Steve Cichon
All Things Considered Host, Senior ReporterSteve Cichon is an award-winning news anchor, reporter, author and historian. He's covered some of the region's biggest stories over the decades — from the Erie County budget crisis, to the crash of Flight 3407. Cichon joined BTPM in December 2025 following several years as a high school English and religion teacher.
Cichon hosts the local edition of All Things Considered on BTPM NPR. He can be heard live on weekdays from 4 p.m.-6 p.m.
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Known across generations of Buffalo radio listeners for sharp opinions and an uproarious laugh, Sandy Beach died at the age of 86. His death was reported by the Buffalo Broadcasters Association, which inducted Beach into its Hall of Fame in 2003. -
The Working Families Party sees a pair of Democratic primary wins as a victory for them. -
Train enthusiasts from all over the world have been descending on Western New York to see the behemoth Big Boy 4014 Union Pacific steam locomotive pull into Buffalo. -
The city of Buffalo has grappled with a string of violence over just the last week, causing concern for residents and community leaders alike. Pastor James Giles believes it's reflective of the nation as a whole. -
Buffalo accounts for 5% of the food collected during the nation’s largest one-day food drive. -
Community healthcare providers around the country are wondering what will happen when the federal 340B prescription drug pricing program as the federal law sundowns. -
Mayor Sean Ryan made fixing Buffalo’s potholes one of the cornerstones of his campaign last year, and Monday morning, the hot patch hit the road in Buffalo for the first time in decades. -
Larry Stitts is investing in Jefferson Avenue through his coffee shop, Golden Cup Coffee, as well as through the Greater Jefferson Avenue Business Association. -
Construction has begun on the Jefferson Avenue Streetscape project. Over the next two years, it's expected that all of Jefferson -- from Main Street to Swan Street -- will have new sidewalks, lighting, curbs and paving. -
They are seemingly everywhere you turn in Western New York; “white elephant” buildings, structures that are historic or beloved but also vacant, underutilized, and in need of substantial financial investment to return to past glory and/or a future use.
