Sade Baderinwa

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Sade Baderinwa
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Birth name Folasade Olayinka Baderinwa
Born 1971
Circumstances
Occupation Journalist
Ethnicity African American
Notable credit(s) Co-anchor of Eyewitness News at 5:00pm for WABC-TV (2003-present) with Diana Williams

Sade Baderinwa (pronounced "Sha-day" in English) (born Folasade Olayinka Baderinwa in 1971) is currently an anchor at WABC-TV. She co-anchors the weekday 5 p.m. editions of Eyewitness News alongside Diana Williams.

Her father is Nigerian and her mother is German. Her name, Folasade, means "Honor confers a crown".[1] She graduated from the University of Maryland College Park.[2]

She joined WABC in 2003 after a stint in her hometown of Baltimore, Maryland, where she anchored the news on WBAL-TV for nearly three years.[2] Sade replaced Roz Abrams, who left WABC in 2003 to take over the 5 and 11 p.m. anchor duties at WCBS-TV.[3] On July 23, 2004 while preparing a report on location in Hackensack, New Jersey about local flooding, she was struck by a hit and run driver who went through police lines.[4][5][6] After multiple surgeries and months of recovery and physical therapy,[7] Sade returned to Eyewitness News on December 13, 2004.

Sade was the anchor of the noon broadcasts before being promoted to 5 p.m. with Diana Williams. Sade appeared on The View as a guest co-host on October 27, 2006.

[edit] References

  1. ^ Meaning of Folasade in Nigerian.name
  2. ^ a b Biography at "Sade Baderinwa", WABC-TV. Retrieved on 2007-04-08. 
  3. ^ St. George, Donna. "A Politician Who Thinks Like a Linebacker", Washington Post, 2006-10-31, pp. A01. Retrieved on 2006-12-03. 
  4. ^ WABC-TV: Sade Baderinwa Update: Cops Hunt Driver, $5,000 Reward Offered
  5. ^ Huff, Richard; Hufte, Tom. "Daily News: TV news anchor struck in hit-and-run", New York Daily News, 2004-07-24. Retrieved on 2006-12-03. 
  6. ^ "WBAL-TV: Sade Baderinwa talks about accident that nearly killed her", TheWBALChannel.com, 2005-02-24. Retrieved on 2006-12-03. 
  7. ^ Huff, Richard. "Ch. 7 anchor's road to recovery", New York Daily News, 2004-12-17. Retrieved on 2006-12-03. 

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