PORT ST. LUCIE PEOPLE
tion hosted dinner shows and dances, Italian music festivals
and live-streams of Italian soccer games. DiGiorgio worked
at all levels of the station and was promoted to vice president
around 1989.
It was during this time, when General Development Corp.
was in its heyday, that DiGiorgio purchased a small piece of
land in Port LaBelle.
“I happened to win a grand prize from an Italian radio
show that was telecast here in the U.S.” he said. “I won 7 million
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lira — which came out to about $9,300.”
DiGiorgio said it was fate when shortly after winning the
prize, a GDC representative called and told him his land was
paid off. The company gave him several options — build,
sell or trade for land in Port St. Lucie. After discussions with
his wife about the high-cost of living in New York, DiGiorgio
decided to build in Port Saint Lucie.
He reminisces, saying “I visited Port Saint Lucie back in the
late ’70’s and it stuck in my mind. I really liked it for some
reason. It was very quiet and beautiful.”
DiGiorgio, wife, Rosa, and two sons, Dominic and Tonio,
moved to the Sunshine State in 1989. He was still vice president
for Radio Uno and built a studio to record programming
in his new home. DiGiorgio would send the tapes up to New
York, traveling quite frequently to check up on operations
and attend large events.
“I loved what I did and I was good at it, so I figured I
would try a show at WPSL,” he said.
From June 1989 to December 1993, DiGiorgio hosted a
Sunday morning show that featured discussions on world
matters, sports and music. He even was asked to help start
Radio Azzurra, another 24-hour, all-Italian station in Hackensack,
N.J.
“The going back and forth was too much after a while,” he
said. “Especially for my wife and kids.” In 1994, he left Radio
Azzurra and put down roots in Port Saint Lucie.
While DiGiorgio continued working in radio on the Treasure
Coast, he became a coach for Port St. Lucie Soccer Club.
Beginning in 1990, he coached his boys and served as club
president from 1995 to 2001 while simultaneously becoming
the referee assigner, assessor and certified U.S. Soccer Federation
instructor through the Florida State Referee Association.
“I became president of this club and it was great because
GIAOCCHINO ‘JACK’ DIGIORGIO
Age: 66
Lives in: Port Saint Lucie
Occupation: Events specialist,
City of Port St. Lucie and radio
host for The Jack & Dani Show
Family: Wife, Rosa; son, Dominic
and wife, Barbara, 3 grandchildren,
Gioacchino, Alessia and
Valentina; son, Anthony (Tonio) and wife, Beth
Education: City University of New York-Manhattan, degree
in business management; Barry University, B.A. in business
administration
Hobbies: Soccer, collecting stamps and coins and radio
What inspires me: “The responses I get from people: happiness
and joy.”
Something most people don’t know about me: “I love to
live without getting rich, but rich from love from the people
around me.”
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