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Close Encounter TV hosts Lisa Jandovitz and Jim Lisante
Monsignor Jim Lisante

Jim Lisante is pastor of Our Lady of Lourdes Church in Massapequa Park, NY. Long active in the popular media, he hosts an annual ABC special, Personally Speaking and a national radio show of the same name. Msgr. Lisante hosted the national television program, Christopher Close-up for four years and currently is a regular contributor to the Fox News Channel and ABC Eyewitness News.
Msgr. Lisante has also appeared on PBS, MSNBC, CNN and CBS and Nightline with Ted Koppel.
He has authored four books and his columns have appeared in over 300 newspapers. He is a widely sought speaker at conferences around the country.

Lisa Jandovitz

Lisa Jandovitz has been the host of the WLIW21 NY public television weekly public affairs program, 21 Forum. She is also the creator, producer and co-host of the WLIW21 award winning series, Learning Curve. Lisa has done numerous national voice-overs (commercials and documentaries) as well as on-camera commercials. She has worked on many corporate industrials including, DeBeers, Texaco, Canon. She is a former Reading Specialist for  the NYC Public Schools.


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