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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Ruth Whitfield will be laid to rest on Saturday, May 28. She was one of the victims of the May 14 mass shooting in Buffalo, but she’ll be remembered by her loved ones as a devoted and caring wife, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother.
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A felony hearing for the accused gunman in the racially motivated Tops Market massacre was held Thursday morning in Buffalo City Court but was quickly adjourned after it was revealed a grand jury had already handed up an indictment.
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The Tops Markets on Jefferson Avenue remains closed as the company – and the community – continue to grapple with the pain of last weekend’s mass shooting. While the community has rallied to provide food and other donations in the interim, the shutdown shines a light on the challenge to acquire healthy food in many East Side neighborhoods.
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The family of Ruth Whitfield, one of Saturday’s mass shooting victims, has retained a nationally-known civil rights attorney to represent them in future civil action. Ben Crump, who also represents the families of Breonna Taylor and George Floyd in their respective cases, is leading a legal team that includes local attorneys Terry Connors and Ken Abbarno. They appeared in Buffalo Monday to discuss what investigators say was a racially-motivated hate crime.
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More detailed plans have yet to be put in place, but local government and community leaders were celebrating Friday the $1 billion set aside in the New York State budget to redesign the Kensington Expressway. Leaders referred to it as a “transformational” investment that would reconnect a neighborhood severed by the highway for more than 60 years.
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Officials said Thursday they are now hoping to reopen the USS The Sullivans in time for Memorial Day weekend.
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The Vive Shelter, which has served an estimated 100,000 asylum seekers for nearly 40 years, will move later this year into a new space. Jericho Road Community Health Center, which has overseen the shelter since 2015, has acquired the former Bristol Home assisted living center at 1500 Main Street in Buffalo for $2,050,000, according to the organization.
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A free youth soccer program is again up and kicking in Western New York, providing children in underserved neighborhoods a chance to learn the world’s most popular sport, while also encouraging good school work and inspiring healthy lifestyle choices. Soccer For Success even served as a means to help some of Buffalo’s New Americans to settle in their new home.
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Erie County lawmakers on Thursday heard directly from the county executive and a representative of the Buffalo Bills about the Memorandum of Understanding for the deal to build a new stadium for the pro football franchise. Legislators are being asked to approve the MOU, so that final negotiations may be completed to move the project forward.
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Motorists in Erie County will soon enjoy some temporary savings at the gas pump. County legislators on Thursday voted unanimously to approve a temporary sales tax cap of $2 on gas purchases. The temporary cap takes effect June 1 and will continue through Feb. 2023.