Los Angeles Lakers radio networks
The Los Angeles Lakers radio networks consist of two separate networks for the coverage of the National Basketball Association 's Los Angeles Lakers basketball team. One is an English language network while the other is a Spanish language network. There are 17 total stations in four states between the two networks.
On-air personnel
Current announcers for the English-language network include John Ireland as the play-by-play announcer since 2011. The color commentator since 2004 is former Lakers player Mychal Thompson. Thompson, who originally worked with Spero Dedes stayed on as an announcer when the broadcasts moved from KLAC to KSPN at the start of the 2009–2010 season.Former on-air personnel for the network have included legendary play-by-play announcer Chick Hearn and former NBA player Stu Lantz as a color commentator. Pat Riley served as a color commentator for the network from 1977 until late 1979 when he became an assistant coach for the team.