{"id":17088,"date":"2018-03-05T06:00:16","date_gmt":"2018-03-05T12:00:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.robertfeder.com\/?p=17088"},"modified":"2018-03-05T06:00:16","modified_gmt":"2018-03-05T12:00:16","slug":"abc-7-drops-ji-suk-yi-windy-city-live","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/2018\/03\/05\/abc-7-drops-ji-suk-yi-windy-city-live\/","title":{"rendered":"ABC 7 drops Ji Suk Yi from \u2018Windy City Live\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"
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<\/a> Ji Suk Yi (Photo: ABC 7)<\/p><\/div>\n

Calling it \u201ca freaking honor\u201d to have worked on \u201cWindy City Live\u201d<\/a> since its inception, Ji Suk Yi surprised viewers Friday by signing off as a regular contributor to the WLS-Channel 7<\/a> talk and entertainment show.<\/p>\n

Yi\u2019s position was eliminated in a cost-saving move at the ABC-owned station, according to insiders. She will not be replaced. Val Warner and Ryan Chiaverini continue as co-hosts of the show, which airs at 1 p.m. weekdays on ABC 7.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe thank Ji for her many contributions to \u2018Windy City Live,\u2019 \u201d an ABC 7 statement said. \u201cHer intelligence and talent as an on-air personality will serve her well in her next endeavor and we wish her nothing but the best.\u201d<\/p>\n

Yi, who emigrated from South Korea when she was five years old and grew up in rural North Carolina, attended Salem College in Winston-Salem, and earned a law degree at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.<\/p>\n

She joined ABC 7 in 2006 as a newsroom desk assistant and was tapped for the job of social media producer when \u201cWindy City Live\u201d premiered in 2011. Her role on the show expanded to daily on-air contributor and resident foodie.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat a freaking honor it has been to be invited into your homes and to get to know you,\u201d Yi told viewers in a four-and-a-half minute farewell announcement<\/a> Friday. \u201cThe validation and kindness you\u2019ve shown me gives me continual hope and strengthens me on my journey.<\/p>\n

\u201cI hope my unlikely story of a Korean-American first-generation immigrant from a small podunk town down south, moving to the big, big city of Chicago 12 years ago with two suitcases, knowing one person in the city, inspires you to maybe try something you\u2019ve always wanted to do no matter how small or big.\u201d<\/p>\n

Friday\u2019s best comment: <\/a>Patty Martin:<\/strong> Cara [Carriveau] is one of the best DJ\u2019s in Chicago, hands down. And she\u2019s one of the rare talents who is fully relatable to men OR women (or both) depending on which station she\u2019s on. Cara also completely understands the value of social media, and is a master at implementing it effectively, creating a real connection with her listeners. She loves being on the air and that comes fully across on-air, on social and in person. Chicago Radio needs Cara on its airwaves. Period.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Calling it \u201ca freaking honor\u201d to have worked on \u201cWindy City Live\u201d since its inception, Ji Suk Yi surprised viewers Friday by signing off as a regular contributor to the WLS-Channel 7 talk and entertainment show. Yi\u2019s position was eliminated in a cost-saving move at the ABC-owned station, according to insiders. She will not be... Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17088"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17088"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17088\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17099,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17088\/revisions\/17099"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17088"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17088"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17088"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}