Deborah Rath is a multi-faceted performer whose talents include professional modeling, singing, voice-overs, and record producing. Before lending her voice to CD101.9's midday shift, her career in radio and TV spanned many formats - Jazz, Top 40, News, Talk, R&B, and Dance. She is the only radio personality at Emmis Communications who has been an air-personality at all three New York properties: CD101.9, Hot 97, and Kiss-FM.
Deborah graduated with honors from Northwestern University in Chicago with a degree in Political Science. After an on-air TV stint in San Francisco, she helped Emmis usher in a brand new format - "churban" - at Power 106 in Los Angeles.

Deborah was tapped in 1986 to help Hot 103.5 (now Hot 97) in New York climb to the top with its churban sound. In the meantime, Deborah's first 12-inch single as a vocalist went to #28 on the Billboard charts. Deborah made the move to sister station Kiss-FM in 1994 to help launch its then-new "Classic Soul and Today's R&B" format which took New York by storm. That same year, she was chosen to host "Woodstock '94" - a live TV broadcast beamed to 54 countries.

When Emmis acquired CD101.9 in 1998, it was an easy move for a former jazz/ cabaret singer to slide into the midday slot, where her ratings have been rock-solid ever since.

Deborah's syndicated work has included many shows in Tokyo and Chiba, Japan; hosting "American Dance Traxx" for Westwood One; the Gloria Estefan "Into The Light" special, which aired on over 200 stations worldwide; and host/ creator of "The Sounds of the New York Underground" which ran on four continents.

Off the air, Deborah and her trio of world-class musicians often entertain at radio station functions, private parties, and jazz venues around New York City. Ms. Rath has sung the National Anthem at Giants and Shea Stadiums, and made history as the first woman to do play-by-play commentary for the WFL.

Deborah was nominated for "Personality/Show of the Year" for Smooth Jazz by R & R Magazine in 2001 and in 2005. She splits her time between an apartment in Manhattan and a home in Malibu, California.