Don Orsillo, was then hired by the San Diego Padres to replace broadcasting legend Dick Enberg upon his retirement at the end of which year's season?
Dick Enberg Richard Alan Enberg (born January 9, 1935) is a retired American sportscaster. He provided play-by-play for various sports on numerous radio and television networks (including NBC, CBS, and ESPN), and for individual teams, over the course of an approximately 60-year career.
XEPRS-AM XEPRS-AM, known as The Mighty 1090 (formerly XX Sports Radio), is an American-operated sports talk radio station targeting English-speaking listeners in San Diego. Its signal originates from Rosarito, Baja California, Mexico, and it broadcasts in English out of studios in San Diego. XEPRS was the flagship station of the San Diego Padres from 2004 to 2016, San Diego Toreros men's basketball, San Diego State Aztecs football and basketball, and the San Diego Gulls. The station also used to air games for the Anaheim Ducks. Wolfman Jack immortalized XEPRS in the George Lucas movie "American Graffiti".