Jeannie Bagarella

Jeannie Bagarella (born December 3, 1974) is a Canadian radio personality, actress and puppeteer. She is the performer of April the lioness in Sesame Port and a host of The Jeannie & Dale Show with Dale Loving on CKSN (1300 AM, Sportsnet 1300 The Fan) in,.

Life and career
Jeannie Bagarella was born in, the daughter of Italian-Canadian parents. She attended and graduated from.

She began her work at before moving onto CKSN (then CHGY) after her graduation from McGill in 2001. She began as a fill-in morning drive host when David O'Trohy was unavailable before starting The Jeannie & Thom Show with longtime host Thom Jerabek. When Thom departed CHGY in 2008, she brought on Dale Loving to create The Jeannie & Dale Show.

She was cast for the role of April in Sesame Port after being referred to the producers by Martin Berger, a long-time, fellow disc jockey and a family friend since childhood. She was trained by.