July 13, 2011
Miller has been with WBAL for 32 years, 21 years as the stations News Director. WBAL Vice President and General Manager Ed Kiernan sent the following memo to the WBAL staff to announce the change: "Mark started as an editor/producer, and then was a reporter for ten years. For the last 21 years, he has overseen the news operation. Being the news director at a station like WBAL can be all consuming if you?re going to do it well. Mark let me know that at this point in his life, he wants to take on new challenges and write a new chapter to his life. Most importantly, he wants a new career that will allow him to have a more ?normal? life that better suits his family circumstances with his wife and four-year-old daughter."
Kiernan went on to say "As a reporter, Mark won two Maryland State Bar Association gavel awards. He won the Silver Gavel from the American Bar Association. Twice in the 80s he was recognized by UPI for Outstanding Individual Achievement in Radio. Under his leadership, the accomplishments of the WBAL News Department speak for themselves. In 1993, WBAL Radio?s reporting on the fall of Baltimore Comptroller Jackie McLean earned it the Award of Excellence from the Associated Press Broadcasters. That award is the highest broadcast honor handed out nationally by the Associated Press. In June 2000, the WBAL News Department won the New York Festival Grand Award, topping more than 1,300 contestants from 37 countries."
"But mostly, I am proud of the 21 National Edward R. Murrow Awards earned by the news department during Mark?s tenure. Ten different members of our staff have won National Murrows in that time, in seven different categories. And three times, WBAL News earned the Overall Excellence Murrow as the best large market news operation in the country. 1090AM/WBAL Radio is Maryland?s most important and influential radio station thanks to the efforts of Mark Miller. He is my friend and I will miss him dearly."
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