Cheryl Burton Net Worth

Cheryl Annette Burton is an American news anchor. She has been working for WLS–TV, an American Broadcasting Company-owned and operated television station in Chicago, Illinois since 1992.

Burton anchors the station’s 5 p.m. and 10 p.m. newscast alongside Alan Krashesky.

Prior to that, Burton anchored for the 7pm newscast on WCIU-TV alongside Hosea Sanders.

Burton graduated from the University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana where she received her B.S. in Psychology and Biology.

She is a member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority and in 2007, she became the first alumnus inducted into the school’s hall of fame.

Before her career in television, Burton was on television on Romper Room, as a contestant on Star Search, and hosted an hour long cable TV show called Simply Elegant.

Cheryl Burton, image via: Chicago Tribune

Cheryl Burton Broadcasting Career

Burton’s broadcasting career began in 1989 at WGN-TV in Chicago where she co-anchored “MBR: The Minority Business Report”, a nationally syndicated weekly series.
In 1990, she moved to Peoria, Illinois where she worked as a reporter at WMBD-TV.
From 1990 to 1992, she was an anchor at KWCH-DT in Wichita, Kansas. Burton joined WLS-TV in 1992 as weekend co-anchor/reporter. In 2003, she was promoted to 5 p.m. weekday co-anchor and 10 p.m. contributing anchor with Ron Magers and Kathy Brock.
In addition to being on television, Burton was a cheerleader. She was part of the Chicago Honey Bears cheerleading squad for the Chicago Bears for three seasons from 1983-1986.
On June 12, 2018, WLS-TV announced that Burton will replace retiring anchor Kathy Brock as the 10pm anchor alongside Alan Krashesky. Burton anchored the 5pm show and 7pm show on WCIU-TV until it was discontinued in 2019.