Brad Edwards Biography|Profile
Brad Edwards is a skilled American journalist currently working at CBS2-WBBM-TV as an anchor. He leads CBS News Chicago.
Edwards took that assignment in May 2022 when the station announced: “Brad Edwards has been named Primary Anchor and Storyteller for CBS News Chicago, the station’s streaming channel. In this newly created role, Edwards will lead CBS Chicago’s live streaming coverage of breaking news on the 24/7 platform and head up a team to produce impactful, ground-breaking long-form stories and documentaries for the service.”
Brad Edwards Age
How old is Edwards? He is 41 years old as of 2024. Edwards was born in 1981 in Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States. His date and month of birth are currently not available, research is ongoing, and will update it as soon as it is available.
Brad Edwards Education
He graduated from Michigan State University in 2001.
Brad Edwards Height|Weight
He stands on an average height of 5 feet 7 inches and weighs around 70kgs.
Brad Edwards Family
He was born in the united state, however, he has not revealed information regarding his family members. This information will be updated as soon as it is available.
Brad Edwards Wife|Married
He once dated Ginger Zee for 18 months and then broke up. They met while working at WOOD-TV in Grand Rapids. He has not disclosed information about whether he is in a relationship or not. This information will be updated as soon as it is available.
Brad Edwards Children
He likes to keep his personal life private, hence he has not disclosed information about whether he has children or not. This information will be updated as soon as it is available.
Brad Edwards Career
Before serving in this capacity, Edwards anchored CBS 2’s weekday evening newscasts at 5, 6, and 10 p.m. with Irika Sargent [2019-22]. Edwards also serves as a CBS 2 Investigator along with Dave Savini, Dorothy Tucker, Dana Kozlov, and Megan Hickey. In 2021, he won the nation’s top broadcast writing award: the National Edward R. Murrow Award for Excellence in Writing. This adds to his cache of more than 100 awards, which includes more than a dozen other Regional Edward R. Murrow Awards. Edwards’s exposé on Chicago’s broken water billing system — Getting Hosed — won Emmy Awards in 2019, ’20, and ’21, and the 2020 RTDNA / NEFE award for Personal Finance Reporting.
Edwards’ work has led to new policies and prosecutions which have reunited families and helped free a woman serving a 50-year prison sentence for a crime she didn’t commit. In Detroit, his year-long inquiry into the Wayne County morgue led to the burial of dozens of indigent souls, and the fast-tracking of funding for a massive facility expansion. Illinois instituted two new state laws following a revelatory investigation by Edwards and his team in 2021. The statutes protect the identities of sex abuse victims after Edwards’ series showed a deeply disturbing pattern of unfettered public access to such information.
Before coming to CBS2 Chicago in 2012, Edwards anchored and reported in Detroit; Indianapolis; Grand Rapids, Michigan; and Lansing, Michigan. At each station, The Associated Press named him Reporter of the Year. Additionally, he served as an adjunct professor at Columbia College of Chicago. Edwards has been on the Board of Directors at the YWCA Metropolitan Chicago (2017-2021), Devices 4 the Disabled (2020-present), and serves as CBS 2 Chicago’s SAG-AFTRA Steward.
Edwards graduated from Michigan State University in 2001 and he resides in Chicago.
CBS2-WBBM-TV Background
CBS2-WBBM-TV is a television station in Chicago, Illinois, United States. It airs programming from the CBS network. The station is owned and operated by the network’s CBS News and Stations division and it maintains studios on West Washington Street in the Loop district, and its transmitter is located atop the Willis Tower.
WBBM-TV is currently the only “full-power” TV station in Chicago that operates its digital signal on the VHF band. Its rival station, WLS-TV, was the only other station to have operated its full-power digital signal on a VHF allocation until the station moved its digital broadcasts to UHF channel 44, in order to alleviate reception problems, although it retained VHF channel 7 as the allotment for its digital fill-in translator when it launched on October 31, 2009. Some of the viewers had trouble picking up VHF signals after the June 12 transition; as a result, WBBM’s newscasts were simulcast over WWME-CA (channel 23), which served as a low-power analog nightlight service on its analog signal following the transition.
The station launched a streaming news service, CBSN Chicago which is now CBS News Chicago, on April 21, 2020, as part of a rollout of similar services across the CBS-owned stations. The service was initially planned to launch by the end of March 2020 but was delayed by the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. In June 2020, WBBM-TV was honored with a Peabody Award for the report “Unwarranted”, a 2019 investigation into botched police raids in Chicago and the impact they left on families and their homes.
CBS2 Colleagues
Brad Edwards
Irika Sargent
Audrina Bigos
Ryan Baker
Marie Saavedra
Brad Edwards salary|Net Worth
He has an estimated salary ranging between $70,000 – $125,000 and has an estimated net worth of $1 Million -$5 Million which he earns from his broadcasting career.
Who is Brad Edwards?
He is a skilled American journalist currently working at CBS2-WBBM-TV as an anchor. He leads CBS News Chicago.
How old is Brad Edwards?
He is 41 years old as of 2023. Edwards was born in 1981 in Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States. His date and month of birth are currently not available, research is ongoing, and will update it as soon as it is available.
Is Brad Edwards Married?
He once dated Ginger Zee for 18 months and then broke up. They met while working at WOOD-TV in Grand Rapids. He has not disclosed information about whether he is in a relationship or not. This information will be updated as soon as it is available.
Where does Brad Edwards Live?
He resides in Chicago, USA.
