Jaime Jarrin
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Jaime Jarrin is the Spanish-language play-by-play announcer for the Los Angeles Dodgers.
Broadcasting Biography
Jarrin was born in Cayambe, Ecuador and studied engineering, philosophy, broadcasting, letters, and journalism at Central University of Quito. In 1955, he moved to California and became the sports director of KWKW, the Dodgers' flagship Spanish-language station. Before becoming the lead broadcaster, KWKW had Jarrin re-create Dodgers games in Spanish for the Latino audience via Vin Scully's broadcasts. He has called 16 World Series for CBS Radio, Cadena Latina, and Cadena Carcol, reaching an estimated audience of more than 30 million in 1997. Today, he works with Pepe Yñiguez and Fernando Valenzuela at KWKW.
Jarrin was awarded the Ford C. Frick Award from the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1998. In 1970, he became the first Latin American broadcaster to win the Golden Mike Award, presented by the Southern California Radio and Television News Association. In 1992, he received La Gran Cruz al Merito en El Grado de Comendado from his native Ecuador, the highest Ecuadorian commendation presented to non-military personnel.
