Southwest Florida sports broadcaster David Moulton dies of cancer at 59
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The gist
Sports radio host David Moulton, co-host of Miller and Moulton, died at 59 after six years with stage four kidney cancer.
His death ends a 20-year on-air partnership and draws tributes from NFL and college football colleagues.
Background
David Moulton was a veteran sports radio voice in southwest Florida, best known as co-host of "Miller and Moulton" with Mark Miller — a show the pair launched in 2006 on 99.3 ESPN Radio. He also worked as a researcher and spotter for CBS college football broadcasts and for Joe Buck and Troy Aikman at Fox, and was a former ABC-7 sports anchor, the voice of FGCU athletics and a newspaper columnist. He stepped away from his show this past summer to focus on his health as his condition worsened; the week before his death, Buck and Aikman acknowledged him during ESPN's Monday Night Football broadcast.
How it unfolded
- 2006Moulton and Mark Miller launched "Miller and Moulton" on 99.3 ESPN Radio; Moulton also began as a researcher and spotter with CBS's college football crew.
- 2007 -2018Moulton wrote columns for the Naples Daily News and The News-Press.
- 2024Miller and Moulton joined the lineup of the ASJax 24/7 Network.
- recentlyMoulton stepped away from his show to focus on his health as his condition deteriorated; the week before his death, Joe Buck and Troy Aikman acknowledged him on ESPN's Monday Night Football.
- Oct 24, 2026Moulton died at 59 in hospice care at the Douglas Center for Caring after a six-year battle with stage four renal cell cancer, his wife Julie Moulton announced.
- Oct 25, 2026News of his death was reported by Ed Reed of the Fort Myers News-Press, and colleagues posted tributes.
Who’s saying what
- Family
- His wife Julie Moulton said he "never stopped fighting or trying new treatments" through six years of stage four renal cell cancer that spread to his bones two years ago.
- Co-host
- Mark Miller called him "a sports encyclopedia" whose recall of games, players and events was unlike anyone he had come across, and said Moulton was "top billing" despite Miller's name coming first in the show's title.
- Colleagues
- Broadcaster Tim Brando said the death had to be sudden because they had talked just a few weeks earlier, while Brent Martineau noted Moulton lived in Jacksonville and was a big fan of local sports and the industry.
Still unverified
Sources differ on the day of death: Julie Moulton said he died Saturday, Oct. 24, while The Spun reported he passed away on Sunday. Barrett Media also states the family has not yet shared funeral or memorial arrangements, it remains unclear how the show's stations will honor Moulton on air, and Miller has not publicly addressed the show's future without his co-host.