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Business Matters with Tony Iannelli, is the region’s only local business show on commercial television. Greater Lehigh Valley Chamber of Commerce President, Tony Iannelli, hosts this weekly program that airs Monday's at 7:30pm on WFMZ-Ch. 69. WFMZ is broadcast on 46 cable companies and reaches 2.2 million households. Business Matters is a half-hour interview show that gets inside the minds of business and community leaders to talk about their successes and challenges, as well as regional public policy issues and world trends. Topics range from legislation affecting the business community/community at large and economic development to corporate and technology news. The show almost always has 4 panelists representing two sides of an issue. One-on-One programs with VIP's have included U.S. Senators Bob Casey and Arlen Specter, Governor Ed Rendell, Hazleton Mayor Lou Barletta and Presidential Candidate Hillary Clinton.
Mayor Pawlowski Responds To Rash Of Violence In Allentown. Allentown Police Investigate 4th Homicide in Less than Two Weeks Charges Filed in Deadly Stabbing Foster Family Celebrates Mother's Day. One Dead, Four Others Injured in Allentown Stabbing Community Calls for Action on Violence in Allentown Delivery Man Recovering After Shooting, Robbery in Reading Community Comes Together to Help Family of Fire Victims Warren County Resident Opens New NAACP Chapter Cedar Crest Graduate Earns Degree After 22 Years MORE NEWS > > >


BUSINESS BRIEFS:

Monday, May 12th
Electronic voting machines and American Democracy: The next step or a great threat?
Guests: Stacy Sterner (Lehigh County Voter Registration), Ken Kraft (Northampton County Elections Commission), Santa Bannon-Shillea (League of Women Voters--Northampton County), Alan Brau (Activist), Daniel Lopresti (Lehigh University Professor)

Monday, May 19th
Should the private sector control PA liquor sales?
Guests: Wendell Young (UFCW Local 1776), Senator Rob Wonderling (R-24), Bob Cooper (AFSCME), Attorney Ted Zeller (Tallman, Hudders & Sorrentino, PC)

Monday, May 26th
Freight Rail—is government intervention the answer to getting you your goods?
Guests: Bob Szabo (Consumers United for Rail Equity (CURE)), Tom Fiorini ( Westgate Global Logistics), Glenn Eckhart (Lehigh County Commissioner), Glenn Taggart (Taggart Associates)
Bridging PA & NJ ...it's More Than Steel !
Original Airdate: 5/5/2008 | Guests: Mayor Sal Panto (Easton, PA), Mayor Harry Wyant (Phillipsburg, NJ)
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DURATION: 00:28:22.4    POSTED: 05-06-2008 11:37 AM ET

Our Turbulent Economy
Original Airdate: 4/28/2008 | Guests: Kevin Flemming (Integrity Personnel), Kamran Afshar (Kamran Afshar Associates), Alan Jennings (CACLV), John Hayes (Great Bear Bank Group)
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DURATION: 00:28:06.0    POSTED: 05-01-2008 10:19 AM ET

Hillary Clinton One-On-One
Original Airdate: 4/21/2008 | Guest: Hillary Clinton
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DURATION: 00:25:52.5    POSTED: 04-21-2008 10:06 PM ET

On April 22nd who should PA Democrats choose: Clinton or Obama?
Original Airdate: 4/14/2008 | Guests: Jeff Warren (Obama Supporter), Lorraine Pasquali (Clinton Supporter), Duane Tolson (Obama Supporter), Joanne Messlehenner (Clinton Supporter)
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DURATION: 00:28:30.4    POSTED: 04-15-2008 10:25 AM ET

How much is electricity worth to you?-A special 1-on-1 with PPL's CEO Jim Miller
Original Airdate: 4/7/2008 | Guest: Jim Miller (Chairman, President and CEO--PPL Corporation)
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DURATION: 00:27:50.6    POSTED: 04-08-2008 10:33 AM ET

Passenger Rail in the Lehigh Valley--good business sense or will the taxpayers be railroaded?
Original Airdate: 3/31/2008 | Guests: Don Miles (Sierra Club), Bill Erdman (Keystone Consulting Engineers), Don Cunningham (Lehigh County Executive), Abe Nemitz (Network of Young Professionals)
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DURATION: 00:27:28.1    POSTED: 04-01-2008 03:31 PM ET

Blogging in the Lehigh Valley
Original Airdate: 3/24/2008 | Guests: Bernie O'Hare (Blogger), Chris Casey (Blogger), John Micek (The Morning Call), Joe Owens (The Express-Times)
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DURATION: 00:28:24.1    POSTED: 03-25-2008 09:20 AM ET

