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Does anyone have a polka show in Detroit?
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Does anyone have a polka show in Detroit?
Last weekend was the annual Pulaski Days celebration in Grand Rapids and that got me to thinking does anybody do
polkas at all in the Detroit market? I know at one time there were ethnic stations that played polkas and an AM Catholic
religious station also played polkas but does polka radio still exist in the Detroit market? Detroit should have polkas on
the radio because of the Polish and their Carpathian mountain cousins the Czecks and the Slovaks have significantly
settled in the Detroit area as well as throughout MI. Plus the Germans have always had their "oom pah pah" polkas
as well and they significantly settled in MI too. If anyone knows about polkas on the radio in Detroit please post the
information because I'm really curious if polka radio still exists in Detroit.
polkas at all in the Detroit market? I know at one time there were ethnic stations that played polkas and an AM Catholic
religious station also played polkas but does polka radio still exist in the Detroit market? Detroit should have polkas on
the radio because of the Polish and their Carpathian mountain cousins the Czecks and the Slovaks have significantly
settled in the Detroit area as well as throughout MI. Plus the Germans have always had their "oom pah pah" polkas
as well and they significantly settled in MI too. If anyone knows about polkas on the radio in Detroit please post the
information because I'm really curious if polka radio still exists in Detroit.
Re: Does anyone have a polka show in Detroit?
If you can pull in WCBN 88.3 from Ann Arbor, they have a polka show from 6:30-7:00 pm on Wednesdays.
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Re: Does anyone have a polka show in Detroit?
I have pleasant memories of listening to the late Johnny Sadrack's polka show, which broadcast weekday afternoons (at least that I'm aware of) on the "station of the nations" WMZK-FM, 97.9 during the late 1970's. WNZK 680/690's program schedule has "Polish Varieties" listed between 10am and noon on Saturdays. A caveat, Birach Broadcasting's schedules can be unreliable.
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Re: Does anyone have a polka show in Detroit?
Probably not what youre looking for but the Tigers have a Polish night every year that features a Polka band kicking out the jams.
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Re: Does anyone have a polka show in Detroit?
TV Warren did a decade ago, but polka king Fred-Merle got fired.
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Re: Does anyone have a polka show in Detroit?
TV Warren is still running the old polka shows daily at 9:00 am and 5:00 pm on XFinity/Comcast channel 12 and WOW channel 18 (IN WARREN).
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Re: Does anyone have a polka show in Detroit?
From waaay back, and I can't remember on what Detroit station, there was "Polka Joe" and "Waltzing Wanda."
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Re: Does anyone have a polka show in Detroit?
Not Detroit, but Mollie B, Jimmy Sturr are still airing, along with Big Joe Polka Show reruns on RFD-TV
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Re: Does anyone have a polka show in Detroit?
A station in Toledo had a polka show for many years, but the main host died earlier this year, so I don't know if it still airs.
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Re: Does anyone have a polka show in Detroit?
There should be a polka show on WPON, but I can't hear it over the noise floor good enough to listen. Years ago, the former WIID 1090 (later WCAR) had more than one polka show, if I recall correctly, when Walter Wolpin owned the station.
In Toledo, we had a weekend polka show on WCWA during my time there in the mid 80's... probably the same one mentioned above.
In Toledo, we had a weekend polka show on WCWA during my time there in the mid 80's... probably the same one mentioned above.
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Re: Does anyone have a polka show in Detroit?
Was that the Polka Party?
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Re: Does anyone have a polka show in Detroit?
Could be. Hard to say. It was about 36 years ago.
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Re: Does anyone have a polka show in Detroit?
I remember back in the 70s or early 80s my Dad listening to a polka program every week from a station in Saginaw MI. I believe it was on Saturday or Sunday around noon.
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Re: Does anyone have a polka show in Detroit?
The polka show in Saginaw was on WKCQ Sunday.
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Re: Does anyone have a polka show in Detroit?
WMIC-AM 660 in Sandusky airs polkas for three hours on Saturdays and two hours on Sundays both starting at 1pm. They're easily audible in much of Oakland and Macomb counties, and if not, they stream.