Danielle Charbonneau is a Canadian

Canada

Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

 radio personality

Radio personality

A radio personality is a person with an on-air position in radio broadcasting. A radio personality can be someone who introduces and discusses various genres of music, hosts a talk radio show that may take calls from listeners, or someone whose primary responsibility is to give news, weather,...

, has who hosted programming on both CBC Radio 2 and Espace musique

Espace musique

Espace musique is the French-language music radio service of Canada's national public broadcaster, the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation...

. She was born in 1953 in Prince Rupert, British Columbia

Prince Rupert, British Columbia

Prince Rupert is a port city in the province of British Columbia, Canada. It is the land, air, and water transportation hub of British Columbia's North Coast, and home to some 12,815 people .-History:...

) and grew up in New York

New York

New York is a state in the Northeastern region of the United States. It is the nation's third most populous state. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and by Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east...

 and Ottawa

Ottawa

Ottawa is the capital of Canada, the second largest city in the Province of Ontario, and the fourth largest city in the country. The city is located on the south bank of the Ottawa River in the eastern portion of Southern Ontario...

. Her degrees in Music and Comparative Literature are from Indiana University

Indiana University

Indiana University is a multi-campus public university system in the state of Indiana, United States. Indiana University has a combined student body of more than 100,000 students, including approximately 42,000 students enrolled at the Indiana University Bloomington campus and approximately 37,000...

. Danielle has been living in Montreal

Montreal

Montreal is a city in Canada. It is the largest city in the province of Quebec, the second-largest city in Canada and the seventh largest in North America...

 since 1986.

Charbonneau began working for CBC

Canadian Broadcasting Corporation

The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, commonly known as CBC and officially as CBC/Radio-Canada, is a Canadian crown corporation that serves as the national public radio and television broadcaster...

/Radio-Canada in 1978, for local radio and television in Ottawa

Ottawa

Ottawa is the capital of Canada, the second largest city in the Province of Ontario, and the fourth largest city in the country. The city is located on the south bank of the Ottawa River in the eastern portion of Southern Ontario...

, Ontario

Ontario

Ontario is a province of Canada, located in east-central Canada. It is Canada's most populous province and second largest in total area. It is home to the nation's most populous city, Toronto, and the nation's capital, Ottawa....

. She then moved to Radio-Canada's La Chaîne culturelle

Espace musique

Espace musique is the French-language music radio service of Canada's national public broadcaster, the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation...

 (the francophone national public FM radio network, now called Espace musique

Espace musique

Espace musique is the French-language music radio service of Canada's national public broadcaster, the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation...

) in Montreal. In 1998, she became the producer and host of the classical music evening program Music for Awhile, on the then-CBC Stereo. Her final program was the CBC Radio 2 show Nightstream

Nightstream

Nightstream is a Canadian radio program which debuted on CBC Radio 2 on March 20, 2007. Originally hosted by veteran broadcaster Danielle Charbonneau, the program airs a diverse mix of music, reflecting all genres played on the network, from 1 a.m. to 6 a.m. every morning.In the summer of 2007,...

, which she did for just a few months. She has also been guest host of classical music programmes Stereo Morning (later renamed Music and Company

Music and Company

Music and Company was a classical music program that aired from 6:00 am to 9:00 am on weekdays from CBC Radio 2. It was discontinued in September 2008.-The Host:...

) and In Performance, and has hosted many CBC music competitions.

At the end of the summer of 2007, Ms. Charbonneau retired from the CBC following almost 30 years of service. However, no official announcement via CBC's websites or press release has yet been published.

CBC's Retirement Message

Listeners asking for Danielle's whereabouts in September 2007 were sent the following reply:

Thank you for taking the time to contact the CBC.

At the end of the summer, Danielle Charbonneau announced her retirement from the CBC. We will be more than happy to pass your request for updated information along to our Radio 2 web team ...

The ideas, opinions and questions of our audience are important to the CBC if we are to remain relevant as the national public broadcaster. Your comments and questions will be entered into our Audience Reaction Report which is circulated among our senior producers, programmers, and executives, including our President and CEO, Robert Rabinovitch.

Leslie Smith,
Communications Assistant,
CBC Audience Relations

Sources

CBC.ca - Program Guide - Danielle Charbonneau http://www.cbc.ca/programguide/personality/index.jsp?personality=Charbonneau%2C+Danielle&program=Music+for+a+While (unknown personality)

"Danielle, I Love You" (appreciation from an American listener) http://thetyee.ca/Views/2005/08/21/AmericanPlea/

CBC Bio from cache
http://64.233.167.104/search?q=cache:wGciCOhlI8IJ:www.cbc.ca/programguide/personality/index.jsp%3Fpersonality%3DCharbonneau%252C%2BDanielle%26program%3DNightstream+cbc+charbonneau&hl=fr&ct=clnk&cd=1&gl=ca&client=firefox-a

Brief history of Music for a While http://www.broadcasting-history.ca/programming/radio/programming_popup.php?id=6