Mike Cejka

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Mike Cejka (pronounced ˈsaɪkʌ, born in New Bedford, Massachusetts) has been a broadcast meteorologist for WIVB TV-4, News 4 Buffalo, since January 1983. This makes him the longest standing on-air meteorologist in the Buffalo television market[citation needed]

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[edit] Career

A 1977 graduate of Saint Anthony High School, New Bedford, Massachusetts and a 1981 graduate of Lyndon State College in Lyndonville, Vermont, Cejka holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Meteorology. Before joining News 4, the CBS affiliate in Buffalo, New York, he was employed by WABI-TV (CBS), WABI-AM and WBGW-FM, all in Bangor, Maine. He has appeared on all newscasts aired on WIVB at various times, and is the weekday dayshift meteorologist, which includes the top rated Wake Up show and News 4 Noon. Cejka was also temporarily assigned to the station's 5:00 PM newscast for several months at the time of its inception. In addition to wrangling with the challenging Western New York weather for News 4, he also provides weather forecast services to several radio stations including, KISS 98.5 Buffalo, 106.9 KISS FM, Newsradio 1490, Bradford, PA, 100.1 The Hero, 96 KIX and 1410 WDOE.

He has been instrumental in coordinating a network of 100+ Automated Weather Source/WeatherBug remote monitoring weather stations, within the Buffalo TV market, which report instantaneous weather data to WIVB and to the public via the Internet.[citation needed]

[edit] Trivia

Cejka had a weather teletype as early as high school and participated in science fairs at MIT, Cambridge, Massachusetts. In addition to attending Roman Catholic church, he is of Czechoslovakian, Austrian and Polish heritage. Cejka is married, has four children, and resides in suburban Buffalo, New York. He enjoys his two Golden Retrievers, being outdoors, gardening and cooking in his spare time.

[edit] Awards

Cejka is a full member of the American Meteorological Society, headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts, has served as Vice President of the Western New York chapter of the AMS and obtained the AMS TV Seal of Approval in 1985. He has been honored with several community service awards which include recognition of his contributions to the Amherst Museum, Amherst, New York, where he established many heirloom gardens corresponding to the museum's collection of 19th Century buildings. He has made numerous public appearances, participating in career fairs, school science fairs and various community events.

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