Sharon Dahlonega Bush

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.

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

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 US'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 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]