Jim Rose is an American sports anchor. He currently works for ABC 7 Chicago (WLS-TV), the ABC affiliate in Chicago, Illinois.
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He joined the station in January 1982.
Prior to working at WLS-TV, Rose worked for WIXT-TV in Syracuse, New York.
Jim Rose was married to Cheryl Annette Burton.
Who is Jim Rose’s ex wife Cheryl Burton?
Cheryl Annette Burton is an American news anchor who 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.
Jim Rose and Burton got married from 1986 until their divorce in 1995.
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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.
Is Jim Rose married?
Jim Rose got married for the second time following his divorce. Who is Jim Rose married to? Jim Rose has been married to Lakesha Draine since 2011.


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