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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It remains to be seen how exactly the first opioid settlement dollars will be divided among programs in Western New York. But the initial payments by big pharma, announced this week by State Attorney General Letitia James, are seen as a critical step towards restoring lives ruined by the highly addictive drugs. WBFO spoke to a Western New Yorker who was just one of many who became caught up in the opioid epidemic.
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A focused effort is underway to save a cherished vintage naval ship, one of the most popular attractions at Buffalo and Erie County Naval and Military Park, which began taking on water overnight and continued listing Thursday morning.
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COVID hasn’t entirely gone away. But as the public grows weary of COVID this and COVID that, public health officials and physicians hold on to many lessons they believe will serve them well when the next major health emergency arises.
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While the Hochul Administration is touting increased financial commitments to clean energy and climate preservation in the new state budget, at least one environmental advocacy group says the spending plan offers mixed results. Among the disappointments, legislation that would phase out fossil fuel heating sources in new construction was left out.
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State Republican leaders are welcoming a judge’s ruling that the new congressional and legislative maps drawn up by the Democratic-led legislature are unconstitutional.
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When it was announced Monday that an agreement had been reached to build a new stadium for the Buffalo Bills, remarks made by one local leader raised the eyebrows of fans of a different kind of football.
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When the Buffalo Bisons begin their 2022 International League season April 5, it will be the first time in three years that the minor league baseball team has hosted a season opener in April. Buffalo’s 2020 season, along with all of minor league baseball, was canceled due to the COVID pandemic. In 2021, to allow their Major League affiliate club Toronto Blue Jays to borrow Sahlen Field for their own home games, the Bisons played a significant chunk of their own season at “home” in Trenton, NJ.
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New York State, Erie County and the Buffalo Bills have reached an agreement on a $1.4 billion stadium deal that will keep the team in Western New York for 30 years and be the largest-ever taxpayer contribution to an NFL stadium.
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State lawmakers have increased spending for upstate public transit systems in their respective one-house budgets. Now they’re hoping Gov. Kathy Hochul will support including it in the final budget, which is due next Friday. Legislators and public transport advocates stated their case for more money for upstate systems, arguing it should be at the same rate of increase as that for downstate public transit authorities.
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SUNY Buffalo State College announced Thursday morning it had received a "threat against the campus community." In response, officials closed the campus and canceled classes for the remainder of the day, in order to allow University Police to investigate.