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Folasade Oliyinka Baderinwa who is professionally known as Sade Baderinwa is an Emmy award winning news anchor at the WABC channel 7. She anchors the 5 p.m edition of Eyewiness news with Diana Williams. She currently sits in for Colleague Liz Cho on the 11 p.m broadcast. She has a Nigerian father and German mother. She graduated from the university of Maryland College park.
She joined WABC in 2003 after a stint in her home town where she anchored the news on WBAL-TV for about three years. She replaced Roz Abrams to take over the 5 and 11p.m anchor duties at WCBS-TV. In July 2004 she had a hit and run accident that made her go through surgeries and months of recovery. This was followed by physical therapy and she was able to return to Eyewitness news in December 2004.
Sade was an anchor of the noon broadcast before she was promoted to 5 p.m with Diana Williams. She appeared as a guest co-host on October 27 2006. She then made brief appearances during the Eyewitness news at noon to preview the stories that featured in the 5pm editions. She anchored the breaking news stories in political, international and domestic affairs. She had set to go for international business but decide to pursue a career in television. This was after working as a production assistant for 'this week with David Brinkley', nightline, world news tonight and newsone at ABC news. During a stint at WUSA-TV in Washington DC she became a reporter trainee then for two years she became a stint as a reporter at WSLS in Roanoke, Virginia.
Sade was born on April 14th 1969. She was left at the age of 7 years by her father for Africa never to return. She was adopted by House family who afforded to take her to elementary school at cathedral of Mary Our Queen.
She is a strong supporter and promoter of community service. She has helped in getting safety laws passed and enact the childhood safety laws. She is currently developing a program that targets inner city students called 'getting reel with your dreams'. She has partnered with New York women in film and television and the Lincoln center institute for the program.
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