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Linda Yu co-anchors ABC7's top rated 11 a.m. and 4 p.m. newscasts. She joined ABC7 Chicago in 1984. In April 2005, Yu was inducted into the prestigious "Silver Circle" of legendary Chicago broadcasters. The Silver Circle award recognizes significant contributions to Chicago broadcasting. [CR-LF][CR-LF]Prior to joining ABC7 Chicago, Yu served as the co-anchor for WMAQ-TV/Chicago's 4:30 and 10 p.m. newscasts from 1980 to 1984. She joined the station in 1979 as a general assignment reporter and weekend co-anchor. While at WMAQ-TV, Yu contributed special news reports and hosted documentaries, two of which focused on China, her homeland. [CR-LF][CR-LF]Before arriving in Chicago, Yu worked as a general assignment reporter and fill-in anchor at KGO-TV, the ABC-owned station in San Francisco from 1975 to 1979. Prior, she was a reporter at KATU-TV in Portland, Ore., in 1975. Yu began her broadcasting career in 1974 as a writer and producer for KTLA-TV in Los Angeles, and as a writer for KABC-TV, the ABC-owned station in Los Angeles. [CR-LF][CR-LF]She serves on the board of the Juvenile Protective Association, and is the Advisory Board Chairperson for the Chinese American Service League. She is also a co-founder of the Chicago Chapter of the Asian-American Journalists Association. Yu graduated from the University of Southern California with a Bachelor's degree in journalism in 1968.

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