[citation needed] In the mid-1970s it was nominally owned by Chantal du Bois, the pen-name of Gabriella Lepore, housed in a central Rome (Via di Santa Maria in via 12) palazzo just off the Corso between the Parliament and the Trevi Fountain.
Cannon an EMI Record executive at the time in Rome, created a very successful competition between all the English speaking Roman schools, which was broadcast five nights a week.This popular show was followed by many Roman students, became the most highly rated show in the Rome area, with a strong demographic appeal for both English and Italian listeners with an average of 79,000 listeners a night.
Due to his EMI connections, Cannon was able to interview many famous stars such as John Lennon, Paul McCartney and many more, giving the station mass appeal.
The paper's earlier CIA connections were by then overstated if at all even existent, as daily operations were overseen by the avuncular former Associated Press career journalist, the iconic Iowan turned Roman, Jim Long.
Veteran Daily American critics such as John Francis Lane (film), featured with Gore Vidal in Federico Fellini's Roma, and Brendan Fitzgerald (dance) were icons of the Roman arts scene when many said the Eternal City was dead.