Rene Miller back on radio at Smooth Jazz 101.1 (WJZA-FM)

Miller starts today at WJZA-FM as program director and afternoon host from 3 to 7 p.m.

She had previously worked at WAOK/AM 1380, Jazz Flavors 104.1 and Smooth Jazz 107.5.

“Jazz is still a viable format,” Miller said, “which is evident by the number of sold-out concerts, venues and international festivals we see. Atlanta is too large not to have a commercial jazz station. I am pleased Davis Broadcasting had the forward thinking vision to bring it back to the Atlanta market.”

Miller has also been a mid-day lottery host for the Georgia Lottery Corp., seen daily on WSB-TV for the past quarter century.

The smooth jazz station, on a modest translator signal mostly inside the Perimeter, launched last October and is owned by Davis Broadcasting.

The station now has live jocks from 3 a.m. to midnight.

"We're delighted to have her on board," said Greg Davis, who owns Davis Broadcasting. He hopes to make this a viable station and make sure the jocks are active in the community.

Davis owns six radio stations in Columbus and three other ones in Atlanta: La Raza 102.3 and 100.1 and Mega 96.5, both playing Hispanic music.