Jim Rose Biography
Jim Rose is an American sports anchor. As of now, he works for ABC 7 Chicago (WLS-TV), the ABC affiliate in Chicago, Illinois; joining the station in January 1982. Before working at WLS-TV, Rose worked for WIXT-TV in Syracuse, New York.
Jim Rose Age
Rose was born on July 5, 1953, in Edison, New Jersey, United States. He is 60 years old.
Jim Rose Height
Jim is 5 feet 9 inches/1.8 m tall.
Jim Rose Family
Rose has managed to keep his personal life away from the public eye hence he has not disclosed any information about his parents. It is also not known if he has any siblings. Information about his parents and siblings will be updated as soon as it’s available.
Jim Rose Wife
Rose was married to WLS-TV news anchor Cheryl Burton from 1986 until 1995. Rose met Burton while she was a cheerleader for the Chicago Bears in 1985. Rose has been married to Lakesha Draine since 2011. The couple is blessed with 2 children Jayson & Suzette.
Jim Rose Children
Rose and his wife is the parents of their two children Jayson & Suzette.
Jim Rose Salary
Rose receives an annual salary of $70000. This is according to the ABC 7 anchors’ salary.
Jim Rose Net Worth
Rose has an approximate net worth that ranges between $1 million- $ 5 Million U.S Dollars. His career an anchor is the primary source of his income.
Jim Rose Career
Rose started his career in sports broadcasting while serving in the United States Army, acting as sports director for AFN-TV in Berlin, West Germany (1973-75). However, he is the vice president of the Swan Group, a non-profit group created to give away the “Swan House” to a Chicago area single mother who managed to get academic distinctions in college.
After a period of 4 years of sweat equity, along with an outpouring of community donations, his hard work came to fruition. In October 2006, he handed the keys of a 2,000 square feet house over to a mother who had two children at an average grade of 3.8- approximately. In spite of the many honors he has received during his career, he considers this “one of his life’s crowning achievements.”. He continues to volunteer his time to help many charitable groups and worthy causes throughout the Chicago land area.
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