Riley Miller

So here is my radio life as I know it, in a nutshell. I grew up a TV Weatherman’s daughter, and decided from a very young age that no matter what, I was going to try to fill those size 14 broadcasting shoes (and trust me I am still trying, two feet at a time).   One million board-opting shifts and a thousand homemade audition tapes later, a crazy program director told this bright-eyed 17 year-old…”okay let’s see what you got kid.” So, late that Sunday night I cracked my first “hot mic,” and I haven’t looked back since.  

I have always been a Central Illinois girl. Living in both Springfield and Decatur and then coming to CU for College. I graduated from the University of Illinois in ‘07 with a BA in Broadcast Journalism. I was lucky enough to be offered a part-time on-air job here at the IRG radio ranch while I was a student… and even luckier to be offered a full-time position when I graduated. I have worked in both Rock and HotAC formats over the years, and while I loved them both… I am a true blue ROCK chick. You can find me ROCKIN out Monday thru Friday on Extra 92.1 from 9-2pm.

True rock radio lovers are just about the most down to earth cool people you will ever meet; they just accept you for you.    And that is exactly what I need, because what you hear with me is what you get. I am the girl who can fall out of a chair for no real reason…literally one minute in it…the next minute out of it. I’m random, I’m real, I’m strange… but I just prefer eclectic.

When people ask me why I love radio so much, I say “because I LOVE music and I love people.” Radio is the last free thing we have in this free world, and the listeners have their fancy mp3 players and a million of their favorite CDs, but I think people liked to feel connected with their community, and radio does that!   

But back to this whole Weatherman’s daughter thing…I should probably tell you a little about where I came from. I was born an only child in Springfield and later moved to Decatur. My dad, who I lovingly refer to as Big Bob, has been in broadcasting for 40 plus years now. He got his start in radio play-by-play work up north and has bounced back and forth between radio and TV for his entire career. I have seen him master both, and I have to say he is his happiest doing radio… I truly believe it was his calling from birth. As for my mother, Little Sandy, she went from stay home mom to 6^th grade teacher. She has been teaching for about 20 years now, and like a fine wine, only gets better with age.

I love Champaign-Urbana… its culture, its sense of community, its people…and I hope to not only build a career here, but a life and family as well.