Former P.D and G.M. for WQYK, Jay Miller has passed away from Kidney Cancer.
Jay died on Saturday morning, November 15th.
Jay died on Saturday morning, November 15th.
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Man This Sucks !!
The Wrong Ones Keep Dying !!
Services Will Be Held This Thursday At Tuner Funeral Home In Spring Hill From 12-2PM. Burial To Follow.
The Wrong Ones Keep Dying !!
Services Will Be Held This Thursday At Tuner Funeral Home In Spring Hill From 12-2PM. Burial To Follow.
Right you are, Braden. Jay was a great guy.
It was Friday, December 9, 1988.
I was looking for a part-time job and called Jay Miller the Program Director at WQYK. We had never met, I'd never sent him a T&R... he said he knew of my work at WPLP and WFLA and that was good enough for him. That night at midnight, I was working for Infinity Broadcasting and standing in front of the mic at 99.5 WQYK.
Jay was the kind of boss you'd always want. He'd smack you on the back of the head when you needed it, and he wasn't afraid to pat you on the back when you deserved it.
His aircheck sessions (yeah, he actually too the time to do them!) were fair, constructive and instructional... and I always left motivated.
When Infinity promoted him to GM, he named Tom Rivers as PD and between the two of them, they built an amazing machine... both on, and especially off the air. Jay and Tom (along with Jay Roberts) created the "Discover Today's Country Music" concept for WQYK at exactly the right time. Garth, Clint, Reba, George Strait were cranking out the hits and QYK as right there welcoming new listeners to country music at the time that pop music was changing and pushing away older listeners.
During the early 90's, WQYK went from being an also ran in the ratings to a market leader and a respected force in Nashville... both positions they still hold today.
He got out of the business at the right time and was still young enough to enjoy everything that he had worked so hard for.
And yeah you're right Braden... reading of Jay's passing does suck.
I was looking for a part-time job and called Jay Miller the Program Director at WQYK. We had never met, I'd never sent him a T&R... he said he knew of my work at WPLP and WFLA and that was good enough for him. That night at midnight, I was working for Infinity Broadcasting and standing in front of the mic at 99.5 WQYK.
Jay was the kind of boss you'd always want. He'd smack you on the back of the head when you needed it, and he wasn't afraid to pat you on the back when you deserved it.
His aircheck sessions (yeah, he actually too the time to do them!) were fair, constructive and instructional... and I always left motivated.
When Infinity promoted him to GM, he named Tom Rivers as PD and between the two of them, they built an amazing machine... both on, and especially off the air. Jay and Tom (along with Jay Roberts) created the "Discover Today's Country Music" concept for WQYK at exactly the right time. Garth, Clint, Reba, George Strait were cranking out the hits and QYK as right there welcoming new listeners to country music at the time that pop music was changing and pushing away older listeners.
During the early 90's, WQYK went from being an also ran in the ratings to a market leader and a respected force in Nashville... both positions they still hold today.
He got out of the business at the right time and was still young enough to enjoy everything that he had worked so hard for.
And yeah you're right Braden... reading of Jay's passing does suck.
I met Jay in 1980, when I took over the old WYND in Sarasota, and Dave Allison and I put the Music of
Your life format on 1280 ... Jay was our morning man, it was his first venture into radio...and he did a great
job for us. Jay was one of the real good guys in this business, and he will indeed be missed.
Your life format on 1280 ... Jay was our morning man, it was his first venture into radio...and he did a great
job for us. Jay was one of the real good guys in this business, and he will indeed be missed.
Jay was good, real people. Sad to see the names Rivers and Miller become history in our lifetimes. God smile on you, Jay.
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