Other names Sharon Crews Role Newscaster | Name Sharon Raiford | |
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Full Name Sharon Daisy Raiford Spouse Grand L. Bush (m. 1994), Donald E. Crews (m. 1968–1993) Children Damian Crews, Stephen Crews Similar Amyre Makupson, Grand L Bush, Diann Burns | ||
Sharon Dahlonega Bush (born Sharon Daisy Raiford; February 29, 1952) is an American television newscaster and print journalist. She was born in Greensboro, North Carolina, and resides in Los Angeles, California.
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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.
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.
Sharon Crews (as she was then known) later anchored news and weather at CBS and NBC network affiliates in North Carolina and Tennessee, respectively, before becoming an Atlanta, Georgia, correspondent and executive producer for Black Entertainment Television.
Bush worked as a morning news anchor at an ABC affiliate in High Point, North Carolina, then licensed as WGHP-TV. She was an executive producer of the 1985 National Blues Music Awards.
Personal life
Bush is married to Grand L. Bush.
