Jim Rose Biography
Jim Rose is an American Anchor/Reporter working for ABC 7 Chicago. He joined the station in the month of January 1982. Rose serves ABC 7 News as a Sports Anchor and Reporter. Asides from this, he reports for the ABC 7 top-rated 4:00 and 6:00 p.m. newscasts.
Jim Rose Age
Rose is 68 years old as of 2021. He was born on July 5, 1953, in Edison, New Jersey, United States. He celebrates his birthday on July 5th every year.
Jim Rose Height
Rose stands at a height of 6 feet 1 inch tall.
Jim Rose Family
Rose has managed to keep his personal life away from the limelight hence he has not disclosed any information about his parents. It is also not known if he has any siblings.
Jim Rose Wife
Jim is married to Lakesha Draine since 2011. The couple is blessed with 2 children Jayson & Suzette. Rose was previously married to WLS-TV news anchor Cheryl Burton from 1986 until 1995. He first met Burton while she was a cheerleader for the Chicago Bears in 1985. After their divorce, he married in 2011.
Jim Rose Net Worth
Rose has an estimated net worth of about $1 Million – $5 Million which he has earned through his successful career as a sports broadcaster.
Jim Rose Salary
Rose earns an annual salary ranging between $ 45, 000 to $ 110, 500.
Jim Rose Career
Rose works for ABC 7 Chicago News serving the station as a Sports Anchor and Reporter. He as well plays a major role in the station’s programming specials. Before working at WLS-TV, he worked for WIXT-TV in Syracuse, New York. 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).
In addition, 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.
Rose handed the keys to a 2,000 square feet house over to a mother who had two children at an average grade of 3.8- approximately in October 2006. 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.
Jim Rose ABC7 Chicago
Rose is working at ABC7 Chicago where he works alongside other famous ABC7 Chicago anchors and reporters including;
- Rob Elgas
- Alan Krashesky
- Stacey Sager
- David Novarro
- Val Warner
- Paul Meincke
- Diane Pathieu
- Eric Horng
- John Garcia
- Michelle Gallardo
- Evelyn Holmes
- Jessica D’Onofrio
- Sarah Schulte
- Leah Hope
- Janet Davies
- John Idler
- Samantha Chatman
- Jason Knowles
- Chuck Goudie
- Larry Mowry
- Mark Rivera
- Stacey Baca
- Dionne Miller
- Phil Schwarz
- Karen Jordan
- Ravi Baichwal
- Roz Varon
- Tracy Butler
- Terrell Brown
- Hosea Sanders
- Tanja Babich
- Cheryl Scott
- Judy Hsu
- Mark Giangreco
- Cheryl Burton
- Eric Thomas
- Kristen Sze
- Sandhya Patel
- Dan Noyes
- Chris Nguyen
- Mike Nicco
- Dion Lim
- Jobina Fortson
- Liz Kreutz
- Spencer Christian
- Dan Ashley
- Larry Beil
- Reggie Aqui
- Chris Alvarez
- Kumasi Aaron
- Drew Tuma
Jim Rose Social Media Platforms
Jim is active on his social media accounts and is often seen posting on his Facebook, and Twitter. He has over 4k followers on Twitter, over 6k followers on, and over 2k followers on Facebook.
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