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Danielle spent years working in local radio news here on Long Island. WGSM/WCTO in Huntington was the first place Danielle worked. Danielle was in charge of warming up the transmitter, ripping wire copy for the news anchor and keeping the 24 hour "Muzak" station on the air.

Danielle worked at WGGB in Merrick, a great news outlet, where many broadcasters got their start as well as WALK in Patchogue. From there Danielle went to WNBC Radio as an intern, her friend and co-worker from WCTO, Gary Dell'Abate of Howard Stern fame, got her that gig!It wound up being a great internship for both of them. Gary was hired to work with the Disc Jockeys, and Danielle got a full time job working in the newsroom as a Production Assistant and later, Assistant To The News Director.

At WNBC, Danielle worked with some of the best news broadcasters in N.Y., Charlie McCord, {Imus} Judy De'Angelis, {1010WINS} Doug O'Brien {1010WINS}.

There were wonderful street reporters as well, and the oldest, saltiest, city desk news folk you could ever imagine. Just think Superman, and Mary Tyler Moore. What a place to learn broadcast journalism! For Danielle, WNBC was an exciting place, one never knew what was going to happen next. Danielle wrote radio copy for Tom Brokaw, and taped reports for Sportscaster, Don Criquie.

When Imus or Howard Stern were on the air, Danielle would avoid walking near the on air studio windows, because somehow she would be dragged in and made fun of live on the air! It was a crazy time to work at WNBC, it was the "Howard Stern" years, the Space Shuttle had blown up, AIDS grabbed the headlines, and Mayor Koch ran the city. Danielle met many politicians and celebrities, her favorite, Mark Hamill, at the time she thought she had died and went to Star Wars Heaven!

This was the time also when Danielle's dear friend and WNBC's traffic reporter, Jane Dornacker crashed in the NBC chopper and died. Jane was loved by all and her personality was truly bigger than life -- Jane's death was heartbreaking.

Danielle says she learned so much in her almost 5 years at WNBC. Danielle says 66 WNBC is where some of the best memories from her career were made.