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Pete Scalia is a television personality, writer, musician and actor currently residing in Columbus, Ohio.

Pete is morning anchor for "Good Day Columbus" on WSYX (ABC 6) and WTTE (FOX 28) in Columbus, and editor of "Cincinnati Profile" in Cincinnati, Ohio. Pete is also lead vocalist and keyboardist for the Cincinnati-based cover band "Snidely Whiplash."

Career
Pete Scalia began his career in broadcasting working behind the scenes as a production assistant at WLWT in Cincinnati, Ohio. He also worked behind the scenes at WXIX before becoming a DJ and, eventually, morning show producer at WRRM (Warm 98) in Cincinnati. He also worked as stadium producer for the Cincinnati Bengals Radio Network. As a way to get on-air experience, Scalia hosted a weekly live cable television program in Northern Kentucky called "City Nights." Featuring live, local music, Scalia interviewed the bands and did a mock news segment (similar to "Weekend Update" on Saturday Night Live.) It was during this time that Scalia also appeared in numerous corporate video productions through Heyman Talent Agency in Cincinnati.

Scalia returned to WLWT as traffic reporter in 2005, and proposed to his wife, Amy on the air during "News 5 Today." He left WLWT in 2008 to become morning anchor for Sinclair Broadcasting's WKEF (ABC 22) and WRGT (FOX 45) in Dayton, Ohio. While in Dayton, Scalia interviewed and later became friends with Dayton native Nancy Cartwright - the voice of "Bart Simpson" on the animated series "The Simpsons." Scalia would later perform with her as narrator of a radio drama called "If I Were You" at Cartwright's alma mater, Kettering-Farimont High School. He also performed with Cartwright and a host of other well-known voice actors (including Josh Robert Thompson from the "Late Late Show" on CBS and Phil Proctor from the legendary "Firesign Theater") in an on-stage production of the radio drama "The Automagic Horse" at the Golden Age Theater in Los Angeles.

Scalia left WKEF and WRGT in 2011 to become morning anchor at WSYX (ABC 6) and WTTE (FOX 28) in Columbus, Ohio.

In 1996, Scalia quit his production gig at WLWT to tour playing keyboards with Chicago guitarist T.D. Clark, opening for legendary classic rockers Ted Nugent and Bad Company. In 2004, Scalia joined Cincinnati-based funk band (and former City Nights guest) "Freekbass," produced by Rock and Roll Hall of Fame member Bootsy Collins, on keyboards and vocals.

Scalia has performed off-and-on as lead vocalist and keyboardist for Cincinnati-based cover band "Snidely Whiplash" (along with his father, Tony Scalia) since 1996.

Scalia has often quipped that he has "gone back and forth between broadcasting and the music business - and neither one is a good 'fall-back career' for the other."

Scalia has written numerous articles for and has served as editor of Cincinnati Profile, an "online lifestyle publication for professional men in Greater Cincinnati," since 2010.

Personal Life
In 2008 Scalia married Amy Scalia, CEO and publisher of Chic Publications (featuring online magazines Cincy Chic and Cbus Chic). They welcomed their first daughter, Lola Jean Scalia, in August 2014. They also have a pet Vizsla named "Dino."

In 2004, Scalia was diagnosed with severe rheumatoid arthritis. He was able to keep his symptoms under control using a cocktail of strong medications, including methotrexate, leflunomide (Arava), and the biologic drug Humira. It was around this time that he first became involved with the Arthritis Foundation. Being in the public eye, Scalia considered it his "responsibility" to educate people that arthritis is not a "little old lady's disease."

Both Scalia and his wife have publicly documented their struggles to start a family. In 2011, Scalia stopped taking his medications, since both methotrexate and leflunomide have been shown to be toxic in the womb. He was prescribed the steroid prednisone to keep his symptoms at bay. After nearly a year, his wife announced she was pregnant - but suffered a miscarriage after just two months. Scalia remained on prednisone for nearly another year before the couple was approved for IVF.

While on prednisone, Scalia's appearance changed considerably. He gained a significant amount of weight and his face appeared soft and puffy - a common side effect of the drug. Eventually, the pain got to be too much to bear and Scalia went back on methotrexate tried several "biologics" to relieve his symptoms. While the couple was undergoing IVF treatments, Scalia slowly weened off the prednisone. He had an incredibly difficult time getting around, and had to be wheeled into the television studio each morning in a wheelchair. A local rheumatologist determined that both of his hips had completely deteriorated - and needed to be replaced. On December 2, 2013, Scalia underwent bilateral hip replacement surgery and had both hip joints replaced.

Scalia also suffered significant damage to both of his feet, and severed a tendon in his right hand. As of September 2014, he is facing numerous procedures to correct these issues.

On August 4, 2014 the couple welcomed their first child, a girl named Lola Jean Scalia. When describing the whole process on television, Scalia said "A lot of you know the story of what we had to go through physically to get to this point. But I would do it 10 times over. Lola is by far the best thing I've ever done in my life - she is a blessing and a gift."

Scalia continues to be an advocate for the Arthritis Foundation and serves on the board of the Central Ohio chapter.