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SPECIAL PROGRAM MENU â Lucia Scaffidi and Frankie DiCarlantonio are the co-hosts of the weekly âLâOra Italianaâ that is broadcast every Sunday from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m. on River Talk Radio 94.9 FM, 100.9 FM and WEIR-AM as well as online at 1063theriver.com. They will be welcoming as special guests next month Mary Ann Esposito, host of âCiao Italia with Mary Ann Esposito,â the longest-running television cooking program in America, as part of the March 7 and March 14 local programs. Lidia Bastianich, an Emmy award-winning public television host, a bestâselling cookbook author, a successful restaurateur and owner of a flourishing food and entertainment business, will be featured on the March 21 and March 28 installments.