
Michael Mroziak
News ReporterMichael Mroziak is an experienced, award-winning reporter whose career includes work in broadcast and print media. When he joined the WBFO news staff in April 2015, it was a return to both the radio station and to Horizons Plaza.
A 1988 graduate of Grand Island High School and 1992 graduate of Ithaca College, Michael began his broadcasting career with the former WHLD-AM in Niagara Falls/Grand Island and then joined WBEN-AM (1992-2000), after which he worked for the former WNED-AM (2000-2003) and later as a producer for WIVB-TV (2006-2008). After spending a brief period of time in public relations and marketing, Michael returned to news media in September 2010, joining WBFO as a part-time reporter in its final year and a half at the University at Buffalo. After working for two years as the sports editor for the Niagara Gazette (2013 to 2015), Michael rejoined WBFO.
He has also served previously in numerous freelance roles, including the Polish-American newspaper Am-Pol Eagle, several hockey publications and as a voice talent for Whitworth Ferguson Planetarium's original productions. He was honored by the Am-Pol Eagle in 2015 as one of its Citizens of the Year and has earned numerous awards by the New York State Associated Press Association and the New York State Broadcasters Association.
Outside of the newsroom, Michael is a casual sports enthusiast who enjoys pickup hockey on weekend mornings. He has participated since 2019 in the annual 11 Day Power Play Community Shifts, which raises funds for cancer research and related programs. When not following the Buffalo Bills or Buffalo Sabres, his favorite "football" (soccer) teams are English club Lincoln City FC and Polish club KS Cracovia. Michael has also previously provided the voice to local amateur sports teams Buffalo Jr. Sabres (Ontario Junior Hockey League) and Niagara Power collegiate summer league baseball. He's a fan of British comedies. He also proudly prepares the family's homemade Christmas and Easter pierogi each season.
Michael resides in Williamsville with his wife, two daughters, two cats and dog. All of the pets were rescued.
You can email Michael at mmroziak@wbfo.org, or follow him on Twitter at @MrozWBFO.
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For many in the LGBTQ community, the emergence of monkeypox is drawing parallels to another major public health crisis that was first dismissed as a “gay disease,” until heterosexuals began contracting it. Health experts say while the risk remains very low for most people, it’s unwise to dismiss monkeypox as an illness passed exclusively by homosexual contact, or exclusively by any sexual contact.
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While New York State has legalized recreational adult use of marijuana, there are still many regulations and rules that users, growers, and businesses need to know. Guests attending a public forum Thursday at the University at Buffalo heard advice from researchers and business owners about the do's and don’ts of legal pot.
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The age of the accused gunman in May’s Buffalo supermarket mass shooting has renewed conversations and debate about suitable punishment for a defendant of that age. Recent criminal justice reforms and gun control legislation take into consideration human brain development, indicating that young people may be legal adults, but not fully mature.
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The man prosecutors say carried out the racially motivated mass shooting at a Buffalo supermarket in May was in a courtroom Monday morning for his federal arraignment.
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Tops Markets is set to reopen its Jefferson Avenue store Friday morning, just over two months after a racially motivated mass shooting took place there. In the meantime, grassroots efforts are underway in an attempt to convince one of its competitors to consider building an East Buffalo store to help address an existing food desert.
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Buffalo businessman and Congressional candidate Carl Paladino intends to sue Gov. Kathy Hochul and the state Legislature’s Democratic majority over their newly passed gun legislation, he announced Thursday.
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A New York State Supreme Court justice has lifted a temporary restraining order on the City of Buffalo’s emergency demolition of the Great Northern grain elevator.
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Family, friends and colleagues paid their respects and said their goodbyes July 2 to Sara Rogers, a cherished member of the Buffalo music community who was killed tragically in an auto-bicycle collision on June 17. She is remembered as someone whose musical outreach was widespread. But she especially touched the lives of many through her work in musical therapy, especially those of children.
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The man prosecutors say carried out a racially-motivated mass shooting at a Buffalo supermarket last month made his first federal court appearance Thursday.
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Federal charges have been filed against the man accused of carrying out last month’s mass shooting at a Buffalo supermarket.