Editing Jon Miller (section)

===Early work===
After graduating from [[Hayward High School (California)|Hayward High School]] in 1969, Miller took broadcasting classes at the [[College of San Mateo]].<ref name="Jenkins2010"/> He began his broadcasting career at the college's FM radio station ([[KCSM (FM)|KCSM-FM]]) and UHF/PBS TV station ([[KPJK|KCSM-TV]]), which reached much of the Bay Area. His first baseball broadcasts were from CSM games.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.smdailyjournal.com/articles/lnews/2014-11-03/the-golden-years-of-broadcast-kcsm-marks-50th-anniversary-as-sale-of-tv-station-draws-near/1776425132658.html |title=The golden years of broadcast: KCSM marks 50th anniversary as sale of TV station draws near |first=Dave |last=Newlands |date=November 3, 2014 |work=San Mateo Daily Journal |access-date=October 18, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160725155453/http://www.smdailyjournal.com/articles/lnews/2014-11-03/the-golden-years-of-broadcast-kcsm-marks-50th-anniversary-as-sale-of-tv-station-draws-near/1776425132658.html |archive-date=July 25, 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref> At age 20, Miller joined [[KEMO-TV|KFTY-TV]] in [[Santa Rosa, California|Santa Rosa]] to work as their sports director.<ref>{{YouTube|yNvw2GzDF_w|KFTY newscast from 1972 featuring a young Jon Miller}}</ref> During this period, he would sit in the press box at Candlestick Park and record play-by-play of an entire game on his tape recorder. Miller submitted one of these tapes to broadcaster [[Monte Moore]], who helped Miller get his first baseball play-by play job in 1974, calling that year's [[1974 World Series|World Series]] champion [[Oakland Athletics]].<ref name="sports.espn.go.com">{{cite news |url=https://www.espn.com/mlb/hof10/news/story?id=4877543 |title=Miller wins Ford C. Frick Award |date=February 1, 2010 |work=ESPN.com}}</ref> Miller was dismissed by the Athletics following the 1974 season.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://blog.sfgate.com/thebigevent/2012/07/13/jon-millers-tough-rookie-year-with-1974-photo/ |title=Jon Miller's tough rookie year (with 1974 photo!) |first=Peter |last=Hartlaub |date=July 13, 2012 |work=San Francisco Chronicle}}</ref>

For a brief period in the 1970s, Miller broadcast for the [[California Golden Seals]] of the [[National Hockey League]]. He also spent the early part of his career announcing [[San Francisco Dons men's basketball|San Francisco Dons]] and [[Pacific Tigers men's basketball|Pacific Tigers]] men's [[college basketball]] (1976&ndash;1980), the [[Golden State Warriors]] (part-time, 1979&ndash;1982) and [[Washington Bullets]] (part-time, 1984&ndash;1985) of the [[National Basketball Association|NBA]], and the original [[San Jose Earthquakes (NASL)|San Jose Earthquakes]] of the [[North American Soccer League (1968–1984)|North American Soccer League]]. Jon Miller's first network exposure came in 1976, when he was selected by [[CBS]]-TV to broadcast the NASL Championship Game. From 1974 to 1976, Miller did play-by-play for the [[Washington Diplomats]] of the NASL. He also announced the ''Soccer Game of the Week'' for nationally syndicated [[TVS Television Network|TVS]] from 1977 to 1978.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.itsabouttv.com/2011/06/jon-miller-then-and-now.html |title= Jon Miller, then and now |publisher=It's About TV |first=Mitchell |last=Hadley |date=June 23, 2011}}</ref>

Miller was hired by the [[Texas Rangers (baseball)|Texas Rangers]] shortly before the 1978 season to replace the ill [[Dick Risenhoover]] after the Rangers were unable to lure [[Fred White (sportscaster)|Fred White]] from Kansas City.<ref name="dfw">{{cite news |url=http://sportsday.dallasnews.com/texas-rangers/rangersheadlines/2010/06/01/Hot-Air-Lure-of-7366 |title=Hot Air: Lure of 'baseball town' took broadcaster Jon Miller away from Rangers |date=June 1, 2010 |work=The Dallas Morning News}}</ref> After two seasons with Texas ([[1978 Texas Rangers season|1978]]&ndash;[[1979 Texas Rangers season|79]]), he was hired by the [[Boston Red Sox]] ([[1980 Boston Red Sox season|1980]]&ndash;[[1982 Boston Red Sox season|82]]). "The lure of doing baseball in Boston was too much to pass up," Miller recalled.<ref name="dfw"/>