Mike joined Fox 4 in March of 2009, and has found his new home an amazing place to live. "I am constantly surprised just how rich our area is in history and culture. I have lived a lot of places over the last few years, and I have never fallen in love with an area as quickly as I have here."

Mike began his career in broadcasting at an upstart Contemporary Christian music station, WCQR while attending college at East Tennessee State University, in his hometown of Johnson City.

"WCQR is the only station in history to be chosen to be the Dove Station of the Year three years in a row. Unfortunately, those three years were the first three years AFTER I left. I try not to take it personal!"

After six years in radio and just over a decade working simultaneously as a full-time youth minister, Mike switched gears and moved to New York City. While in the city, he worked as a contract producer at MSNBC, as a voice over artist, and wrote and directed several projects including a music video for one of the most popular acts in Contemporary Christian Music, FFH.

Mike rediscovered his love of news as a child in East Tennessee. "When I was a kid, my TV time was strictly limited to two hours a day. However, I discovered a loop-hole when my Mom said that the news didn't count. Thank goodness we didn't have cable, or I would have been glued to CNN when Magnum PI or the A Team wasn't on." Mike moved back to the tri-cites to work at WCYB in Bristol, VA where he was a producer and photographer, and found that telling the story was his calling.

Previous to coming to KBTV, Mike anchored DAYBREAK at WHSV in Harrisonburg, VA. Durning that time DAYBREAK became one of the top ten most watched morning news shows in the nation. "Our weatherman is very entertaining."

Mike now loves calling Beaumont home. In his free time you will find him using the free internet wherever he can find it or out taking pictures with one his several antique cameras.