John Harris Brady "Bud" Hedinger III (born January 23, 1947) is an American

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host in the

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area on station WFLA AM 540 (WFLF).

Biography

Born in

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, he received a bachelor's degree from

Colgate University Colgate University is a private liberal arts college in Hamilton, New York. The college was founded in 1819 as the Baptist Education Society of the State of New York and operated under that name until 1823, when it was renamed Hamilton Theologi ...

and a master's degree from

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."John Hedinger Plans To Wed"
''The Sunday News'' (Ridgewood, New Jersey), May 21, 1972. Accessed September 1, 2021, via

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. "Mrs. Anthony D'Onofrio of this community announces the engagement of her daughter, Lynda Ann, to John H. B. (Bud) Hedinger III, son of Mr. and Mrs. John H. B. Hedinger, Jr. of 16 Rock Road, Glen Rock.... Her fiance graduated from Glen. Rock High School and Colgate University and received his masters degree from Syracuse University." During his time at Colgate Hedinger was a member and assistant leader of the Colgate Thirteen, America's most widely heard and second oldest collegiate

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group. From 1969 until 1986, Hedinger was a WSYR television news weatherman,

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, and

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host in

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. He worked at

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Channel 9, the

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television affiliate in Orlando from 1986 until 1989. Hedinger then spent time as an anchor for

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NewsChannel 5, the

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affiliate in

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, before returning to Orlando in 1993. He then worked as an anchor at the Orlando affiliate of

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television network, WKCF Channel 18, for the 10 o'clock news prior to moving on to his current position in radio for

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's WFLA 102.5FM and WFLA 540AM Orlando simulcast. Hedinger liked to give credit to the

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administration by saying there have been ''x'' number of days since a terrorist attack in the United States. He often opens his shows with an announcer saying, "It's all right, have another Bud," in reference to his name.

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External links

Bud Hedinger Live Podcasts on WFLA-FM 540 website
American talk radio hosts Bowling broadcasters Colgate University alumni Glen Rock High School alumni Radio personalities from Orlando, Florida Television anchors from Orlando, Florida People from Glen Rock, New Jersey Syracuse University alumni Weather presenters 1947 births Living people {{US-radio-bio-stub