Sade Baderinwa

Folasade Olayinka Baderinwa, professionally known as Sade Baderinwa, was first opened her eyes on the 14th of April in 1969 in Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America. She was born as the daughter of a Nigerian father and a German mother.

For higher studies, she attended and graduated from the University of Maryland College Park. Baderinwa was originally abandoned by her biological parents but was adopted by a middle-class African American family. The “Folasade” in her name can be translated to “Honor confers a crown”.

Prior to becoming a part of WABC’s team in 2003, Baderinwa had already worked in her hometown of Baltimore, Maryland on WBAL-TV as a news anchor for roughly around 3 years.

She took up the position of Roz Abrams, who had left WABC right at the time Baderinwa had joined the network. She started appearing on the 5 and 11 p.m. shows as the anchor at WCBS-TV. Unluckily, she was a victim of a hit and run accident while she was at Hackensack, New Jersey preparing a report about the local flooding in July 23, 2004. The culprit had breached through the police lines.

But thankfully, she returned to television on Eyewitness News on December 12, 2004, after her recovery, which was definitely not easy; she had to go through months of multiple surgeries and physical therapies.

Baderinwa has also worked as the anchor on the noon broadcasts, partnering with Diana Williams. On October 27, 2006, she made a guest appearance on The View. She moved on to take on the position of co-anchor of the 11 p.m. news along with Bill Ritter.

She had replaced Liz Cho, who had left the slot to anchor another show WABC, for the position. She is currently still working as the anchor on the 5 p.m. and 11 p.m. news.

Baderinwa, as expected of a celebrity of her stature, has managed to build a huge social profile and has a large reach across the social networking platforms.

She joined Twitter on the April of 2009 and has managed to collect 26.5 thousand followers already. You could find Baderinwa on the site at @SadeABC.

Also available on facebook, Baderinwa’s page has gained 49.5 thousand likes and the roughly the same number are currently following her on the site.