Broadcasters: Terry Smith | Mark Gubicza | Jose Mota | Rolando Nichols | Darren Chan
Terry Smith enters his eighth season alongside Rory Markas on the Angels' flagship radio station, AM 830, KLAA. Smith also hosts the Angels' post-game call-in show "Angel Talk" and the Angels' hot stove program "Angels Tonight".
Smith joined the Angels in 2002 after serving as the radio voice of the New York Yankees' Triple-A affiliate Columbus Clippers for 19 seasons. From 1983-1997, Smith also served as Sports Director at WBNS AM in Columbus, Ohio. Smith was recognized three times by the Ohio Associated Press for his sportscasts and WBNS AM was named the Outstanding Sports Operation in Ohio six times by the Associated Press. Smith worked as a sports anchor, talk show host and was simply known as "The Voice" serving as play-by-play announcer for the Ohio State University Football and Basketball Radio Network from 1986-1997.
Smith started his baseball broadcasting career in 1978, calling games for the Jacksonville Suns and later called games for the Memphis Chicks from 1981-82. At Memphis, Smith also worked as the Sports Director on WHBQ AM, anchoring sports on the morning and afternoon drive shows.
The Philadelphia, PA native attended Temple University, where he played collegiate club hockey, as well as Jones College in Jacksonville, FL which has produced the likes of actors Joe Piscapo and Jay Thomas. In February, 2002 Smith made his on-screen debut as a broadcaster in the baseball movie "A Little Inside", which aired on HBO and Showtime. He assists in Angels Community Relations with appearances. He has served as Honorary Chair of the Orange County Learning for Life's Exploring program. Smith and his wife Sonia have one son, Jordan, a student at UC Santa Barbara and make their home in Ladera Ranch, CA.
Former Major League Baseball veteran Mark Gubicza is entering his eighth year with FS WEST and FS PRIME TICKET. He will team wilh Rory Markas in the booth to provide color commentary on Fox Sports West in 2009. This season will also mark his fourth as analyst for the Angels' pre- and post-game shows, now known as "Angels Live".
Gubicza also co-hosts the "FS Baseball Report," which airs nationally on Fox Sports, previewing future match-ups and breaking down current standings in the league. In 2004, Gubicza also provided analysis for Minnesota Twins games from Los Angeles. He made his first television appearance as an analyst for FSN in April 2000 on "Baseball Today" and the "National Sports Report." He also hosted the "Southern California Baseball Report" on AM570 for three years.
In his professional baseball career, Gubicza spent 14 seasons in the Major League. Drafted in 1981, he went on to spend 13 seasons with the Kansas City Royals until 1996. With the club, he won a World Championship in 1985, won 20 games in 1988, and today still holds the single-game record for most strikeouts with 14. In both 1988 and 1989, he was named to the MLB All-Star teams. He finished his career with the Angels in 1997. To honor his many accomplishments on the field, he was recently named to the Kansas City Royals Hall of Fame as well as the Pennsylvania Hall of Fame in 2006.
Gubicza lives in Chatsworth, Calif., with his wife, and their three children.
José Mota returns for his eighth season in the Spanish radio booth (KWKW). The Emmy Award winning Mota served as the third broadcaster during Angels telecasts on KCAL 9 for two seasons (2004-05). In 2006 he joined Fox Sports Net as a member of the pre and post-game shows. Additionally, he provided his talent for the 2006 & 2009 World Baseball Classics and on selected Sunday Night Baseball telecasts. Mota handles the color analyst and play-by-play duties for selected national broadcasts during Saturday's Game of the Week on FOX and has provided coverage for numerous All-Star and Post Season game broadcasts. Mota has co-hosted World Series specials for ESPN Radio in addition to the Angels' hot-stove show "Angels Tonight" during the off-season on AM830. He currently serves as TV pre/post-game and studio analyst with Fox Sports West and KCOP-13 on the Angels' broadcast package. Last season he joined Yahoo Sports as a baseball analyst.
A bilingual talent, Mota joined the Angels in 2002 after working as a broadcaster for MLB Radio. With MLB Productions, Mota served as an International production consultant for the NBC special and 2001 ALMA and Emmy Award-nominated "Baseball: The Latin Passion". José was also the featured host in a Sammy Sosa documentary released by VisionQuest. During the 2001 season, Mota worked as a play-by-play announcer for DirectTV Latin America which provided weekly intercontinental Major League Baseball broadcast coverage to 26 Latin American countries. He served as the featured analyst for MLB Productions' "Sabor a Béisbol" , its weekly Spanish-language feature and highlight show available to national and international audiences.
From 1997 until his current appointment, José has served as a color analyst/play-by-play announcer for the FOX baseball "Game of the Week" in Spanish, including MLB post-season play, and for the "NFL Sunday" football broadcasts. He has been a guest play-by-play announcer for the Los Angeles Dodgers' Spanish broadcasts, sitting in for Hall-of-Famer Jaime Jarrin. In 2007 Mota was honored by Metro Publications as one of the "Hottest 25 in Orange County".
A former Major League baseball player with the San Diego Padres (1991) and Kansas City Royals (1995), Mota was originally drafted by the Chicago White Sox in 1985. He was a two-time Collegiate All-American second baseman at Cal State Fullerton and owns a bachelors degree in Communications from CSF. He was the starting second baseman for the 1984 National Champion Titans. In 1999, Jose made his film debut in Kevin Costner's Universal Studios release "For Love of the Game" in which he portrayed Dominican shortstop "José Garcia".
A native of Santo Domingo, DR Mota is the son of longtime Dodger Manny Mota. He and his family make their home in Glendora, CA.
Rolando Nichols has 13 years of experience in Broadcast Media as a journalist, news and sports anchor/reporter. Rolando started his career in radio, broadcasting AAA baseball and NCAA football games in Tucson, AZ. His first television job was at Telemundo in Tucson as a master control operator. He worked his way up to an on-air position in Tucson and then in 1997 became the prime-time news anchor for the Univision affiliate in Phoenix. He eventually became the main news anchor for the most watched local newscast in the country at Univision's flagship Los Angeles station, KMEX-34.
Darren Chan enters his eighth season as the Producer/Engineer for Angels' English radio broadcasts for the 2008 baseball season. Chan is responsible for all of the technical aspects of each broadcast in addition to forwarding updated game information to all announcers. During the off-season, Chan also serves as the radio engineer for Los Angeles Lakers' home games on KLAC 570AM.
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