Cheryl McHenry Biography
Cheryl McHenry is an American Anchor working for WHIO-TV in Dayton, Ohio, in the United States as an anchor. She joined the station in August 1981.
Cheryl McHenry Age / Birthday
McHenry was born in 1956 in Charleston, South California. She is 66 years old as of 2022. However, she manages to keep information regarding her dates of birth away from the limelight. It is therefore not known when she celebrates her birthday.
Cheryl McHenry Height / Measurements
McHenry is of average body stature and stands at an approximate height of 5 feet 6 inches.
Cheryl McHenry Partner / Husband
McHenry has been happily married to her husband. However, she manages to keep information regarding her marriage away from the public.
Cheryl McHenry Kids / Children
McHenry has been blessed with two beautiful daughters Christina, and Maria. However, she manages to keep information regarding her kids away from the limelight.
Cheryl McHenry Family / Relatives
McHenry was born in Charleston, South California, and raised in Dayton, in the United States. Miami has been her home most of her life because her dad was in the Air Force and was transferred from Waco, Texas to Wright-Patterson in the mid-1960s. In 1968, her mother died of breast cancer, leaving her dad a widower with six children.
Cheryl McHenry Education
’ I went to school at St. Helen’s in Riverside and Carroll High School. I later earned my Bachelor of Arts degree in broadcasting from the University of Cincinnati. A bonus to being a student at UC: I could hop on the city bus and go to Reds games. I was a huge fan of the Big Red Machine of the 1970s!
Cheryl McHenry Career
McHenry is an anchor for WHIO-TV. Ever since her family started watching the news on WHIO when she was a kid, she wanted to work there. She was drawn to the profession of journalism because she has always been curious about what’s going on in their community, the nation, and the world. In her senior year in college, Cheryl interned at WKRC radio where she learned to really use what she was learning. Radio was a great training ground for writing fast, developing one’s delivery, and meeting hourly deadlines.
Afterward, Cheryl worked in radio for three years with stints at WING in Dayton and WCKY in Cincinnati, before heading to WHIO-TV as a reporter. For much of the 1980s, she covered the Dayton Police/Montgomery County Courts beat, reporting on all kinds of stories from the local criminal justice system. I covered several big cases and high-profile trials.
While working she won four regional Emmy Awards. Three of them were for Spot News (now called Breaking News), including live coverage of a grueling police search for a teenager who was abducted by her mother’s killer. She also received an Emmy in 1990 for Investigative Reporting, for a three-part series on repeat drunk driving offenders. Later in 2013, she added two more Emmys for half-hour specials that my co-workers and I produced. One was “Miami Valley Murder Mysteries”; the other was called “PTSD: Invisible Wound”–to raise awareness of post-traumatic stress among our military combat veterans.
One of the highlights of her career was the night of Memorial Day 2019 when she joined Chief Meteorologist McCall Vrydaghs on the air for hours, warning our viewers to take shelter as fifteen destructive tornadoes tore through the Miami Valley. From 1987 through 2014, McHenry co-hosted the Children’s Miracle Network Telethon, which raised money for Dayton Children’s Hospital. She has also emceed a number of other community events over the years—including the United Way Big Thanks volunteer breakfast, the Dayton Defense Education Gala, and the Hundred Club—which recognizes police officers and firefighters who go above and beyond and provides scholarships to children of those who die during their public service.
She has been fortunate to work with some of the best in the business—having anchored with Jim Baldridge, Ken Jefferson, and now James Brown. Her biggest supporters are her family, my husband Bob, and our two daughters, Christina, and Maria, as well as her dad, my brothers and sisters, and nieces and nephews.
Cheryl is a big sports fan, cheering for local teams—especially the U.D. Flyers, Ohio State Buckeyes, Wright State Raiders, and Cincinnati Reds and Bengals. She enjoys swimming, yoga, running, and walking our black rescue Lab, Missy. She also enjoys reading and cooking.
Cheryl McHenry Salary
McHenry receives an annual income ranging between $30,000 and $90,000.
Cheryl McHenry Net Worth
Through Cheryl’s career as an anchor, she has been able to accumulate a net worth that ranges between $1 Million and $ 5 Million.
Cheryl McHenry Facebook and Twitter
McHenry is active on her social media accounts. She has about 16 K followers on her Facebook Page, and about 2,142 followers on her Twitter account.
Cheryl McHenry works with WHIO-TV where she serves alongside her fellow anchors, reporters, and meteorologists such as;
- Letitia Perry
- Gabrielle Enright
- Molly Koweek
- James Brown
- McCall Vrydaghs
- Kirstie Zontini