{"id":2911,"date":"2014-04-02T18:00:21","date_gmt":"2014-04-02T23:00:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.robertfeder.com\/?p=2911"},"modified":"2014-04-02T18:02:35","modified_gmt":"2014-04-02T23:02:35","slug":"still-a-wonderful-time-for-linda-yu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/2014\/04\/02\/still-a-wonderful-time-for-linda-yu\/","title":{"rendered":"Still a \u2018wonderful time\u2019 for Linda Yu"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Linda<\/a>

<\/a> Linda Yu<\/p><\/div>\n

Linda Yu,<\/a> the Chicago television treasure whose amazing longevity is exceeded only by her popularity, marked her 30th anniversary at WLS-Channel 7<\/a> Wednesday by doing what she\u2019s always done \u2014 anchoring a top-rated newscast on the ABC-owned station.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s been a lucky, fascinating, learning, productive, wonderful time,\u201d she told Facebook<\/a> fans. \u201cI\u2019m grateful and humbled by your support all these years!\u201d<\/p>\n

\"Linda<\/a>

Linda Yu (1980)<\/p><\/div>\n

Yu came to Chicago in 1979 as a 32-year-old weekend anchor at WMAQ-Channel 5, eventually moving up to the 10 p.m. weekday newscast. After five years at the NBC-owned station, she jumped to ABC 7. \u201cLinda Yu hits air, signs 3-year contract with Ch. 7,\u201d read the headline of my Sun-Times column on April 3, 1984.<\/p>\n

She soon teamed with veteran anchor Joel Daly on a new 4 p.m. weekday newscast, which Yu has anchored continuously since then (now alongside Alan Krashesky). For three decades, it\u2019s never been out of first place in the ratings.<\/p>\n

Earlier this year, Yu, 67, was sidelined for a month after she broke her left leg<\/a> in a traffic accident while vacationing in Florida. Following two surgeries, she\u2019s still undergoing physical therapy, but hasn\u2019t missed a scheduled day since she returned.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Linda Yu, the Chicago television treasure whose amazing longevity is exceeded only by her popularity, marked her 30th anniversary at WLS-Channel 7 Wednesday by doing what she\u2019s always done \u2014 anchoring a top-rated newscast on the ABC-owned station. \u201cIt\u2019s been a lucky, fascinating, learning, productive, wonderful time,\u201d she told Facebook fans. \u201cI\u2019m grateful and humbled... 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\/2911"}],"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=2911"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2911\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2915,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2911\/revisions\/2915"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2911"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2911"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2911"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}