Belleville’s Jack Miller celebrates 50 years in sports broadcasting

A uncommon milestone successful the satellite of sports broadcasting, Jack Miller is celebrating 50 years successful the industry.

“Man, americium I ever thankful that I get the accidental to bash this,” said Miller, reflecting connected a vocation that has spanned fractional a century.

Miller’s dependable became synonymous with Ontario sports arsenic the franchise dependable of the erstwhile Belleville Bulls successful the OHL. His vocation besides included play-by-play roles for the satellite juniors, the Ottawa Senators and the iconic OHL Game of the Week connected Global TV successful the 1990s.

“Opportunities had presented themselves, and I’m precise fortunate,” helium said. “Next happening you know, everything conscionable fell successful my lap.”

Miller’s dedication included much than 3,000 games.

“When I started loosely moving retired what I did, I was like, yeah, it’s good implicit 3,000 games, but I ne'er knew erstwhile I was hitting those milestones,” helium admitted.

Paul Svoboda, Miller’s broadcast spouse for 25 years, described him arsenic a broadcasting legend.

“When helium had to, helium called it similar it was, but helium ever treated players and coaches with large respect, and helium got it back,” Svoboda said.

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Miller has scaled backmost his workload, present hosting Belleville greeting radio, and acknowledges the shift.

“I consciousness similar I’m semi-retired. I spell location astatine 9:30-10 successful the morning, and present it’s boring compared to what it utilized to be,” Miller said. “But I conjecture erstwhile you get to my age, you should astir apt measurement backmost a small spot and bask what was fixed to you.”

After 50 years, Miller remains a staple successful the section community, determined to proceed being a dependable for arsenic agelong arsenic possible.