Hill started his broadcasting career in college, after a professor referred him to the general manager at
KINE in Kingsville, Texas following a prank to get out of biology class. There, he was a disc jockey and talk show host. When he was selected by the Chargers, the station which carried them, KCST (now
KNSD), wanted to be closer to Hill. Thus, his football number with the Chargers was 39, a reference to the
channel number, and he hosted the music show ''Mr. 39's Talent Night
, a program similar to American Bandstand'', as well as sports reporting. He later moved on to
KGTV, before moving to Green Bay. During his first season as a
Green Bay Packers player in 1972, Hill contributed to the Monday and Tuesday evening newscasts of Green Bay station
WBAY-TV; as the primary affiliate of the CBS-TV Network in Green Bay at the time, WBAY-TV carried most Packers games during the 1970s. After retiring from the NFL, Hill started in 1976 at
KCBS-TV (then KNXT) in Los Angeles, where he was a sports anchor for 11 years. Hill began on the
NFL on CBS in 1980 as an analyst. But in 1984, 1985, and 1992–93, he was the play-by-play announcer on selected games. He also served as Sideline Reporter for
CBS Sports's coverage of
Super Bowl XVIII (1984). He left KCBS in 1987, and spent a near five-year stint at rival
KABC-TV, where he anchored the sports segments on its 5, 6, and 11 p.m. editions of
Eyewitness News. He also worked for
ABC Sports's coverage of the
1988 Winter Olympics as a Correspondent in
Calgary and as Sideline Reporter for the
Super Bowl XXII (1988). He returned to KCBS in March 1992, and has remained there since. In addition to KCBS-TV duties, Hill files sports reports for sister station
KCAL-TV. Hill is also one of the hosts for
pay-per-view boxing telecasts produced by the
Showtime cable network. A popular broadcast personality in
Southern California for years, Hill has been active in community activities. He is a member of the Los Angeles
Urban League's board of directors, as well as serving on the board of directors of the Grossman Burn Center in
Sherman Oaks, California. He is a spokesman for the
City of Los Angeles Department of Recreation and Parks and is involved in developing youth outreach and fitness programs. ==Personal life==