A CLOSER LOOK* Name: Donna L. (she prefers to go by her radio name)* Age: “30 something.”* Profession: WJTT morning show radio personality; aerobics instructor at Downtown YMCA, North River YMCA, D1, Urban League of Greater Chattanooga, Chattanooga Girls Leadership Academy, and she works as a personal trainer* Family: Son Brandon, 14.* Education: Bachelor’s degree in business management, Covenant College.* Hometown: Chattanooga.* What is something people don’t know about you?”I love to cook. Despite the fact that I’m now a health and fitness nut, I love to cook Southern food. I love to make homemade macaroni and cheese, and I love to cook for my family. And I’m a Momma’s girl. My mother and I are very close.”* What is the last movie you saw?”Michael Jackson’s This Is It.”* What’s in your car CD player?”Alicia Keys.”
WJTT-FM Power 94 morning radio personality Donna L. shed something in 2009 that has given her an additional reason to celebrate the new year.
“I lost 70 pounds,” she said. “My listeners may not see it, but I know they can hear the difference in my personality. It has been a tough road, but I’ve done it, and I know I can lose 25 more and keep it off.”
The energetic “30 something” said losing weight was a challenge first posed by her colleagues.
“The station said they would back me up and support my efforts, and they did,” she said, noting that losing weight is more than a one-person activity. “You need a support system.”