Craig Miller (broadcaster)

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Craig "Junior" Miller
Born
Craig Miller

(1965-12-20) December 20, 1965 (age 58)
SpouseNatalie Solis
Career
Show Dunham and Miller Show
Station(s) KTCK 1310 AM Previous Stations KRLD (AM) and KNTU
Time slot5:30-10:00 AM
StyleSports talk, humor
CountryUnited States
Website www.theticket.com/Shows/TheMusers/tabid/418/Default.aspx

Craig "Junior" Miller (born December 20, 1965, in Amarillo, Texas) is an American radio personality and member of the Dunham and Miller Show , heard 5:30-10:00 AM on sports radio KTCK 1310 AM [1] in Dallas, Texas. Miller co-hosts the show with long-time friend and college roommate George Dunham, alongside Gordon Keith.

Miller is one of the few remaining original Ticket hosts. Miller has been co-hosting with Dunham on the station since 1994. [2] Miller has been nominated for and received several NAB Marconi Radio Awards throughout his career. [3]

In 2023, Miller, Dunham, and Keith were inducted into the Texas Radio Hall of Fame. [4]

Miller and his cohosts are the highest rated morning radio program in the Dallas-Fort Worth market. [5]

Miller is an avid runner and cyclist [6] and often competes in competitive cycling events and marathons.

Miller is an accomplished Actor who was part of the team that won a Primetime Emmy Award for their work on "The Jessie Owens Story", a 1984 TV Movie which is a biopic of the four-time Olympic gold medalist Jesse Owens. [7]

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The Dunham and Miller Show is a morning drive-time radio show on KTCK The Ticket, broadcast in the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex. The show, active since 1994, airs from 5:30 am to 10:00 am on weekday mornings. The Dunham and Miller Show features George Dunham and Craig Miller as the two primary sports hosts, along with Gordon Keith, who adds cultural and comedic commentary. The three hosts are collectively referred to as the Musers, and two of them have been called comic geniuses by Hector Saldana of the San Antonio Express-News. The show has been nominated for the prestigious Marconi Award on seven separate occasions. This seventh time they won the Marconi for Major Market Personality's of the Year 2021. They also have received the Dallas Observer's Best Local Sports Radio Show award for 2011.

References

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  2. Simek, Peter. "20 Years of The Ticket Radio". D Magazine. D Magazine. Retrieved 1 November 2016.
  3. Dempsey, John Mark. "“We Talk about Life”—KTCK, The Ticket, and the Influence of Guy Talk on Sports-Talk Radio." Journal of Radio & Audio Media 15.2 (2008): 184-196.
  4. {{cite web[https://barrettsportsmedia.com/2023/11/06/the-musers-inducted-into-texas-radio-hall-of-fame/}}
  5. Horn, Barry (27 October 2016). "DFW Sports Radio Ratings Revealed". Sports Day DFW. Dallas Morning News. Retrieved 1 November 2016.
  6. Delozier, Lauren (16 October 2014). "How Craig Miller Works Out in 20 Minutes". D Magazine. D Magazine. Retrieved 1 November 2016.
  7. The Jesse Owens Story - IMDb , retrieved 2021-10-28