DJ Profile: Tony Mangia

Name: Anthony Scillia aka Tony Mangia Birthday: July 10 Hometown: Lodi, NJ (Land of Distinguished Italians) Email: TonyMangiaRadio@gmail.com Year in School: Alumni Major: Communications w/ a concentration in Film Showname: The Tony Mangia Show  - Radio: Italian Style Day & Time: Sundays 3 pm-6 pm Description of Show: It is New Jersey's ONLY positive Italian/Italian-American radio program.  I want it to be my mission to help change the negative views of Italians & Italian-Americans.  It is my goal to spotlight the positive Italian & Italian-American Experience.  I want to introduce our great musicians, bands, actors, filmmakers, chefs, authors, athletes, heroes, heritage, culture and food to the public.  I play a wide variety of Italian and Italian-American music, from many genres, old and new.

Interviews:
I have also had a number of guests on the show including:

-Italian chef and TV personality Lidia Matticchio Bastianich

-Tony Award winner John Lloyd Young, formerly of Jersey Boys

-Singer/Songwriter/Actor Frank Stallone

-James Beard Award Winning Author Laura Schenone (The Lost Ravioli Recipes of Hoboken & A Thousand Years Over a Hot Stove)

-Official Bobby Darin Archivist Jimmy Scalia

-Chef Joseph Cerniglia

-Bobby Darin's Personal Manager Steve "Boom Boom" Blauner

-Rock & Roll Hall of Famer Tommy DeVito, founding member of The 4 Seasons

-Award winning author Paul Salsini

-Italian singer Giada Valenti

-Sicilian folk singer Michela Musolino

-Singer/Songwriter Joe Pagetta

-Big Band & Pop Singer Doug Ferony

-Italian-American Singer/Songwriter Maristella

-Comedian Mike Marino

-Poet Salvatore Amico Buttaci

-Musician/Comedian/Entertainer Larry Cutrone

-George Galfo's The Mystics

-Filmmaker Stephanie Foerster (Watch The Pallino)

-Singer Bobby Valli

Reason for being with WP887:
It's like family.  The people here are great.  It's a place where I can play the music I love so very much. 

Hobbies: Cooking, Playing Bocce, Writing Screenplays, Listening to Music, Reading

Career Goals: I want to be an independent filmmaker.

Involvement in Campus Activities: WP 88.7 FM

Best Advice Ever Heard:
Rome wasn't built in a day.  Achieving your goals might take a lot of time & energy; but will be well worth it in the long run. Don't undercut yourself.  Aim high and shoot for the moon!  Even if you miss, you'll be among the stars!

List of Favorites:
  
Phrase - I don't eat to live, I live to eat!

Book – Too many...but here are a few: Lidia's Italy by Lidia Matticchio Bastianich, Molto Italiano by Mario Batali, The Lost Ravioli Recipes of Hoboken by Laura Schenone, Between Salt Water & Holy Water by Tommaso Astarita, Heat: An Amateur's Adventures as Kitchen Slave, Line Cook, Pasta-Maker, and Apprentice to a Dante-Quoting Butcher in Tuscany by Bill Buford

Movie – Big Night starring Stanley Tucci & Tony Shalhoub & "The Greatest Underdog Story of Our Time" Rocky

TV Show - Everyday Italian w/ Giada DeLaurentis & Diners, Drive-Ins & Dives w/ Guy Fieri

Food – Anything & Everything Italian, especially Pizza & Polpette (Meatballs)

Artist/Band/Group – Anything & Everything Italian & Italian-American...Frank Sinatra, Lou Monte, Bobby Darin, Claudio Villa, Renato Carosone & Bruce Springsteen to name but a few.

Links:

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Contact Us:

WP 88.7 FM (WPSC)
William Paterson University
300 Pompton Road
Wayne, NJ 07470

Tel: 973-720-2738
IM: WP887