On Aug. 1, 2011, Philadelphia radio station WHAT abruptly ceased broadcasting. As the only station that still had an Italian-themed radio program, it meant the end of 81 years of Italian radio programs on the standard AM/FM radio bands.
It seemed that this genre of radio programming was gone forever from the Delaware Valley, until November of 2013. Then, thanks to a handful of enthusiastic Delaware business folks and others who are proud of their heritage, Melissa Cannavo-Marino was asked to produce and host a weekly Italian American radio program Sundays at 8 a.m. on WILM 1450 AM.
