78	KLAC		Pat Riley
1978–79	KLAC		Pat Riley
1979–80	KLAC		Keith Erickson

1980s[]

Year	Channel	Play-by-play	Color commentator(s)	Studio host
1980–81	KLAC	Chick Hearn	Keith Erickson
1981–82			Keith Erickson
1982–83			Keith Erickson
1983–84			Keith Erickson
1984–85			Keith Erickson
1985–86			Keith Erickson
1986–87			Keith Erickson
1987–88			Stu Lantz
1988–89			Stu Lantz
1989–90			Stu Lantz

1990s[]

Year	Channel	Play-by-play	Color commentator(s)	Studio host
1990–91	KLAC	Chick Hearn	Stu Lantz
1991–92
1992–93
1993–94
1994–95
1995–96
1996–97
1997–98
1998–99
1999–2000

2000s[]

Year	Channel	Play-by-play	Color commentator(s)	Studio host
2000–01	KLAC	Chick Hearn	Stu Lantz
2001–02	KLAC	Chick Hearn	Stu Lantz
2002–03	KLAC	Paul Sunderland	Stu Lantz
2003–04	KLAC	Joel Meyers	Mychal Thompson
2004–05	KLAC	Joel Meyers	Mychal Thompson
2005–06	KLAC	Spero Dedes	Mychal Thompson	Matt "Money" Smith
2006–07	KLAC	Spero Dedes	Mychal Thompson	Matt "Money" Smith
2007–08	KLAC	Spero Dedes	Mychal Thompson	Matt "Money" Smith
2008–09	KLAC	Spero Dedes	Mychal Thompson
2009–10	KSPN	Spero Dedes	Mychal Thompson

2010s[]

Year	Channel	Play-by-play	Color commentator(s)	Studio host
2010–11	KSPN	Spero Dedes	Mychal Thompson
2011–12	KSPN	John Ireland	Mychal Thompson
2012–13	KSPN	John Ireland	Mychal Thompson
2013–14	KSPN	John Ireland	Mychal Thompson
2014–15	KSPN	John Ireland	Mychal Thompson
2015–16	KSPN	John Ireland	Mychal Thompson
2016–17	KSPN	John Ireland	Mychal Thompson
2017–18	KSPN	John Ireland	Mychal Thompson
2018–19	KSPN	John Ireland	Mychal Thompson
2019–20	KSPN	John Ireland	Mychal Thompson

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