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| Vic Fusco, Labor-Lines Host |
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| On the air continuously since March of 1999, Labor-Lines was Long Island's first labor oriented radio show. Our host is Vic Fusco, an attorney for more than 30 years. Each week Mr Fusco speaks with labor leaders, rank and file working people, civic and community activists, journalists and writers, professors, attorneys, administrative agency personnel and public officials on a wide variety of issues of relevance to working men and women, the workplace and the community. |
Labor-Lines
Airs on WGBB-AM 1240 Freeport, NY. WGBB, founded in 1924, was Long Island's very first commercial radio station. The station airs a community oriented format with a wide variety of music and talk programming in English and other languages for a multi-cultural approach to broadcasting.
The program airs on AM-1240 on Thursday evenings at 7:00 PM and again on Saturday evenings at 6:30 PM. It is simulcast on the internet at www.am1240wgbb.com
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| Host Vic Fusco at the Controls |
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| Sara Jane Fusco, Executive Producer |
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Labor-Lines
was created and is produced by
Sara Jane Fusco, Executive Producer
To suggest a guest or program topic,
or to inquire about advertising,
contact Sara at:
1.800.416.5454 ext 4467
or direct dial: 1.516.941.4467
email: SaraFusco@aol.com |
Sara Jane Fusco, our Execurtive Producer, conceived of Labor-Lines in 1998, wanting to give a voice to the compelling story of the labor movement on Long Island. Co-incidentally, her husband Vic, had been appearing as a guest on a number of talk shows on local station WGBB AM 1240, as well as other local radio and cable TV programs. Sara presented the idea of Labor Lines to WGBB management and the show began airing in March of 1999. One of the first guests was then NY State AFL-CIO President Ed Cleary.
Sara has a well grounded media background. She has an MA in Communications from New York Institute of Technology. For a period of time she hosted and produced her own radio interview program on WGBB called WGBB tonight which aired on Monday evenings. She has served as a board member of the LI Press Club.
She serves as Director of Community Affairs for the Law Firm of Fusco Brandenstein & Rada, P.C. This position involves her with a number of civic, labor and charitable organizations such as: The Foundation for Sight and Sound; The AMT Children of Hope Foundation; The Lupus Alliance; Jobs with Justice; The Workers' Memorial Day Committee and many other organizations. |
Dr. Thomas J. Germano
Director of The Labor-Management Center
Substitute Host, Co-host and
Associate Producer |
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| Thomas J. Germano, PhD |
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| Dr. Tom is well known in labor circles as the Executive Director of the Labor-Management Center, Inc., an organization that provides training in labor relations and related topics to union members, students, and HR managers. Dr. Tom has a long distinguished career in labor education having served in the past as director of labor programs at both the Cornell School of Industrial Relations and Dowling College. He also served for many years as president of a postal workers local. He is the past president of the Labor and Employment Relations Association - Long Island Chapter, and a member of many other Labor, Academic and Civic Organizations. He is a well known labor arbitrator, and has recently been tapped by Presiding Officer Bill Lindsay to serve on the Suffolk County Ethics Commission. He brings us his extensive knowlege of the labor movement, labor law, history, politics and personalities to Labor-Lines, adding depth to our programming and keen insights whenever he serves as co-host or substitute host. |
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Technical Director: Rob Jeantet
Rob Jeantet is a seasoned media-pro, and serves as Technical Director of Labor-Lines. A former radio-personality, Rob has served as themorning man at WMJC-Country 94.3, he's been an on-air personality at WALK, WBZO and WNYH, and served for a number of years in the media production department of Arrow Electronics. His duties at Labor Lines are varied and run the entire gamut from handling voice-over work on our commercials, serving has the programs announcer, production director, occasionally filling in as host, coordinating offsite recording, editing the program and making sure all pre-recorded programs are ready for airing. |
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Labor-Lines
PO Box 124
Woodbury, NY 11797
1.800.415.5454
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