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Audio PlayerThat is from 1979. A young Jack Miller signing off from the radio stations for the evening 47 years ago.
One month today, we will hear the sports voice of the Quinte region for the final time.
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The Jack Miller Broadcast and Media Centre, CAA Arena, Belleville (Photo: Alana Cameron/Quinte News
He has been with Quinte Broadcasting for 51 years.
The career in Belleville began as the afternoon drive announcer on CJBQ, before replacing Jack Devine as Sports Director.
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CJ and Jack Miller with Marc Crawford (then Coach of the Colorado Avalanche) with the Stanley Cup at the Memorial Arena in Belleville in 1996.
The career in broadcasting includes more than 3,000 hockey games with the Belleville Bulls (OHL) and the Belleville Senators (AHL) on 800 CJBQ.
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(l-r) Jack Miller, Jim Tatti, and Jim Ralph, The Global Game of the Week team, at Global Studios in Toronto.
He served as Host and then Play-by-Play announcer for the OHL Game of Week on Global Television
H also performed Colour Commentary for the Ottawa Senators and for the national radio feed for the World Junior Hockey Championships.
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Jack Miller with his grandson Mason and granddaughter Courtney during different generations inside the press box at the Yardmen Arena/CAA Arena
He spoke to Sean and Miriam on Mix 97 Tuesday morning about the decision.
Audio PlayerAudio Player“After close to 51-years we’re gonna shutter down on August the 8th. A very bitter sweet moment, one one the hardest decisions I’ve ever made in my life.”
“With your age, I’ve accomplished a lot, my career’s been full. I’ve been very, very fortunate to have the career I’ve had, where I’ve had it. No regrets whatsoever.”
Miller also sat on and chaired dozens of committees and was a City Councillor, leading the polls each time he ran.
He also was the recipient of the Belleville Citizen of the Year award and also won the Howard Caine Award, which was presented to a Canadian broadcaster who rose above and beyond with their commitment to community service and to the broadcasting industry.
CLICK HERE for a report on his 50-years with the company by John Spitters
Miller has announced he is stepping away from the mic for good Friday August 8, 2025.
“It was weird how it worked out. I’d been hired full-time at my hometown radio station in Cornwall and worked full-time there for almost a year but they brought in a new General Manager and I ended up getting fired. Just days afterward, the then Program Director for CJBQ Milt Johnston called me and asked if I was interested in doing the afternoon show. He’d worked in Cornwall previously and knew about my situation. I came to Belleville for an interview and was told I was too young. Then two days later I got a call and I was hired.”
“My priorities were, and are, stability and security. I’ve been a very lucky guy. I’ve done all of the major market broadcasts, I’ve travelled abroad with the World Juniors. I couldn’t believe I was broadcasting in Helsinki Finland. It was an incredible experience. I’ve had lots of big-time experience but I could always come back home to Belleville and back home to stability. I had the major market experience and excitement but I didn’t have the major market headaches.
Audio from CJBQ’s broadcast of the 1998-99 OHL Championship Game 7 in Belleville
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Jack Miller at the now named Highmark Stadium, the home of the Buffalo Bills, for the World Junior game between Team Canada and Team USA in 2018 (With Jon Abbott and Black Price (r)
Jack Miller broadcasting a Belleville Bulls home game during the final 2013-14 season
Jack Miller hosting the OHL Awards at the Hockey Hall of Fame
