{"id":30619,"date":"2021-08-16T06:00:50","date_gmt":"2021-08-16T11:00:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.robertfeder.com\/?p=30619"},"modified":"2021-08-16T10:19:06","modified_gmt":"2021-08-16T15:19:06","slug":"robservations-abc-7s-ryan-chiaverini-super-surprised-catch-covid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/2021\/08\/16\/robservations-abc-7s-ryan-chiaverini-super-surprised-catch-covid\/","title":{"rendered":"Robservations: ABC 7's Ryan Chiaverini 'super surprised' to catch COVID"},"content":{"rendered":"
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<\/a> Ryan Chiaverini<\/p><\/div>\n

Robservations on the media beat:<\/p>\n

Ryan Chiaverini<\/strong> can\u2019t catch a break. In July he got word that \u201cWindy City Live,\u201d <\/a>the daily talk show he\u2019s been co-hosting for the past 10 years on ABC-owned WLS-Channel 7, had been canceled<\/a> effective September 3. Then last week he returned from officiating at co-host Val Warner\u2019s<\/strong> wedding in Cancun to learn he had tested positive for COVID-19 despite being fully vaccinated. \u201cHere I am, one of the many breakthrough cases that we\u2019re seeing in our state and across the country,\u201d Chiaverini told <\/a>ABC 7 news anchor Judy Hsu.<\/strong> \u201cI do really believe that because I am vaccinated the severity of my symptoms have been much less and I\u2019ve been able to recover much faster. My fever only lasted about six hours or something like that,\u201d adding: \u201cI was super surprised and it is disappointing. . . . I\u2019ll be the first to admit I was back out giving hugs and handshakes and living our lives like we wanted to get back to, but this thing is real.\u201d P.S. Warner tested negative.<\/p>\n

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Lucy Kim<\/p><\/div>\n

Lucy Kim,<\/strong> vice president of development at the Brookings Institution, has been hired as chief advancement officer at Chicago Public Media, starting in September. In the newly created position she will lead fundraising and member\/donor initiatives for the parent company of NPR news\/talk WBEZ 91.5-FM.<\/a> Earlier Kim held fundraising and management posts at Harvard University's Faculty of Arts and Sciences and Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study. She holds degrees from Harvard, Boston University and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.<\/p>\n

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Tom \"Tommy B\" Bickham<\/p><\/div>\n

Tom \"Tommy B\" Bickham<\/strong> signed off Friday as afternoon host at WXLC 102.3-FM,<\/a> the north suburban Alpha Media adult contemporary station. \"I send my love and thanks to all of you who have supported me since Day 1 here in Lake County!\" he wrote on Facebook. \"I've had so much fun these past 7 years, I'll miss you Lake County!\" The South Side Chicago native and Eastern Illinois University graduate began as a promotions assistant at 102.3 XLC. He continues to host mornings on Froggy 102.7<\/a> based in Mishawaka, Indiana.<\/p>\n

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WCPT 820<\/p><\/div>\n

WCPT 820-AM, <\/a>the Newsweb Radio progressive talk station, is one of 18 Chicago-area companies named a recipient in the inaugural Diversity in Business Awards presented by The Daily Herald Business Ledger. <\/a>\"WCPT has been built on equality, social justice and inclusion for all,\" said Melissa Ryzy,<\/strong> director of sales. \"We practice diversity every day in the workplace, on the air and in our community.\" (Here is a complete list of winners.<\/a>) Honorees will be profiled in a special edition of the Business Ledger on September 13.<\/p>\n

Friday\u2019s comment of the day:<\/a> Gloria Picchetti:<\/strong> There isn't anyone nicer than Andy Avalos. All the pets he saved love him also.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Robservations on the media beat: Ryan Chiaverini can\u2019t catch a break. In July he got word that \u201cWindy City Live,\u201d the daily talk show he\u2019s been co-hosting for the past 10 years on ABC-owned WLS-Channel 7, had been canceled effective September 3. Then last week he returned from officiating at co-host Val Warner\u2019s wedding in... 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\/30619"}],"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=30619"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30619\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":30631,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30619\/revisions\/30631"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30619"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30619"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30619"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}