Background
Yu, Linda was born on December 1, 1946 in Xian, China.
newswoman television anchorwoman
Yu, Linda was born on December 1, 1946 in Xian, China.
Bachelor in Journalism, University of Southern California, 1968.
At American Broadcasting Company 7, she anchors the 4PM Eyewitness newscast with Alan Krashesky. She also appears daily on Windy City Live to anchor the news reports. Previously, she anchored the 11AM newscast with Sylvia Perez.
That newscast has been canceled because of American Broadcasting Company 7"s moving of Windy City Live (Moved to 11am on September 2, 2013) and Perez is no longer with the station.
Originally from Xian, China, Linda immigrated to the United States in 1951. Her career in broadcasting began when she was a writer and producer for KTLA-television in Los Angeles, and then as a writer for American Broadcasting Company O & O KABC-television also in Los Los Angeles
Mississippi Yu graduated from the University of Southern California with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Journalism in 1968.
Linda first joined the station in April 1984 after five years with rival National Broadcasting Company O & O WMAQ-television Yu has anchored the 4pm newscast for 30 years, most of it with veteran news anchor Joel Daly, and also did the 11am newscast for 21 years with Sylvia Perez. The two were the first women in the Chicago market to co-anchor a newscast.
Before coming to Chicago, Linda worked as a general assignment reporter and fill-in anchor for American Broadcasting Company O & O KGO-television from 1975-1979. Before that, she was a reporter for KATU-television in Portland, Oregon.
In January 2014, Yu broke her leg in a motor vehicle accident.