Raechel Donahue
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Raechel Donahue is a rock radio pioneer generally associated with her husband Tom Donahue
, who died in 1975. She was the original entertainment reporter for CNN
, briefly served as VJ for Cable Music Channel
and a longtime radio personality in San Francisco on KSAN and in Los Angeles
on KMET, KROQ-FM
, KIIS-FM
, and in 2006 was heard SIRIUS Satellite Radio
(SIRIUS), Classic Vinyl
and Sirus Gold. In 2009 she has a daily audio blog on the All Star Radio Network called Brush With Fame and a weekend show on the Dial-Global Radio Network. Author, journalist and voiceover artist for film, television and commercials, she is featured in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
main hall and in The Paley Center for Media. She was honored by the latter in both the New York and Los Angeles exhibitions entitled She Made It: Women Creating Television and Radio. She is also a major figure (along with husband Tom) in Jim Ladd
's semi-biographical account of the history of KMET, "Radio Waves: Life and Revolution on the FM Dial". Currently, Raechel works as a documentary film maker, "Airplay", released in the summer of 2007 and "Drawn to Yellowstone", released by Wyoming PBS in 2009 (www.drawntoyellowstone.com). Her most recent book is The Ropes.
Tom Donahue
Tom "Big Daddy" Donahue , was a pioneering rock and roll radio disc jockey, record producer and concert promoter....
, who died in 1975. She was the original entertainment reporter for CNN
CNN
Cable News Network is a U.S. cable news channel founded in 1980 by Ted Turner. Upon its launch, CNN was the first channel to provide 24-hour television news coverage, and the first all-news television channel in the United States...
, briefly served as VJ for Cable Music Channel
Cable Music Channel
Cable Music Channel was an all-music video channel created by Ted Turner and launched in 1984 by Turner Broadcasting System, providing the first national competition to MTV...
and a longtime radio personality in San Francisco on KSAN and in Los Angeles
Los Ángeles
Los Ángeles is the capital of the province of Biobío, in the commune of the same name, in Region VIII , in the center-south of Chile. It is located between the Laja and Biobío rivers. The population is 123,445 inhabitants...
on KMET, KROQ-FM
KROQ-FM
KROQ-FM — branded 106.7 KROQ — is a commercial modern rock radio station licensed to Pasadena, California serving the Greater Los Angeles. The call sign is pronounced "kay rock." It is the flagship station of Loveline hosted by Dr...
, KIIS-FM
KIIS-FM
KIIS-FM is a Los Angeles, California, USA-based radio station with a partial Top 40 musical format. It is owned by Clear Channel Communications. KIIS is also simulcasted on KVVS in Rosamond, at 105.5 MHz...
, and in 2006 was heard SIRIUS Satellite Radio
Sirius Satellite Radio
Sirius Satellite Radio is a satellite radio service operating in North America, owned by Sirius XM Radio.Headquartered in New York City, with smaller studios in Los Angeles and Memphis, Sirius was officially launched on July 1, 2002 and currently provides 69 streams of music and 65 streams of...
(SIRIUS), Classic Vinyl
Classic Vinyl
Classic Vinyl is a Sirius XM Satellite Radio channel focusing on classic rock music mostly from the late-1960s to the mid-1970s. It broadcasts on Sirius channel 26 , XM channel 26 , and Dish Network channel 6014...
and Sirus Gold. In 2009 she has a daily audio blog on the All Star Radio Network called Brush With Fame and a weekend show on the Dial-Global Radio Network. Author, journalist and voiceover artist for film, television and commercials, she is featured in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum is a museum located on the shore of Lake Erie in downtown Cleveland, Ohio, United States. It is dedicated to archiving the history of some of the best-known and most influential artists, producers, engineers and others who have, in some major way,...
main hall and in The Paley Center for Media. She was honored by the latter in both the New York and Los Angeles exhibitions entitled She Made It: Women Creating Television and Radio. She is also a major figure (along with husband Tom) in Jim Ladd
Jim Ladd
Jim Ladd , an American disc jockey, radio producer and writer, is one of the few notable remaining freeform rock DJs in United States commercial radio.- Radio show style :...
's semi-biographical account of the history of KMET, "Radio Waves: Life and Revolution on the FM Dial". Currently, Raechel works as a documentary film maker, "Airplay", released in the summer of 2007 and "Drawn to Yellowstone", released by Wyoming PBS in 2009 (www.drawntoyellowstone.com). Her most recent book is The Ropes.