Sports Radio Host Broadcasts From Hospital Room
If you’ve tuned into the “Miller and Moulton” sports radio show recently, you probably didn’t hear anything different besides the normal four hours of witty sports banter. But while the pair has been broadcasting from separate locations for years, Mark Miller was sitting somewhere he has never done a show from: a hospital room.
Miller underwent a bone marrow transplant at Moffitt Cancer Center on Feb. 6. Transplants come with long hospital stays, so Miller came prepared.
“I didn’t know if I would be able to pull it off or if the nurses would even let me, but I brought my equipment just in case,” Miller said.
Not only did Miller’s care team allow him to broadcast from his room, he says they encouraged it. Nurses do their best to take vitals and administer medications prior to the show’s 6 a.m. start time and after it ends at 10 a.m. If there is a need that can’t wait, Miller pushes mute and his co-host David Moulton solo hosts until Miller is back. Miller believes he is the first patient ever to host a radio broadcast while undergoing chemotherapy.
Quick update from Moffitt. Received permission to work in the morning! #SuperBowl #StadiumSeries #GoBolts #FuckCancer pic.twitter.com/2HAnHoZpTF
— Mark Miller (@ThatMarkMiller) February 1, 2026
“The show is a lifesaver, it truly is,” he said. “You get bored quickly here, so I don’t know what I would do.”
Scary Diagnosis
After Miller hurt his back in the summer of 2025, an MRI uncovered some abnormal bone marrow issues. More testing revealed an extremely high white blood cell count and led to the surprising diagnosis of chronic neutrophilic leukemia, a rare and aggressive blood cancer.
“The diagnosis was scary,” Miller said. “ChatGPT can be a lot of fun until you start looking up cancer diagnoses. I thought it was game over.”
But his care team at Moffitt gave him a more realistic outlook.
“I thought this was a death sentence, but then I found out what the odds are, and they are actually pretty good with a transplant,” he said.
Miller began treatment with two different drugs with the goal of reaching transplant. He responded well, and after a six week wait, he was matched with an unrelated bone marrow donor.
His wife and 11-year-old daughter stayed at home in Fort Myers while Miller checked in for a weeks-long stay at Moffitt for this transplant. In his suitcase were his headphones, microphone and computer monitors.
‘On Our Way’
Since their show launched in 2006, Miller and Moulton have built a strong relationship with their listeners. The show is broadcasted in several cities and listeners across the country can tune in on multiple streaming services. When it came to his diagnosis and treatment, Miller knew he couldn’t keep it a secret.
“I let the audience know before I came what was going on. I wasn’t going to potentially miss the show for three weeks and not explain to my audience of 20 years why I wasn’t there,” he said. “The audience has been incredibly supportive and overwhelming in a good way.”
Miller has even connected with a listener whose son is about to undergo a transplant. He has been answering questions and sharing his experience with the hopes of making things a little easier for the family.
Over a week since he received his donor cells, Miller says he’s surprised how well he feels. His wife and daughter were able to visit on the weekend, and he has missed only one radio show since he checked into the hospital.
“We are just getting started and there is a long way to go before we get through this, but if everything goes the way the first 11 days did, we are on our way,” Miller said.
Miller will continue broadcasting from the Hope Lodge once he is discharged from the hospital.
Once he is discharged from the hospital, he has to remain in Tampa for a few months. He will stay at the American Cancer Society’s Richard M. Schulze Family Foundation Hope Lodge next to Moffitt. He has already received the OK from the lodge to continue broadcasting there.
He is aiming to return home on May 2, 86 days post-transplant and his daughter’s 12th birthday. In the meantime, Miller says he will continue to lean on his radio community for support.
“The show has been great therapy for me. People ask why I am so positive. Well I don’t know what other choice I have.”
