Virginia Cha Biography

Virginia Cha is a Korean American Anchor working with KGTV in San Diego where she serves the station as a News Anchor where she brings her years of extensive experience on board. This is both in national and local News coverage to the 10News team. 

Virginia Cha Career

Cha works with KGTV News in San Diego where she serves the station as a News Anchor. Previously, she has worked with CNN/HLN and CNN.comLIVE where she was serving the stations as an anchor based at the world headquarters in Atlanta. During her time there, she brought viewers news about everything from Hurricane Katrina and the 2008 elections, to the death of Michael Jackson and the takedown of Osama bin Laden.

Previously she was working as a network correspondent for NBC News in New York, Virginia, and was out front on unforgettable stories which include Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. Cha was at ground zero when the North Tower collapsed and continued to report on the emotional recovery efforts from there in the ensuing weeks.

She was also on the scene in Florida during the hotly contested “hanging chad” presidential election. Virginia has also been privileged to cover many breaking news stories from earthquake devastation in El Salvador to the return of the China Spy Plane crew to the miraculous Quecreek Mine rescue.

Her reports appeared on Nightly News, the Today Show, Weekend Today, and MSNBC where she was also working as a fill-in anchor. She has also interviewed everyone from government leaders including President Bill Clinton and Sen. Ted Kennedy, to newsmakers such as Walter Cronkite, Spike Lee, Michael Lewis, and Stephen Hawking. Being a News Anchor in Boston and Hartford, she began her on-air career where she earned numerous local ad regional awards. This includes multiple Emmy Awards for anchoring and an Edward R. Murrow Award for team political coverage.

Her experience spans a variety of formats from traditional anchoring to live shows from the field to a morning news program to in-depth medical reporting. Cha has also been involved with a number of charity organizations which include the Boys and Girls Club, First Night Boston, and Rosie’s Place. She is a proud graduate of Princeton University and is a Fulbright Scholar.

Virginia Cha Age

Cha likes to keep her personal life private hence has not yet disclosed the year and month she was born. It is therefore not known when she celebrates her birthday. However, judging from her appearance, she might be in her 40s.

Virginia Cha Height

Cha stands at a height of 5 feet 5 inches.

Virginia Cha Family

Cha has managed to keep her personal life away from the limelight hence she has not disclosed any information about her parents. It is also not known if Virginia has any siblings.

Virginia Cha Husband

Cha is married to his husband, Edward who she attended the My Family Recipe Rocks cooking show with. She, however, manages to keep more information about her husband away from the limelight. We will update this information once more information is available to the public.

Virginia Cha Net Worth

Cha has an estimated net worth ranging between $1 Million – $5 Million which she has earned through being a journalist.

Virginia Cha Salary

Cha earns an annual salary ranging between $40,000 – $ 110,500.

Virginia Cha KGTV

Cha works at KGTV where she works alongside other famous KGTV anchors, reporters, meteorologists, and sports anchors including;

1. Vanessa Van Hyfte
2. Rina Nakano
3. Derek Staahl
4. Leah Pezzetti
5. Adam Racusin
6. Melissa Mecija
7. Jennifer Kastner
8. Steve Smith
9. Ben Higgins
10. Marie Coronel
11. Jared Aarons
12. Mary McKenzie
13. Megan Parry
14. Jim Patton

The table below answers some of the frequently asked questions about Cha.