Sentencing prisoners to death --good business decision or waste of taxpayer money?
Original Airdate: 3/17/2008 | Guests: Max Davison (Former Judge, Lehigh County), Andy Hoover (PA-ACLU), Robert Dunham (Philadelphia Defenders Association), Joe Hilliard (FreedomWorks)
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DURATION: 00:27:08.7    POSTED: 03-18-2008 09:38 AM ET

1-on-1 with US Senator Bob Casey
Original Airdate: 3/4/2008 | Guest: US Senator Bob Casey
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DURATION: 00:27:19.5    POSTED: 03-04-2008 11:46 AM ET

Affirmative Action: Good or bad for Lehigh Valley businesses?
Original Airdate: 2/25/2008 | Guests: Duane Tolson (City of Allentown), Esther Lee (NAACP-Bethlehem), Dean Browning (Lehigh County Commissioner), Ron Angle (Northampton County Council)
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DURATION: 00:28:39.2    POSTED: 02-28-2008 09:57 AM ET

Tolling I-80 or leasing the turnpike--how will we pay to fix our roads and bridges?
Original Airdate: 2/18/2008 | Guests: Mike Joyce (Owner/Operator Independent Drivers Assoc.), Joe Brimmeier (PA Turnpike Commission), Dave Patti (PA Business Council), Matt Brouillette (The Commonwealth Foundation)
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DURATION: 00:27:36.7    POSTED: 02-19-2008 10:22 AM ET

IRAQ: Should we stay or should we go?
Original Airdate: 2/11/2008 | Guests: John Hinkle (Business owner), Ron Scholler (Iraq war veteran), Joe Hilliard (Freedom Works), Phil Reiss (Veterans for Peace)
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DURATION: 00:25:34.3    POSTED: 02-18-2008 09:30 AM ET

Will the Feds Economic Stimulus Package Make You a Winner? Or Loser?
Original Airdate: 2/4/2008 | Guests: Gregg Potter (Lehigh Valley Labor Council), Alan Jennings (Community Action Committee of LV), Peter Rembalsky (Rembalsky Financial), Kamran Afshar (Kamran Afshar Associates)
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DURATION: 00:25:19.5    POSTED: 02-06-2008 10:37 AM ET

Turning Allentown Around
Original Airdate: 12/28/2008 | Guest: Mayor Ed Pawlowski
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DURATION: 00:27:54.7    POSTED: 01-29-2008 11:42 AM ET

The Latino Community: Are they getting their piece of the economic pie?
Original Airdate: 12/17/2007 | Guests: Teresa Donate (Governor's Latino Advisory Commission), John Brinson (24-7 Fitness Clubs), Guillermo Lopez (National Coalition Building Institute), Dan Bosket (NAACP)
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DURATION: 00:29:10.7    POSTED: 12-19-2007 03:26 PM ET

1 on 1 with Hazleton Mayor Lou Barletta.
Original Airdate: 12/3/2007 | Guests: Hazleton Mayor Lou Barletta
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DURATION: 00:28:35.3    POSTED: 12-04-2007 01:40 PM ET

Law enforcement in the 21st century--fairness vs. protection?
Original Airdate: 11/26/2007
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DURATION: 00:29:17.6    POSTED: 11-28-2007 10:10 AM ET

One-on-One with PA DCED Secretary Dennis Yablonsky
Original Airdate: 11/19/2007 | Guests: Dennis Yablonsky (PA DCED Secretary)
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DURATION: 00:28:12.4    POSTED: 11-20-2007 10:22 AM ET

The Hidden Dangers of Trans Fats
Original Airdate: 11/12/2007 | Guests: Serina Gaston (PA Dept. of Health), Louie Belletieri (Louie's Restaurant), Claudia Richan (Bethlehem Health Bureau), Billy Kounoupis (Billy's Downtown Diner)
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DURATION: 00:29:11.2    POSTED: 11-15-2007 01:41 PM ET

Will PA see universal healthcare or will the free market dominate?
Original Airdate: 11/5/2007 | Guests: Gary St. Hilaire--Capital BlueCross (Senior Vice President Chief Financial Officer & Treasurer), Tom Pappas---UnitedHealthcare (CEO of PA), Robert Dawson--HealthAmerica (President & CEO), Mike Fiaschetti--Highmark (Senior VP of the Mid Atlantic Region)
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DURATION: 00:28:44.3    POSTED: 11-07-2007 09:00 AM ET







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