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Sharon Raiford Bush
Sharon Dahlonega Raiford Bush at Yamashiro Hollywood on December 7, 2013
Born

Sharon Daisy Raiford


Other namesSharon Crews
Spouse

(m. 1994)

Sharon Dahlonega Bush (born Sharon Daisy Raiford) is an American television newscaster and print journalist.[1] She was born in Greensboro, North Carolina, and resides in Los Angeles, California. She was an executive producer of the 1985 National Blues Music Awards.

Education

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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 UniversityatAtlanta.[2][3]

Career

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Bush became American television's first African-American female weather anchorofprimetime 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]inNorth 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 WGHP-TV, the then-ABC affiliate in High Point, North Carolina.[4] She was an executive producer of the 1985 National Blues Music Awards.[8]

Personal life

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

References

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  1. ^ "Additions Made To Newswatch 3 Staff" The Commercial Appeal, February 3, 1981.
  • ^ "Anchoring the News", Memphis Tri-State Defender, September 7, 1984.
  • ^ Knott, John (January 16, 1983). "Sharon Crews enjoys her job". The Commercial Appeal. Memphis, Tennessee. p. TV This Week 30. Retrieved January 24, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  • ^ a b TV Week, Greensboro Daily News, December 12, 1976.
  • ^ "In The Beginning..." thescenedetroit.com. Archived from the original on July 14, 2007. Retrieved March 9, 2007.
  • ^ Knott, John (April 5, 1981). "Computer age puts handle on forecasting". The Commercial Appeal. Memphis, Tennessee. p. TV This Week 16. Retrieved January 24, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  • ^ "Greensboro Native Promoted to National Correspondent", Carolina Peacemaker, December 20, 1990.
  • ^ "The Tunes That Shaped American Music — They Call It The Blues", Cash Box, Volume XLIX, February 1986.
  • ^ Grand L. Bush profile, imdb.com; retrieved March 10, 2007.

  • Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sharon_Dahlonega_Bush&oldid=1207535672"

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