From 1969 until 1986, Hedinger was a WSYR television news weatherman, news anchor, and Bowling for Dollars host in Syracuse, New York. He worked at WFTV Channel 9, the ABC television affiliate in Orlando from 1986 until 1989. Hedinger then spent time as an anchor for WTVF NewsChannel 5, the CBS affiliate in Nashville, before returning to Orlando in 1993. He then worked as an anchor at the Orlando affiliate of The CW television network, WKCF Channel 18, for the 10 o'clock news prior to moving on to radio for iHeartMedia's WFLA 102.5FM and WFLA 540AM Orlando simulcast. He retired on November 10, 2023.
Hedinger liked to give credit to the Bush 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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^Orlando Sentinel Bud Hedinger's birthday ref at Orlando Sentinel, 1/23/97
^"John Hedinger Plans To Wed". The Sunday News. Ridgewood, New Jersey. May 21, 1972. Retrieved September 1, 2021 – via Newspapers.com. 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.[dead link]
