Sade Baderinwa

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name = Sade Baderinwa
birthname = Folasade Olayinka Baderinwa
birth_date = 1971
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occupation = Journalist
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gender = Female
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ethnic = African American, biracial (Nigerian/German)
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credits = Co-anchor of Eyewitness News at 5:00pm for WABC-TV (2003-present) with Diana Williams

Folasade Olayinka Baderinwa, known professionally as Sade (pronounced "Sha-day") Baderinwa is currently an Emmy Award-winning news anchor at New York's WABC Channel 7. She co-anchors the weekday 5 p.m. editions of "Eyewitness News" alongside Diana Williams, and frequently fills in for colleague Liz Cho on the 11 p.m. broadcasts.

Her father is Nigerian and her mother is German. Her first name, "Folasade", means "Honor confers a crown". [ [http://www.nigerian.name/w/index.php?title=Folasade Meaning of Folasade in Nigerian.name] ] She graduated from the University of Maryland College Park.Biography at cite news
title = Sade Baderinwa
publisher = WABC-TV
url = http://abclocal.go.com/wabc/story?section=bios&id=3301260
accessdate = 2007-04-08 ]

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. Sade replaced Roz Abrams, who left WABC in 2003 to take over the 5 and 11 p.m. anchor duties at WCBS-TV. [cite news
last = St. George
first = Donna
title = A Politician Who Thinks Like a Linebacker
pages = A01
publisher = Washington Post
date = 2006-10-31
url = http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/10/30/AR2006103001361.html
accessdate = 2006-12-03 ] 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. [ [http://abclocal.go.com/wabc/news/wabc_080604_sadecrimestopper.html WABC-TV: Sade Baderinwa Update: Cops Hunt Driver, $5,000 Reward Offered] ] [cite news
last = Huff
first = Richard
coauthors = Hufte, Tom
title = Daily News: TV news anchor struck in hit-and-run
publisher = "New York Daily News"
date = 2004-07-24
url = http://www.nydailynews.com/front/story/215341p-185399c.html
accessdate = 2006-12-03 ] [cite news
title = WBAL-TV: Sade Baderinwa talks about accident that nearly killed her
publisher = TheWBALChannel.com
date = 2005-02-24
url = http://www.thewbalchannel.com/entertainment/4227367/detail.html
accessdate = 2006-12-03 ] After multiple surgeries and months of recovery and physical therapy, [cite news
last = Huff
first = Richard
title = Ch. 7 anchor's road to recovery
publisher = "New York Daily News"
date = 2004-12-17
url = http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/story/262757p-224977c.html
accessdate = 2006-12-03 ] 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. She frequently makes brief appearances during "Eyewitness News at Noon" to preview the stories featured for the 5PM editions.

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External links

* [http://abclocal.go.com/wabc/news/Copy%20of%20wabc_0092204_sadeinterview.html WABC-TV:Sade Baderinwa Returns to Eyewitness News]
* [http://abclocal.go.com/wabc/story?section=bios&id=3301260 WABC-TV:Sade Baderinwa Bio]