Jack Miller is a Canadian sportscaster and

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born and raised in

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. Miller was hired by

CJBQ CJBQ is a Canadian radio station licensed at Belleville, Ontario. It is owned by Quinte Broadcasting along with CIGL-FM and CJTN-FM. CJBQ broadcasts at 800 kHz at a power of 10 kW. The transmitter is located in Prince Edward County. The ...

-AM in

Belleville, Ontario Belleville is a city in Ontario, Canada situated on the eastern end of Lake Ontario, located at the mouth of the Moira River and on the Bay of Quinte. Belleville is between Ottawa and Toronto, along the Quebec City-Windsor Corridor. Its populat ...

as the afternoon drive announcer 1974, working alongside

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. He took over the sports director position in 1979 and became the play-by-play voice of the

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in 1981 and has remained in those positions ever since. Miller also hosted the "OHL game of the week" on the Global Television Network until it was sold to CFMT. Miller has also worked for

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as a play-by-play announcer for Canadian Hockey League Broadcasts in the late 1990s and early 2000s. Miller was the back up colour commentator and play-by-play voice for the

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radio network during the late 1990s and early 2000s. Miller also served as the colour commentator and intermission host of Hockey Canada's broadcast IIHF under 20 ( World Junior Hockey Tournament) on the FAN radio Network which was heard on the networks flagship station the FAN590, Miller's home station 800 CJBQ-AM in Belleville, and numerous other stations across the country, until the broadcast rights switched to the TSN Radio Networks. On these broadcasts, Miller worked with

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. In November 2006, Miller was elected to Belleville City Council. He had previously served as a member of the Belleville Police Services Board.

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