blog post<\/a>.<\/p>\n\u201cThat feeling of fraternity between hosts, staff and you \u2014 our listeners \u2014 has been the most critical ingredient in the station's recipe for success. As a guy who was just rehired to be among the straws stirring that drink, I can't wait to get on with our next long romance.\u201d<\/p>\n
Here is the text of McNeil\u2019s Facebook post:<\/strong><\/p>\nAfter six hours with my new Otolaryngolgy team, here's the news: Gratefully, I'm cancer free, emphysema free. The flip side is I have a paralyzed right vocal cord.<\/em><\/p>\nThe larynx was injected with a collagen gel, designed to separate the two cords. Recovery time varies. I will do all in my power to expedite the process.<\/em><\/p>\nThe timing couldn't be worse. And I haven't been this excited to open a mic since the morning after \"17 Seconds\" in Boston in '13.<\/em><\/p>\nWe will reboot McNeil & Parkins on 670 The Score as soon as possible. Meanwhile, I will be writing columns for the site and trying to be a good teammate, promoting all of our shows via social media.<\/em><\/p>\nSo sorry. Thank you Danny Parkins, Nick Shepkowski, Chris Tannehill, Mark Grote, George Ofman and my management team for your humanity.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Chicago radio star Dan McNeil has been silenced for health reasons just weeks after signing on as afternoon personality at Entercom sports\/talk WSCR AM 670. \u201cThe timing couldn\u2019t be worse,\u201d he wrote in a Facebook post Friday, disclosing that he is recovering from a paralyzed vocal cord. It\u2019s not known how long he will 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\/17608"}],"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=17608"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17608\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17612,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17608\/revisions\/17612"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17608"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17608"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17608"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}