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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 8:00pm 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, Hillary Clinton and Arlen Specter, Governor Ed Rendell, Hazleton Mayor Lou Barletta, and PPL President & CEO Jim Miller.
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BUSINESS BRIEFS:

Monday, July 6th
Use It, Revitalize it OR Lose It!
Guests: Ed Pawlowski (Mayor of Allentown), Kris Burfeind (Allentown Symphony Association), Peter Schweyer (Allentown City Council), Joe Fitzpatrick, Esq (Sacred Heart Hospital)
Why Don't Americans Care? A look at American voter apathy.
Original Airdate: 6/15/2009 | Guests: Alfonso Todd (Lifestyles of the GSS), Esther Lee (NAACP - Bethlehem), Wanda Mercado-Arroyo (Lehigh County Republican Party), Tim Brennan (Pennsylvania Young Democrats)
 
DURATION: 00:23:23.4 

The Man Taking on the Establishment: 1-on-1 with 
Congressman Joe Sestak
Original Airdate: 6/22/2009
 
DURATION: 00:23:20.8 

Who will determine the future of the Republican party?
Original Airdate: 6/15/2009 | Guests: Julian Stolz (Activist), Wayne Woodman (Activist), Joe Hilliard (FreedomWorks), Charles Snelling (Activist)
 
DURATION: 00:27:06.7 

One-on-one interview with Senate candidate and former Congressman Pat Toomey
Original Airdate: 6/8/2009
 
DURATION: 00:27:42.7 

Will the benefits of a 1% sales tax increase outweigh the burdens to your business?
Original Airdate: 6/1/2009 | Guests: Kevin Shivers (National Federation of Independent Businesses), John Callahan (Mayor of Bethlehem), Gene Barr (Pennsylvania Chamber of Business and Industry), Lance Simmens (Special Assistant to Governor Ed Rendell)
 
DURATION: 00:29:34.7 

One-on-one interview with Congressman Jim Gerlach (R-6)
Original Airdate: 5/18/2009
 
DURATION: 00:27:24.6 

One-on-one interview with Speaker of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives Keith McCall (D-122)
Original Airdate: 5/11/2009
 
DURATION: 00:26:19.2 

The Tea Parties: Legitimate Concern or Much Ado About Nothing?
Original Airdate: 5/4/2009 | Guests: Kimberly Honohan (Activist), Ron Angle (Northampton County Council), Lynn Hanna (Activist), Scott Ott (Activist)
 
DURATION: 00:26:11.8 

How will we resolve PA’s $2.5 billion deficit? Tony asks all for of our Lehigh Valley Senators.
Original Airdate: 4/27/2009 | Guests: Senator Patrick Browne (R-16), Senator Lisa Boscola (D-18), Senator Robert Wonderling (R-24), Senator David Argall (R-29)
 
DURATION: 00:27:40.1 

Is Obama’s new economy robbing the rich?
Original Airdate: 4/20/2009 | Guests: Jacob Oberholzer (Organizing for America), Scott Armstrong (Lehigh Valley Conservative Voice PAC), Courtney Robinson (Lehigh County Democratic Committee), Joe Hillard (Freedom Works)
 
DURATION: 00:27:06.1 

Should medical marijuana be legalized?
Original Airdate: 4/13/2009 | Guests: Alfonso Todd (Blurb Media), David Evans (Drug Free Schools Coalition), Chris Goldstein (Coalition for Medical Marijuana of New Jersey), Terry Farley (Former Prosecutor)
 
DURATION: 00:27:47.2 


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