Sharon Dahlonega Bush

Sharon Raiford Bush

Sharon Dahlonega Raiford Bush at Yamashiro Hollywood on December 7, 2013
Born Sharon Daisy Raiford
(1952-02-29) February 29, 1952
Greensboro, North Carolina, U.S.
Other names Sharon Crews
Spouse(s) Grand L. Bush (m. 1994)

Sharon Dahlonega Bush (born Sharon Daisy Raiford; February 29, 1952) is an American television newscaster and print journalist.[1] She was born in Greensboro, North Carolina, and resides in Los Angeles, California.

Education

Bush studied philosophy at North Carolina A&T State University. She later studied at the University of Detroit, the US Naval Air Technical Training Command and Georgia State University at Atlanta.[2][3]

Career

Bush became American television's first African-American female weather anchor of primetime news in 1975 at WGPR-TV, the world's first black-owned-and-operated television station.[4][5]

Sharon Crews (as she was then known) later anchored news and weather at CBS and NBC network affiliates[6] in North Carolina and Tennessee, respectively, before becoming an Atlanta, Georgia, correspondent and executive producer for Black Entertainment Television.[7]

Bush worked as a morning news anchor at an ABC affiliate in High Point, North Carolina, then licensed as WGHP-TV.[4] She was an executive producer of the 1985 National Blues Music Awards.[8]

Personal life

Bush is married to Grand L. Bush.[9]

References

  1. ↑ "Additions Made To Newswatch 3 Staff" The Commercial Appeal, February 3, 1981.
  2. ↑ "Anchoring the News”, Memphis Tri-State Defender, September 7, 1984.
  3. ↑ "Sharon Crews enjoys her job”, The Commercial Appeal, December 27, 1983.
  4. 1 2 TV Week, Greensboro Daily News, December 12, 1976.
  5. ↑ In The Beginning..., thescenedetroit.com; retrieved March 9, 2007.
  6. ↑ "Computer age puts handle on forecasting”, The Commercial Appeal, April 5, 1981.
  7. ↑ "Greensboro Native Promoted to National Correspondent”, Carolina Peacemaker, December 20, 1990.
  8. ↑ "The Tunes That Shaped American Music — They Call It The Blues”, Cash Box, Volume XLIX, February 1986.
  9. ↑ Grand L. Bush profile, imdb.com; retrieved March 10, 2007.
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