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WSYR: Known for 'Baron Daemon' and 'Good News,' Syracuse TV icon Mike Price dies at age 87
WSYR - Known for ‘Baron Daemon’ and ‘Good News,’ Syracuse TV icon Mike Price dies at age 87
by: Andrew Donovan, Tim Fox
Posted: May 8, 2025 / 01:07 PM EDT
Updated: May 8, 2025 / 01:07 PM EDT
SYRACUSE, N.Y. (WSYR-TV) — Mike Price, an icon of Central New York broadcasting, has died at the age of 87.
Price retired from NewsChannel 9 on July 9, 2008, after a 46-year career at WNYS-TV/WIXT-TV/WSYR-TV.
Mike Price joined Syracuse’s “Colorful Channel 9,” then WNYS-TV, as a staff announcer on September 2, 1962, a week before the station signed on for the first time.
Only a few months into his tenure, he debuted the character of Baron Daemon, which would define him for the rest of his life.
The bumbling vampire launched as host of late-night movies on the weekends, but parents complained their children wouldn’t go to bed for fear of missing the fun. The station quickly added an afternoon kids show, “The Baron and his Buddies.”
“Baron and His Buddies” was a cartoon show on weekday afternoons that aired from 1962 until 1967
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by: Andrew Donovan, Tim Fox
Posted: May 8, 2025 / 01:07 PM EDT
Updated: May 8, 2025 / 01:07 PM EDT
SYRACUSE, N.Y. (WSYR-TV) — Mike Price, an icon of Central New York broadcasting, has died at the age of 87.
Price retired from NewsChannel 9 on July 9, 2008, after a 46-year career at WNYS-TV/WIXT-TV/WSYR-TV.
Mike Price joined Syracuse’s “Colorful Channel 9,” then WNYS-TV, as a staff announcer on September 2, 1962, a week before the station signed on for the first time.
Only a few months into his tenure, he debuted the character of Baron Daemon, which would define him for the rest of his life.
The bumbling vampire launched as host of late-night movies on the weekends, but parents complained their children wouldn’t go to bed for fear of missing the fun. The station quickly added an afternoon kids show, “The Baron and his Buddies.”
“Baron and His Buddies” was a cartoon show on weekday afternoons that aired from 1962 until 1967
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