Johnny Lombardi
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Johnny Lombardi, was a pioneer of multicultural broadcasting in Canada. He founded CHIN in 1966 and CHIN-FM in 1967.
Johnny Lombardi portrait
The Lombardi statue on College Street.
Pisticci
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Pisticci is a town comune in the province of Matera, in the Southern Italian region of Basilicata. Pisticci is the fourth most populous town in the region and the most populous in the province after M
Johnny Lombardi
…after moving to Canada because the Anglo-Saxon community of Toronto at the time had difficulty pronouncing his name. Leonardo had come to Canada from Pisticci, in the region of Basilicata. He was lead trumpet player for the Benny Palmer Orchestra in London, a popular Ontario big band during the 1930s. He…
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