Business Matters
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...
Listen on:
Episodes
Monday Dec 15, 2025
Monday Dec 15, 2025
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
Monday Dec 08, 2025
Monday Dec 08, 2025
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
Monday Dec 01, 2025
Monday Dec 01, 2025
Original Airdate: 12/01/2025 | Guest: Pat Toomey - Former US Senator (PA)
Monday Nov 24, 2025
Monday Nov 24, 2025
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
Monday Nov 17, 2025
Monday Nov 17, 2025
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
Monday Nov 10, 2025
Monday Nov 10, 2025
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
Monday Nov 03, 2025
Monday Nov 03, 2025
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
Monday Oct 27, 2025
Monday Oct 27, 2025
Original Airdate: 10/27/25 | Guests: Rick Anderson - President & CEO, St. Luke's University Health Network, Denise Maiatico - The Chamber, Britanny Keal - The Chamber
Monday Oct 20, 2025
Monday Oct 20, 2025
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
Tuesday Oct 14, 2025
Tuesday Oct 14, 2025
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