On Thursday, the Los Angeles Kings and FSN West announced that Kings television broadcasters Bob Miller and Jim Fox have been signed to new contracts.

Miller enters his 34th season as the “Voice of the Kings,” simulcasting on radio and television for the first seventeen years, the last sixteen exclusively on television.

Miller was the recipient of the Foster Hewitt Memorial Award on November 13, 2000, earning him induction into the Hockey Hall of Fame. He will receive a star on the Hollywood Walk Of Fame on October 2, 2006.

On January 31, 1998, Miller was honored by the Kings for twenty-five years of service to the organization, and then-Kings President (now Kings Governor) Tim Leiweke stated that Miller had a lifetime contract—that the television play-by-play job was his for as long as he wanted the job.

Fox, a former Kings’ winger who is seventh on their all-time scoring list, enters his seventeenth season as the television color commentator. On February 11, 2006, Fox was honored by the Kings for his twenty-five years of service to the team, both on and off the ice.

“Both Bob and Jim are true leaders in their field and key members of the Kings family,” said Kings President, Business Operations Shawn Hunter. “They have combined for sixty years of service with our organization and are much more than just familiar voices for our fans—in a lot of ways, they are synonymous with our club.”

“To have them represent us on the air and in the community is tremendous for our hockey club and our fans.”

Gann Matsuda, who has been writing about the Kings since 1986, is the News Editor for Kingshockey.com.
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