Giants Renew Spanish Radio Partnership with KIQI 1010 AM & KATD

Giants Renew Spanish Radio Partnership with KIQI 1010 AM & KATD 990 AM for 2011 Season

The San Francisco Giants continue their rich, Hispanic heritage on the airwaves with Spanish radio partner, KIQI 1010 AM and KATD 990 AM. KIQI and KATD will carry a total of 70 broadcasts, including every weeknight home game and all weekend home series. The games will be simulcast on both stations covering the entire San Francisco Bay Area, Sacramento, Stockton, Chico and Modesto.

KIQI 1010AM is one of the original Spanish talk radio stations in the Bay Area serving the Latino community for over 30 years. A complete list of games can be found on sfgigantes.com or sfgiants.com. The Giants broadcast team of Tito Fuentes and Erwin Higueros will call the games from the Giants’ Spanish language broadcast booth – Fuentes for his eighth straight season and Higueros for his 14th season.

"KIQI 1010 and KATD 990 radio stations are proud to be the official broadcast partners for the World Champion San Francisco Giants! We know our listeners have enjoyed the Gigantes play by play and commentary of Tito “23” Fuentes and Erwin Higueros, who once again will be heard throughout the Bay Area and Northern California on our stations. We are so pleased to be entering our 3rd year with the World Champion Giants and look forward to another winning season in 2011” said Andrea Yamazaki, general manager of KIQI and KATD.

“The Giants value our relationship with KIQI and KATD, which provides us with the opportunity to connect with our Spanish speaking fans over the airwaves. We look forward to working together again during the 2011 season and ensuring Giants baseball will be heard in the Spanish speaking communities of the San Francisco Bay Area and Northern California,” said Larry Baer, Giants president.

TITO FUENTES Tito Fuentes returns to the Giants Spanish language broadcast booth for his seventh straight season. Fuentes previously served as a member of the Spanish language broadcast team from 1981-92, and in 1996-2004, he broadcast for FOX Sports International, which is aired in Latin America. An active participant in the Giants marketing efforts, he is a regular participant in the Giants Fantasy Camp and Giants Cruise. A former Major League second baseman who played for the Giants from 1965-74, Fuentes saw big league action with San Diego, Detroit and Oakland. The Havana, Cuba native was initially signed as an 18-year-old amateur before the start of the 1962 season and was the last baseball player signed directly out of Cuba before the United States' embargo against Cuba. A .268 hitter over his 13-year career, he was voted the starting second baseman on the Dream Team for the Giants' 25th Anniversary team by San Francisco fans in 1982. In 1997, 23 was inducted into the Cuban Baseball Hall of Fame. He and his wife, Maritza, reside in Reno, Nevada.

ERWIN HIGUEROS Erwin Higueros, a 21-year veteran of Bay Area sports broadcasting, begins his 12th full season, his 13th overall in the Giants Spanish language radio booth. In addition to his broadcast responsibilities, Higueros is a member of the Giants front office, working in both the media relations and Hispanic marketing departments. Higueros began his broadcasting career with the Oakland A’s (1988-97), and was the play-by-play announcer for games that were televised on Telemundo-Channel 48 from 1995-97. A versatile announcer, Higueros was the Spanish play-by-play voice for a number of Bay Area professional sports teams including the San Jose Sharks in 1995, the Oakland Raiders in 1995-96 and 2002-06, and the San Francisco 49ers in 2000. In 2009, he handled the radio play-by-play duties on Spanish radio for the Fresno State football team. Higueros broadcast the League Division Series for FOX Sports International in 2004-06. Born in Guatemala, he moved to the United States when he was 12 years old. A graduate of Fremont High School in Oakland, he attended Cal State Hayward and the Columbia School of Broadcasting. Higueros resides in Oakland with his wife, Maria. The couple has two grown children, Claudia and Erwin, Jr.