Denise Donlon

Denise Anne Donlon
Born (1956-02-22) 22 February 1956 (age 68)
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
SpouseMurray McLauchlan
AwardsOrder of Canada

Denise Anne Donlon, CM (born 22 February 1956) is a Canadian business executive, television producer, author, public speaker, host, and member of the Order of Canada.

Born in Toronto, Ontario, she joined MuchMusic in 1985 as a host and producer of The NewMusic. In 1992, she became the director of music programming, and was named vice-president and general manager in 1997 where she was responsible for programming direction and successfully launched MuchMoreMusic in 1998.

From 2000 to 2004, she was the president of Sony Music Canada where she led the company and a team of over 300 employees.[1]

On 17 September 2008, Donlon was named executive director of CBC Radio's English-language services.[2] She left the CBC in August 2011 and was succeeded by her 2nd in command, Chris Boyce.[3] From September 2013 to April 2014, Donlon hosted the TV program TheZoomer which she co-hosted with Conrad Black.[4]

In November 2016, Donlon published an autobiography Fearless as Possible (Under the Circumstances) (ISBN 978-1487000028).[5]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference CNW1 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ "Denise Donlon named to top job at CBC Radio". CBC News. 17 September 2008. Retrieved 16 September 2011.
  3. ^ Dixon, Guy (10 July 2011). "Denise Donlon leaves CBC Radio". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved 15 September 2011.
  4. ^ "Conrad Black and Denise Donlon host gutsy new current affairs show". TheZoomer TV. ZoomerMedia. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 6 August 2015.
  5. ^ "Fearless as Possible Store Page". Archived from the original on 27 December 2016.