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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:
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 

Should tax money fund abortions?
Original Airdate: 4/6/2009 | Guests: Michael Ciccocioppo (Pennsylvania Pro-Life), Sam Bennett (Women’s Campaign Forum), Joy Crimmins (Rachel’s Vineyard Ministries), Deb Sieger (Pennsylvania National Organization of Women)
 
DURATION: 00:27:39.6 

Are religion and government too closely entertwined? And is that a bad thing?
Original Airdate: 3/23/2009 | Guests: Umbreen Bhatti (ACLU), Adrian Shanker (Activist), Michael Geer (PA Family Institute), Ira Faro (LC Conference of Churches)
 
DURATION: 00:28:39.0 

Is America becoming a socialist country?
Original Airdate: 3/16/2009 | Guests: Ron Angle (Northampton County Council), Diane Mohney (Community Party), Libero Della Piana (Community Party), Dean Browning (Lehigh County Commissioner)
 
DURATION: 00:27:10.8 

Your child's school district may be dissolved--what does that mean for education?
Original Airdate: 3/9/2009 | Guests: John Freund, Esq (King Spry), Jeff Glazier (Allentown School Board), Alan Jennings (CACLV), Joe Yarworth (Albright College)
 
DURATION: 00:27:12.3 

Do you believe in global warming?
Original Airdate: 3/2/2009 | Guests: Jan Jarrett (PennFuture), John Brinson (24-7 Fitness), Lance Simmens, Dr. Paul Saunders
 
DURATION: 00:27:10.0 

What's it like watching the superbowl with President Obama? Congressman Charlie Dent knows!
Original Airdate: 2/23/2009 | 1-on-1 with Congressman Charlie Dent (R-15)
 
DURATION: 00:27:45.1 

Do you want the government in charge of your health care and insurance?
Original Airdate: 2/16/2009 | Guests: Jeff Garis (Penn Action), Tom Huntzinger (Emerson, Reid & Co.), Marc Stier (Health Care for America Now!), Kevin Shivers (PA NFIB)
 
DURATION: 00:27:13.4 

Government Bailouts: Why?
Original Airdate: 2/9/2009 | Guests: Alan Jennings (CACLV), Gregg Feinberg (Feinberg Law Office), Fred Rentschler (Auto Dealer ), Jack Ianntouano (Activist)
 
DURATION: 00:26:27.8 

1-on-1 with Richard Anderson, CEO, St. Luke's Hospital and Health Network
Original Airdate: 1/19/2009
 
DURATION: 00:31:58.1 

Free Trade: The New World or Destroying America?
Original Airdate: 1/19/2009 | Guests: Gregg Potter (Lehigh Valley Labor Council), Mike D'Amore (Allentown City Council President), Gene Barr (Pennsylvania Chamber of Commerce), Betsy Summers (Libertarian Party)
 
DURATION: 00:28:20.4 

Abstinence only education: What’s best for your kids?
Original Airdate: 1/12/2009 | Guests: Michael Geer (Pennsylvania Family Institute), Bob Smith (Allentown School Director), Maryjo Oster (Pennsylvania Coalition to Prevent Teen Pregnancy), Jennifer May (Pennsylvania for Responsible Sex Education)
 
DURATION: 00:27:43.6 

Tort Reform: Better Medicine or Justice Denied
Original Airdate: 1/5/2009 | Guests: Philip Hof (Seidel, Cohen, Hof & Reid), Gene Barr (Pennsylvania Chamber of Commerce), Dennis Feeley (Cohen & Feeley)
 
DURATION: 00:28:13.5 

Barack Obama: The Change We Need?
Original Airdate: 12/29/2008 | Guests: Charles Snelling (Activist), Don Cunningham (Lehigh County Executive), Bob Smith (Allentown School Director), David Jones (Lehigh County Commissioner)
 
DURATION: 00:27:07.4 

The Economy: How Bad Will It Get?
Original Airdate: 12/22/2008 | Guests: Kamran Afshar (Kamran Afshar Associates), Bob Rupel (Lafayette Ambassador Bank), Jim Deutsch (Team Capital Bank), Frank Smith (Summit Management)
 
DURATION: 00:27:38.4 

What really happened to the real estate market and who's at fault?
Original Airdate: 12/15/2008 | Bob Levy (PA Mortgage Brokers' Association), Alan Jennings (CACLV), Richard Koze (Kay Builders), Gregg Feinberg, Esq. (GMF Development & Feinberg Law)
 
DURATION: 00:27:42.2 

Will your right to a secret ballot be taken from you? (PART II)
Original Airdate: 12/8/2008 | Guests: Bill George (PA AFL-CIO), Bill Adams (Adams, Nash, Haskell & Sheridan), Wendell Young (UFCW Local 1776), George Hlavac (Tallman Hudders & Sorrentino)
 
DURATION: 00:28:16.7 





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