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Steve Physioc returns for his 14th season as the television play-by-play voice of Angels baseball on FOX Sports Net West and KCOP. When not calling the action for FS West and KCOP in 2008, Physioc can be heard on AM 830 with Terry Smith and Rex Hudler.

Physioc began his major league play-by-play announcing career in 1983, broadcasting Cincinnati Bengals football and Cincinnati Reds baseball games for WLWT-TV until 1987. He then served as the San Francisco Giants announcer for KTVU-TV from 1987-88, followed by work for ESPN (1989-95), announcing Major League Baseball, college basketball, baseball and Big Ten football. In 1995, he announced San Diego Padres games and PAC-10 football games for FOX Sports West. Additionally, Physioc served as the radio voice of Kansas State football and basketball (1979-1982), was television voice for Fresno State football and basketball (1987-94); announced college basketball and football at Stanford (1992-95) and handled play-by-play duties for the 1993 Pigskin Classic.

Physioc's previous experience also includes radio play-by-play for the NBA's Golden State Warriors (1989-90), television play-byplay for Warriors games (1990-91) and the Vancouver Grizzlies during their inaugural season (1995-96) in the NBA. In addition, Physioc served as sports anchor for WIBW-TV (1979-83) in Topeka, KS, was the sports director at WLWT-TV from (1983-87) and sports director and anchor for KTVU-TV (1987-89) in Oakland, CA .

During the winter, Physioc broadcasts college basketball games for ESPN. Physioc also supports The Kidsingers,The Children of the Sun Foundation, the Christian Children's Fund, and "Team Up for Down Syndrome". A graduate of Kansas State University (1977), he and his wife Stacey make their home in Trabuco Canyon with their daughter Ryan and son Kevin.

Rex Hudler enters his 11th season alongside Steve Physioc as the Angels' baseball analyst on FS West and KCOP. A veteran of 30 years in professional baseball, 21 as a player, Hudler, nicknamed "Wonder Dog" during his playing career, played three seasons as a fan favorite for the Angels (1994-96) as an infielder and outfielder. In his final season with the club, Hudler recorded a .311 average and career-high 16 home runs in 92 games.

During his professional career (1978-1998), Hudler played for 18 different teams, including a 1993 stint in Japan. In 774 career major league games, Hudler registered a .261 average with 56 home runs and 169 RBI. His minor league career consisted of 1,083 games.

Born in Tempe, AZ and a 1978 graduate of Bullard High School (Fresno, CA), Hudler played baseball, soccer and football, earning first-team All-America honors as a wide receiver. He was a 1999 inductee into the Fresno Athletic Hall of Fame. His talent landed him 25 football scholarship offers and upon which he signed a letter of intent to play at Notre Dame. He was drafted and signed by the Yankees right out of high school.

Hudler is an award winning broadcaster who began his broadcasting career as a special correspondent for "Good Morning America" during the 1997 playoffs, World Series and 1998 Super Bowl. He was honored as the 2003, 2005 and 2007 Television Color analyst by the Southern California Sports Broadcasters for his work on Angels broadcasts for KCAL and Fox Sports Net. He won an Emmy in 2004 for "Angels in the Infield". Hudler is also featured as the color commentator alongside Jon Miller on ESPN's 2004 MLB video game, Sega's MLB 2K3 video game, and the 2006, 2007, 2008, and 2009 MLB "The Show" video game.

Hudler is active in Angels' baseball clinics and makes motivational speaking engagements throughout the year. Hudler and his wife Jennifer founded "Team Up for Down Syndrome" to help support the Down Syndrome community nationwide. In February 2002, the Goodwill Industries of Orange County honored Hudler with the Walter Knott Service Award. The Hudlers were also awarded the 2007 Humanitarian Award by Stillpoint Resources. In 2008 they were given the "Changing The World" award by Chapman University. Hudler can be reached through his website, www.RexHudler.com and his new book, "Splinters", is available for purchase there. The couple has four children, Alyssa, Cade, William and David and reside in Orange County.

Rory Markas returns for his eighth season as the play-by-play voice of the Angels on AM 830 KLAA. He will also serve as the television play-by-play voice for select games alongside Mark Gubicza on Fox Sports West and KCOP. In addition to his baseball duties, Markas also serves as the play-by-play voice for the University of Southern California (USC) men's basketball team and a reporter for FOX 11 KTTV in Los Angeles.

Prior to joining the Angels, Markas handled the play-by-play duties for the USC baseball team on the Trojan Radio Network, as well as a pre-game reporter of Trojan football. During that time, Markas was also a sports reporter on KNX Newsradio 1070 in Los Angeles and a sports anchor on FOX 11 KTTV. From 1994-97, he was the lead announcer for the NBA's Los Angeles Clippers on the Clippers radio network.

Markas has extensive baseball broadcasting experience as he has worked as a play-by-play announcer for the Milwaukee Brewers television network (1992-94) and as a substitute radio play-by-play announcer with the Brewers radio network from 1984-1994. He spent six seasons (1981-87) calling Pacific Coast League baseball, including three years with the Salt Lake City Gulls and three years with the Vancouver Canadians.

Markas' career has included stints as an on-air sports talent on KCBS 2 (1990-97) and Prime Ticket (1987-90). He has been honored with several broadcasting awards, including four Golden Mike Awards for radio reporting and two Associated Press Sportscasting Awards. He also received the 2008 Radio Play-by-Play Award from the Southern California Sports Broadcasters Association.

A native of San Fernando Valley, Markas attended Chatsworth High School and played baseball. He attended Los Angeles Valley College and Cal State Northridge. He is single and lives in Palmdale, California.

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.

As a journalist, in 2005 Rolando received the highest recognition in broadcast media, the prestigious Peabody Award Nichols has won the Edward R. Murrow Award for excellence in media, a Regional Emmy, a Gabriel Award among others for his journalistic work.

Rolando played professional baseball in the Mexican Summer League before starting his career as a broadcaster. He signed his first professional contract at age 15 with the "Naranjeros", from his native hometown Hermosillo, Sonora Mexico. Rolando was part of the Mexico City Red Devils and Veracruz Eagles organizations in the mid 90's.

Rolando is the founder, of the dynamic CENTER FOR EDUCATION IN TV and Radio, a top-of-the-line broadcast training facility and CENTRO Net Productions, a cutting-edge media production house located in the Los Angeles area.

Mr. Nichols holds a Bachelor of Arts in Broadcast Journalism from The Walter Cronkite School of Journalism at Arizona State University.

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.

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 is currently single and resides in Chino, CA.