Donlon is a member of the Canadian Broadcasters Hall of Fame from the
Canadian Association of Broadcasters. In 2009, she was named one of Canada's Top 100 Powerful Women. That same year, she won the Rosalie Trailblazer Award at
Canadian Music Week. She was Canadian Music Week's Broadcast Executive of the Year three times from 1993 to 1995. She won the
Peter Gzowski Literacy Award of Merit (ABC Canada) in 2001, a Woman of Vision Award, and Woman of the Year from Canadian Women in Communications. She holds two Gemini Awards - Special Event Coverage - Election Night 93 and in 1992, as Producer for The NewMusic. She won a Golden Sheaf Award from the Yorkton Film Festival for "In Your Face - Violence in Music" in 1993. She received the
Walt Grealis Special Achievement Award at the
2018 Juno Awards for her contributions to the Canadian music industry. ==Boards and Committees==