He has hosted several Italian music festivals, from Festival di Sanremo to Festivalbar, and many television programs throughout his career. He founded the stations Radio DeeJay and Radio Capital. He is also known for being the talent scout for several musical artists and television personalities, including Gerry Scotti, Jovanotti, Fiorello, Sabrina Salerno, 883, Nikki, B-nario, Albertino, Linus, Luca Laurenti, Marco Mazzoli, Daniele Bossari, Fabio Volo, Leonardo Pieraccioni, DJ Francis (aka Francesco Facchinetti) and more recently, Finley.
Cecchetto was also a singer.
His 1981 song "Gioca-Jouer" reached the first position on the Italian hit parade. Chewing Gum (Telemilano 58, 1978)
Discoring (Rete 1, 1979–1982)
Festival of Sanremo (Rete 1, 1980-1981-82)
Checkmate (Rete 1, 1980)
Fantastico 2 (Rete 1, 1981)
Popcorn (Canale 5, 1982–1983)
Premiatissima (Canale 5, 1982)
Festivalbar (Canale 5, 1983/1987, Italia 1, 1993)
Deejay Television (Canale 5, Italia 1, 1983/1990)
Azzurro (Italia 1, 1984, 1987)
Supersanremo (Italia 1, 1984–1985)
Zodiaco (Italia 1, 1985)
Vote the Voice (Canale 5, 1985–1986)
Festival di Castrocaro (Rai Uno, 1992,1993,2002)
Un disco per l"estate (Rai Uno, 1994)
Sanremo Young 1996 (Rai Uno, 1996)
Sanremo Rock 1997 (Rai Uno, 1997)
Destinazione sanremo (Rai Uno, 2002)
Ti lascio una canzone (Rai 1, 2008–2009)
Io canto (Canale 5, 2010–2013).