Anthony Scillia
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Anthony Scillia aka "Tony Mangia" (b. July 10, 1982 in Hackensack, New Jersey) is a radio and television personality. Anthony was raised in his father's hometown of Lodi, New Jersey, a town that was made up of predominately Italian-Americans.[citation needed]
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[edit] Radio
He is most recently known for his radio show on WPSC-FM (88.7 FM, Wayne, NJ), The Tony Mangia Show - Radio: Italian Style. It is the only positive Italian/Italian-American themed show to be broadcast from New Jersey. The show feeds off of Anthony’s love of his culture and heritage. He plays a wide variety of Italian and Italian-American music from many genres, old and new. The show airs live every Wednesday from 6 PM-9 PM.
Anthony has featured numerous guests on the show, including:
- Chef & TV Personality Lidia Mattichio Bastianich
- Tony Award Winner & former lead in the Broadway musical Jersey Boys John Lloyd Young
- Singer/Songwriter/Actor Frank Stallone
- Official Bobby Darin Archivist Jimmy Scalia
- Bobby Darin's Personal Manager Steve "Boom Boom" Blauner
- Italian singer Giada Valenti
- Sicilian Folk Singer Michela Musolino
- Singer/Songwriter Joe Pagetta
- Italian-American Singer/Songwriter Maristella
- Singer/acoustic guitarist Anthony Fiumano
- New Jersey's Bad Boy of Comedy Mike Marino
- Singer Bobby Valli
- Poet Salvatore Amico Buttaci
- Award-winng author Paul Salsini
- Olive Oil Aficionado Johnny DeCarlo
- Actor Gaetano Iacono (co-Star of Doughboys)
- Musician/Comedian/Entertainer Larry Cutrone
- Filmmaker Stephanie Foerster (Watch The Pallino)
The show has been airing live since October 2006.
Anthony was awarded with the 2007 Maltese Award Winner for Outstanding New On-Air Personality.[citation needed] He most recently received WPSC's September 2007 DJ of the Month.
Anthony also hosted Mangia In The Morning, which was a Classic/Garage/Jersey Rock show that aired from October 2006 to September 2007.
[edit] Lodi Late Nite
Anthony was co-creator and host of Lodi Late Nite, which was a cult classic Public Access Show that aired from December 1999 until September 2000. The show followed a similar format to that of David Letterman. Richard Moschella was co-creator and co-host. Louis Jasmine was co-creator. The show also had such recurrent guests as Artie Magliannico, Johnny Paparazzi and the one and only Andy Martin (Lounge Singer Extraordinaire & Secret Member of the Rat Pack).
[edit] Independent Variety Showcaze
Anthony also created and hosted Independent Variety Showcaze (2004-2005). The Showcaze, as it was called, was a Public Access Show that featured people, places and events within North Jersey. The Showcaze’s guests included Kevin Knight and Camp IWF Wrestling School, psychic Jane Doherty, make-up artist Jeremy Selenfriend and Johnny De Carlo (Goomba Olive Oil Aficionado and Importer of Italian goods) to name a few.
[edit] Film
Anthony has also directed 3 short student films including To Each His Own (2002), Silence is Golden (2002) and Willow Creek (2005). He has also written a short script entitled Bocce which is currently in pre-production.
