Citizens Len Cornish and Chuck Parente on the Next WVIA Northeast Pennsylvania Business Journal PITTSTON, PA (wvia) - Citizens Len Cornish and Chuck Parente join WVIA President Bill Kelly on the next Northeast Pennsylvania Business Journal Wednesday, Nov. 11 at 7 p.m. on WVIA-TV with encores airing Friday, Nov. 13 at 10 p.m. and Sunday, Nov. 15 at 4 p.m. on WVIA-TV.

Citizen Len Cornish is a remarkable Wilkes Barre African-American business owner and civic activist. He is a quiet man who gets emotional about five generations of his family who have lived here, and three generations who started businesses. You will remember this conversation for a long time.

Citizen Chuck Parente is one of Northeast Pennsylvania's quiet, but highly influential investors. He owns or is a partner in TV stations, construction companies, coal mining and real estate. His success and generosity have benefited many of us, but you would never know it. Chuck Parente is mentoring the next generation.

There are remarkable business men and women here in Northeast and North Central Pennsylvania. Their stories can change lives. For a new year of the Northeast Pennsylvania Business Journal, WVIA convinced 32 regional business women and men, low profile people who preferred privacy, that what they did and what they learned is too important a gift to deny future generations. This season features stories of success, sacrifice and risk-taking, mistakes and bouncing back, family and gratitude.

The Northeast Pennsylvania Business Journal also airs Sundays at 4:30 p.m. on WVIA-FM and WVYA-FM in Williamsport. Learn more about season two of the Northeast Pennsylvania Business Journal at wvia.org.

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