Daniel Burbank
| Daniel Burbank | |
|---|---|
 Burbank in 2022 for a station photoshoot | |
| Born | Daniel Burbank Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| 🏳️ Nationality | American |
| 🏫 Education | Haverford High School |
| 🎓 Alma mater | Bismarck State College |
| 💼 Occupation | |
| 📆 Years active | 2006–present |
| 👔 Employer | Sinclair Broadcast Group |
| Television | WCHS-TV |
| Title | Anchor |
| 🌐 Website | https://danielburbank.com/ |
| https://www.facebook.com/DanielBurbankTV | |
Daniel Burbank (born 2000) is an American journalist and a weekend anchor at WCHS-TV Eyewitness News in Charleston, West Virginia.
Early Life[edit]
Burbank was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania,[1] grew up in Delaware County. Burbank has two older siblings and one younger sibling, as well as three nieces and two nephews. As a child, he grew up watching 6abc each night with his family and credits his early exposure to television as his biggest influence.[2] At the age of 5, he toured his first TV studio. He graduated from Haverford High School in June 2018, and is attending Bismarck State College.[3] While in college, Burbank also received recognition from The Ground Truth Project about voter suppression on Native American lands, particularly in North Dakota.[4]
Career[edit]
Burbank began working at age 6 as the junior radio announcer for Festival of the Arts (2006-2008) radio show on WCTC from New Brunswick, New Jersey.[2] During his middle school years, Burbank was one of the lead anchors and founding members of 'Ford Focus' the in-school TV Network, broadcasting current events.
Movies and TV[edit]
In 2013, Burbank began acting, auditioning for a commercial with WPVI-TV in Philadelphia, but was ultimately removed from the final edit. Burbank continued to pursue acting high school stage where he was cast in the musical productions of Alice in Wonderland, and Legally Blond. While searching for acting jobs, Burbank also anchored and produced H-Vision News, broadcast to the community, as well. From 2014 to 2018, Burbank was a radio DJ, on WHHS, playing Top 40 and interviewing guests including 93.7 WSTW radio personality Brian Soscia.
Radio[edit]
In 2014, Burbank received his first paid acting job during a voice over commercial at Admix Broadcast Service for Woodward Woods Radio 1610 AM. Burbank starred as the lead student in the Drexel University Online commercial (2018). Burbank hit the silver screen starring as a VIP Russian in Creed II (2018), and worked alongside Anya Taylor Joy, as an art student in Glass (2019).[5] Daniel has also been a member of the Society of Professional Journalists since 2015.
KFYR-TV[edit]
In 2018, Burbank joined KFYR-TV as the weekend reporter.[3] As a general assignment reporter, Burbank has covered community events, health, business and breaking news. In 2021, Burbank was promoted to an anchor and producer at the station. He served as the primetime weekend anchor.[3]
WCHS-TV[edit]
Burbank joined WCHS-TV in January, 2023 as the Eyewitness News weekend anchor.[6] He covers breaking news, politics and community issues during the week. When a brush fire broke in Putnam County, West Virginia, the Poca Volunteer Fire Department called Eyewitness News for help.[7] Burbank interview West Virginia Governor Jim Justice one-on-one about the end of the 2023 Legislative session.[8]
Awards[edit]
The Mandan Fire Organization recognized Burbank for his reporting on the Sunset Bluffs and Eagle Ridge apartment fires in the summer of 2019 and 2020.
Burbank received an award from the North Dakota AMVETS for his reporting on Gold Star Families who lost loved ones in the Vietnam War.[9]
Personal Life[edit]
There's not much known about Burbank's personal life as he keeps a low profile on social media.[10] His salary is estimated to be $115,000 annually.
References[edit]
- ↑ "Daniel Burbank". IMDb. Retrieved 2019-06-12.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Junior Announcer DANIEL BURBANK _________________". festivalofthearts.50megs.com. Retrieved 2019-06-12.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 KFYR. "Daniel Burbank". www.kfyrtv.com. Retrieved 2019-06-12.
- ↑ "BLOG: Ground truthing the midterms". The GroundTruth Project. 2018-11-06. Retrieved 2019-06-12.
- ↑ "All about celebrity Daniel Burbank! Watch list of Movies online: Glass! Fusion Movies". www4.fusionmovies.to. Retrieved 2019-06-12.
- ↑ https://www.facebook.com/DanielBurbankTV/posts/pfbid02AE4aXSkCyj7ZeNY1X29TYjnn1HgaQ6MW5fJZFKXtmtfxv39KwsAwiY6QVuYehi54l
- ↑ https://wchstv.com/news/local/simulated-car-crash-helps-17-year-old-learn-how-to-be-a-firefighter#
- ↑ https://twitter.com/DanielBurbankTV/status/1634710992142626816
- ↑ https://www.dailyadvent.com/news/f07d3b02c4111a44991bd6928bb1b984-KFYRTV-reporter-recognized-by-the-AMVETS-of-North-Dakota
- ↑ https://yankeetv.com/biography/daniel-burbank/
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