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Sharon Dahlonega Bush

Sharon Dahlonega Bush (born Sharon Daisy
Raiford) is an American television newscaster and print Sharon Raiford Bush
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
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 Sharon Dahlonega Raiford Bush at
Georgia State University at Atlanta.[2][3]
Yamashiro Hollywood on December 7,
2013
Career Born Sharon Daisy Raiford
Greensboro, North
Bush became American television's first African-American
Carolina, U.S.
female weather anchor of primetime news in 1975 at
WGPR-TV, the world's first black-owned-and-operated Other names Sharon Crews
television station.[4][5] Spouse Grand L. Bush ​(m. 1994)

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 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
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. Knott, John (January 16, 1983). "Sharon Crews enjoys her job" (https://www.newspapers.com/
clip/93333666/sharon-crews-enjoys-her-job/). The Commercial Appeal. Memphis, Tennessee.
p. TV This Week 30. Retrieved January 24, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
4. TV Week, Greensboro Daily News, December 12, 1976.
5. "In The Beginning..." (https://web.archive.org/web/20070714115738/http://www.thescenedetroi
t.com/262800.html) thescenedetroit.com. Archived from the original (http://www.thescenedetroi
t.com/262800.html) on July 14, 2007. Retrieved March 9, 2007.

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6. Knott, John (April 5, 1981). "Computer age puts handle on forecasting" (https://www.newspape
rs.com/clip/93333705/computer-age-puts-handle-on-forecasting/). The Commercial Appeal.
Memphis, Tennessee. p. TV This Week 16. Retrieved January 24, 2022 – via
Newspapers.com.
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 (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0005598/bio), imdb.com; retrieved
March 10, 2007.

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