Dodgers extend contract for Hall of Fame broadcaster Jaime Jarrin.

The Los Angeles Dodgers announced that they have extended the contract of Hall of Fame broadcaster Jaime Jarrin through 2011, according to Dodger Vice Chairman and President Jamie McCourt.

“For millions of fans around the world, Jaime Jarrin is synonymous with Dodger baseball,” said McCourt. “We’re thrilled that he’ll be on the air with us for many years to come.”

Jarrin, among the most recognizable voices in Hispanic broadcasting, will begin his 48th season in the radio booth as “the Spanish Voice of the Dodgers.” He became the club’s No. 1 Spanish-language broadcaster in 1973, 14 years after he first joined the club.

The native of Ecuador was honored by the National Baseball Hall of Fame on July 26, 1998 in Cooperstown, NY as the recipient of the Ford C. Frick Award. With that honor, he became only the second Spanish-language announcer to be honored by the Hall of Fame, joining Buck Canal.

Jarrin was the first recipient of the Southern California Broadcaster Association’s President’s Award in February 1998 and in January 2005, he was honored by the Southern California Sports Broadcasters with the foreign-language broadcaster of the year award, one year after being inducted into the organization’s Hall of Fame.

During the 1984 Olympic Games in Los Angeles, Jarrin was in charge of all Spanish radio coverage and production. He has called more than 30 world championship boxing title bouts throughout the world for radio and television stations in Latin America and has broadcast the Major League Baseball All-Star Game, League Championship Series and World Series on numerous occasions.