Antenna 3, formerly known as "Antenna 3 Lombardia" and also known as "Antennatre" is a private TV station. It was founded in 1977 by Renzo Villa, a clerk of the municipality of Varese, who became a self made TV publisher. Enzo Tortora, a famous Italian showbiz personality, was instrumental in its founding. Renzo Villa, was the owner of the tv station until 1987 but from 2004, the station, which still exists today, has been owned by Telelombardia. After this death in 2010, Renzo Villa's family, as well as some of his former employees and friends, founded a charity association in his memory.