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Greater Lehigh Valley Chamber of Commerce President and CEO, Tony Iannelli, has hosted Business Matters for over 20 years! This award-winning program airs Monday nights at 7:30pm on WFMZ-Ch. 69. WFMZ reaches 2.7 million cable, satellite, and over air with antenna households from Hazelton to the New Jersey Shore. This interactive and fast paced half-hour program 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 (immigration, minimum wage, taxes…) to community at large issues (gun rights, marijuana legalization, police reform…) Each week the show offers new guests, and topics to keep all the viewers up to date on current events. The show format varies from panelist style and one-on-one discussions, to debates and conversations with up to 5 Members of Congress at once!
The show never fails to represent both sides of an i...
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Original Airdate: 03/09/2026 | Guests: Haydemar Groves - Lehigh Valley Resident, Hernan Morissi - 69 WFMZ-TV Spanish Edition, Alan Jennings - Former Executive Director, Community Action LV, Tom Groves - CEO, Equinox, A Gallagher Company, Denise Maiatico - The Chamber, Frank Facchiano - The Chamber
Original Airdate: 03/02/26 | Guests: Emily Grifonis - Associate Director, Crime Victims Council Lehigh Valley, Marielle Tomlinson - Victim Advocate, Lehigh County Courthouse, Sohinaz Lozano - Trauma Therapist, Crime Victims Council Lehigh Valley, Yumaira Mozo - Survivor, Denise Maiatico - The Chamber
Original Airdate: 02/23/26 | Guests: Kim Early - Sr. Director of Public Policy and Advocacy, PennAEYC, Allison Stauffer - Parent, Charles Dinofrio - President & CEO, Lehigh Valley Children's Centers, Denise Maiatico - The Chamber, Megan Briggs - Vice President of Community Investments, Lehigh Valley Community Foundation, Brittany Keal - The Chamber
Original Airdate: 02/16/26 | Guests: Kassie Hilgert - President and CEO, ArtsQuest, Laurie Hackett - Director of Corporate & Community Relations, Air Products, Marci Lesko - President and CEO, United Way of the Greater Lehigh Valley, Lorie Reinert - Executive Director, Greater Lehigh Valley Chamber Foundation, Denise Maiatico - The Chamber, Frank Facchiano - The Chamber
Original Airdate: 02/09/26 | Guests: Becky Bradley - Executive Director, LVPC, Denise Maiatico - The Chamber, Frank Facchiano - The Chamber
Original Airdate: 02/02/26 | Guests: Timothy J. Friel, MD, FIDSA – Regional Chief Clinical Officer, Jefferson Health Lehigh Valley, Jennifer Stephens, DO, MBA, FACP – Chief Medical Officer, Jefferson Health; Medical Director, LVPG, Christine Hartner, DNP, MBA, RN, NE-BC, HN-BC – Regional Chief Nursing Officer, Jefferson Health Lehigh Valley, Rick Anderson – President & CEO, St. Luke’s University Health Network, Todd Shamash – President & CEO, Capital Blue Cross
Original Airdate: 01/26/26 | Guests: Anthony Pristash - Mayor, Borough of Northampton, Ilene Tillman - Mayor, Borough of Roseto, David Heintzelman - Mayor, Borough of Hellertown, Randy Cope - North Whitehall Township Manager, Denise Maiatico - The Chamber, Alison Pickel - The Chamber
Original Airdate: 01/19/26 | Guests: John Hayes - President & CEO, New Tripoli Bank, Carmen Tessitore - Real Estate Developer, Gary Ward - Retired Business Owner, Ward's Oriental Rug Services & Gallery, Phil Armstrong - Former Lehigh County Executive; Frank Facchiano - The Chamber, Denise Maiatico - The Chamber
Original Airdate: 12/29/25 | Guests: Don Cunningham - President and CEO, LVEDC, Jim Ferry - Senior VP & Regional Manager, ESSA Bank, a Division of CNB Bank, Joe Bonsick - President, ESSA Bank, a Division of CNB Bank, Michael Zambelli - Senior Consultant, Cornerstone Advisors, Frank Facchiano - The Chamber, Denise Maiatico - The Chamber
Original Airdate: 12/22/25 | Guests: Genesis Ortega - Communications Manager, City of Allentown, Nicole Jack - Owner and CEO, Stamped by Nicole, Elizabeth Dobson, MA - Founder, Family Remixed, Tyrone Fisher - Director of Volunteer Engagement, Big Bros Big Sis, Brittany Keal - The Chamber
Original Airdate: 12/15/25 | Guests: Matt Tuerk - Mayor, City of Allentown, Glenn Geissinger - Chairman, Northampton County Republican Committee, Kasara Weinrich - PhD Researcher, Anthropology and Social Change, Tom Shortell - Politics Reporter, Lehigh Valley News, Frank Facchiano - The Chamber, Brittany Keal - The Chamber
Original Airdate: 12/08/2025 | Guests: Priest Anandji Sastrigalanand - Hindu Temple Society, Rabbi Moshe Kurtz - Congregation Sons of Israel, Mohamed Rajmohamed - Al Ahad Islamic Center, Father Jim Greenfield - DeSales University, Jim Palmquist - Lehigh Valley Humanists
Original Airdate: 12/01/2025 | Guest: Pat Toomey - Former US Senator (PA)
Original Airdate: 11/24/25 | Guests: Mayor Sal Panto - Mayor, City of Easton, Marta JeBran - Director of Government and Community Affairs, Crayola, Zack Sienicki - Chief Operating Officer, City Center Group, Mike Pichetto - Owner, 3rd & Ferry Fish Market
Original Airdate: 11/17/25 | Guests: Adam Jaindl - Vice President of Jaindl Companies, Luke Jaindl - Vice President of Jaindl Companies, Denise Maiatico - The Chamber, Frank Facchiano - The Chamber
Original Airdate: 11/10/25 | Guests: Nat Hyman - Hyman Properties, Gary Ward - Ward's Oriental Rug Service and Gallery, Ce-Ce Gerlach - Allentown City Council, Tommy Rodriguez - Operation Address the Homeless of the Lehigh Valley, Alison Pickel - The Chamber, Denise Maiatico - The Chamber
Original Airdate: 11/03/25 | Guests: Jon Irons - Lehigh County Commissioner, Yudelkys Rodríguez de Vargas, Esquire - YRV Law, Raymond Lahoud, Esquire - Lahoud Law Group, P.C., Lamont McClure - Northampton County Executive
Original Airdate: 10/27/25 | Guests: Rick Anderson - President & CEO, St. Luke's University Health Network, Denise Maiatico - The Chamber, Britanny Keal - The Chamber
Original Airdate: 10/20/25 | Guests:Joe Hanna - Lehigh County Sheriff, Gavin P. Holihan - Lehigh County District Attorney, Kimberly F. Makoul, Esquire - Chief Public Defender of Lehigh County, Judge John M. Morganelli - Northampton County Judge, Denise Maiatico - The Chamber, Alison Pickel - The Chamber
Original Airdate: 10/13/25 | Guests: Nat Hyman - Hyman Properties; Faramarz Farbod - Adjunct Instructor of Political Science, Moravian University; Robby Wax - Immediate Past President of the Jewish Federation of the Lehigh Valley; Tony ElChaar - Owner, Chaar, LLC; Alison Pickel - The Chamber; Brittany Keal - The Chamber
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