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Every Angels game is broadcast live on AM830 KLAA.
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Terry Smith enters his tenth season on the Angels' flagship radio station, AM 830, KLAA. Smith also hosts the Angels' post-game call-in show "Angel Talk".
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.
Smith also 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.
Jose Mota returns to the Angels radio broadcast for his second season as analyst after previously having served as a member of the Angels Spanish radio broadcast team. Mota is also the host of Angels Today pregame show on AM830. He will also continue his duties on the Angels TV pre- and postgame shows.
Jose provided his talent for the 2006 & 2009 World Baseball Classics and on selected ESPN Sunday Night Baseball telecasts and continues as one of the Fox Sports baseball analysts. Mota has also co-hosted the Angels' hot-stove show "Angels Tonight" during the off-season on AM830. 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.
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 "Jose Garcia".
A native of Santo Domingo, DR Mota is the son of longtime Dodger Manny Mota. He and his family make their home in the San Gabriel Valley.
Darren Chan enters his eleventh season as the Producer/Engineer for Angels' English radio broadcasts for the 2011 baseball season. Chan is responsible for all of the technical aspects of each broadcast in addition to forwarding updated game information to all announcers.
Prior to joining the Angels, Chan was the Promotions and Marketing Director for CNET Radio in San Francisco (2000-01). He also served as a production and promotions coordinator at KKSF and KABL (Oakland Athletics' flagship radio station).
Chan has an extensive background in the radio/broadcasting business as he was the Sports Director/Executive Producer at KTCT (Flagship radio station for the Oakland Raiders and Stanford Athletics) in San Francisco (1997-99). He also served as an on-air morning show co-host and provided NFL updates on the Raiders radio network. Chan spent two years (1995-97) as the Executive Producer of the Westwood One nationally syndicated sports talk show "Ferrall on the Bench."
He began his radio career as a producer at KNBR (Flagship radio station of the San Francisco Giants) from 1990-95. A native of San Francisco, Chan attended San Francisco State University. He and his wife Lily reside in Chino, CA.
