Oliviero Beha (14 January 1949 â€" 13 May 2017) was an Italian
journalist, writer, essayist, TV and radio host.Beha was born in
Florence, and began work as a journalist in 1973 for the sports
newspaper Tuttosport and for Paese Sera. During his stay in Madrid, he
graduated and also practiced athletics for Real Madrid.From 1976 to
1985 he worked for the left-oriented newspaper La Repubblica, dealing
with sport and social themes, and wrote articles for several editions
of the Olympic Games. In 1984, he published a report in which the
result of the football match between Italy and Cameroon in the 1982
Football World Cup had been decided between the players before
playing. After working also for the newspaper Rinascita, Il Messaggero
and Il Mattino (Beha later worked also for the right-wing
L'Indipendente), in 1987, he began hosting the TV show Va' pensiero,
together with Communist journalist Andrea Barbato. The show was aired
on Rai 3 and lasted until 1989.In the following years, Beha provided
TV specials about Italian and international themes for Italian state
television, mostly for Rai 3, and hosted the show Un terno al lotto
(1991) in which people seeking and offering jobs could met freely. The
following year Beha launched Radio Zorro, a daily radio show aired on
Radio Rai. The show, later rechristened Radio Zorro 3131, was
cancelled in 2004, a period in which the right government coalition
led by Silvio Berlusconi controlled Rai; the closure was followed by a
series of legal suits by Beha against Rai.
journalist, writer, essayist, TV and radio host.Beha was born in
Florence, and began work as a journalist in 1973 for the sports
newspaper Tuttosport and for Paese Sera. During his stay in Madrid, he
graduated and also practiced athletics for Real Madrid.From 1976 to
1985 he worked for the left-oriented newspaper La Repubblica, dealing
with sport and social themes, and wrote articles for several editions
of the Olympic Games. In 1984, he published a report in which the
result of the football match between Italy and Cameroon in the 1982
Football World Cup had been decided between the players before
playing. After working also for the newspaper Rinascita, Il Messaggero
and Il Mattino (Beha later worked also for the right-wing
L'Indipendente), in 1987, he began hosting the TV show Va' pensiero,
together with Communist journalist Andrea Barbato. The show was aired
on Rai 3 and lasted until 1989.In the following years, Beha provided
TV specials about Italian and international themes for Italian state
television, mostly for Rai 3, and hosted the show Un terno al lotto
(1991) in which people seeking and offering jobs could met freely. The
following year Beha launched Radio Zorro, a daily radio show aired on
Radio Rai. The show, later rechristened Radio Zorro 3131, was
cancelled in 2004, a period in which the right government coalition
led by Silvio Berlusconi controlled Rai; the closure was followed by a
series of legal suits by Beha against Rai.
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