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WBGO Journal Podcast

The Borngiorno's fiction-doc 'Amore nel Sannio', Maimonides Medical Center's life-saving partnership with WBGO, and the best from Toronto and San Sebastian Film Festivals

By Doug Doyle
Published September 26, 2026 at 9:23 AM EDT
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Amore nel Sannio is the latest fiction-documentary from Newark filmmakers Marylou and Jerome Bongiorno
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Amore nel Sannio is the latest fiction-documentary from Newark filmmakers Marylou and Jerome Bongiorno

On the special one-hour September 26 WBGO Journal...

We’ll hear from Maimonides Medical Center's Dr. Martin Bluth and Victoria Reesman as WBGO partners with the center’s Division of Blood Transfusion Medicine and Donor Services to help save lives…..

Maimonides Medical Center in Brooklyn is one of the most revered hospitals
Maimonides Medical Center
Maimonides Medical Center in Brooklyn is one of the most revered hospitals

Host Doug Doyle chats with Newark filmmakers Marylou and Jerome Bongiorno about their latest fiction documentary Amore nel Sannio which will premiere on PBS October 1…

WBGO's Doug Doyle chats with Newark filmmakers Marylou and Jerome Bongiorno and actress Grace Julianna (top left) and Sannio, Italy residents Maria Nuzzolillo and Dan Stemmer (bottom)
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WBGO's Doug Doyle chats with Newark filmmakers Marylou and Jerome Bongiorno and actress Grace Julianna (top left) and Sannio, Italy residents Maria Nuzzolillo and Dan Stemmer (bottom)

And Film Critic Harlan Jacobson has returned from the Toronto and San Sebastian Film Festivals….

Brad Pitts stars in Heart of the Beast
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Brad Pitts stars in Heart of the Beast

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Doug Doyle
Doug Doyle has been News Director at WBGO since 1998. Since then, Doug and his news staff have received more than 300 awards from organizations like PRNDI (now PMJA), AP, New York Association of Black Journalists, Garden State Association of Black Journalists and the New Jersey Society of Professional Journalists.
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