Raina Douris (born February 2, 1986) is a Canadian radio broadcaster, currently working in the United States as the host of

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's syndicated music program '' World Cafe''.Bruce Warren
"Hello, Goodbye: Raina Douris joins World Cafe as Talia Schlanger departs"

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, September 18, 2019. Originally from Stouffville,

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, Douris studied radio and television broadcasting at

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, and interned with

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(102.1 The Edge) in

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beginning in 2009. During her time with the station she launched its "Indie Online" feature, to provide exposure on the station's website to local

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bands who had not yet graduated to rotation in the station's regular playlist."Radio career took Raina Douris from Stouffville to the national stage"
'' YorkRegion.com'', October 25, 2016. She left CFNY in 2012 to join

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, remaining with that service for about a year before joining Toronto's new

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(Indie 88). During her time with that station, she was named Best Local Radio Personality in ''

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's'' annual Best of Toronto reader poll two years in a row. She returned to the CBC in 2016, serving as host of

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's national morning show '' Mornings'' and

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's '' CBC Music Backstage Pass''. She left CBC Music in September 2019, hosting her last episode of ''Mornings'' on September 13. Douris was the host of the

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galas in 2018 and 2019. It was announced on September 18, 2019, that Douris would replace Talia Schlanger as lead host of ''World Cafe''. She is the third full-time host in the program's history.

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