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Ryan Chiaverini (born 1977 or 1978) [1] is an American television personality, the co-host of Windy City Live on ABC Chicago (WLS-TV).

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Early life and education

Chiaverini is from Corona, California. [2] His father, Eddie Chiaverini, is a guitarist and singer who was a member of the band The Lively Ones. He had five half-brothers [3] and is the twin brother of Darrin Chiaverini. They both attended the University of Colorado Boulder, where Ryan was on the football team for two seasons and earned a degree in broadcast journalism. [4]

Career

Chiaverini began his career as a weekend sports anchor at KFBB in Great Falls, Montana, [1] then at KTVQ in Billings. In 2002, he became a sports reporter at KUSA in Denver, Colorado. [4] He spent four seasons covering the Denver Broncos and served as a fill-in host for the Mike Shanahan Show and John Elway's Crush Zone. In 2006, he moved to WLS-TV, where he was promoted to sports anchor for the weekend news broadcasts and hosted the station's pre-game coverage of the Chicago Bears, the Chicago Huddle. [2] [5]

In 2011, when the station began a 9:00 am weekday Morning Rush show to replace the Oprah Winfrey Show , Chiaverini won a co-host position alongside Val Warner; more than 500 people had applied. [2] [6] He is credited with suggesting the name Windy City Live. [7]

In September 2021, Windy City Live became a weekend program, Windy City Weekends; starting in 2022, Chiaverini also became a fill-in weekday sports anchor on ABC 7. [8]

In November 2023, Chiaverini is named ABC 7 Lead Sports Anchor. He will anchor sports on ABC 7's 5, 6 and 10 p.m. newscasts. [9]

Acting

In 2021, Chiaverini played a lawyer in the Lifetime TV movie Switched Before Birth. [10] He has also appeared in TV series and independent films.

Awards

In 2013, Chiaverini shared the Chicago/Midwest regional Emmy Award for Program Host/Moderator; [11] he won the award outright in 2017. [12] [13] Also in 2013, he shared in the regional Emmy for Interview/Discussion Programming awarded to Windy City Live for a special on violence, [11] and in 2020 he was one of the recipients of the Chicago/Midwest regional Emmy for Special Event Coverage, for Countdown Chicago 2020. [14]

Personal life

In 2011, New City named Chiaverini "best-looking male local TV personality", [15] and in 2012, Modern Luxury magazine named him among Chicago's most eligible bachelors. [16]

Chiaverini is a hobby singer/guitarist. Having lost his younger brother to suicide, in 2014 he wrote and recorded a song called "Chicago" to benefit the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention. [3] [17] In 2019, after his mother's death from cancer, he released "This Is Country" with a link for donations to cancer research. [18] He has also performed at a media charity event known as "Newsapalooza", in 2008 with Richard Marx [19]

He has continued to work for suicide awareness and cancer research, speaking at the annual Out of the Darkness Walk [3] and emceeing cancer fundraising events.

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