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9/3/10 New Recordings of the latest polka material:"This Is Polka Music!" by Stephanie America's Polka Sweetheart
"The Two of Us" by Walter Ostanek & Frankie Yankovic
"The Hobos 35th Anniversary" DVD
"Concertina Hero" by The Concertina All Stars
"Good Time Polkas" by The Varitones Band
"This Is Honky" by Rich Raclawski and the All-Star Honky Band
"Kikiriki" by Brave Combo
"Polka World" by Mike Surratt and the Continentals
"Button Box Magic!" by Dick Tady & DTO
"The Best of" Dick Pillar and his Polkabration Band
"Play Me the Waltz of the Angels" by George Suhon
"A Tribute to the Best - Like Non One Else Could" by Johnny Krek
"A Tribute to the Best - The Wizard of the Accordion" by Bobby Homovic
"Jammin' at the Cabin" by Polskie Swingmasters & Friends
Polkatown Sound's self-titled CD re-release
"Timeless Polkas and Waltzes" by Walter Ostanek
"The Best of 'Cleveland-Style'" by Kravos Recording
"The First Forty Years" by Tom Brusky
and many, many more...
8/31/10 Up and newly available is the August 28th show. Lend an ear to our pre-recorded August 14th & July 31st broadcasts. On the July 17th show, we're joined by special in-studio guest Johnny Koenig. Tune in our annual Slovenefest Broadcast from July 10th featuring most of the bands performing at the event. If you haven't already done so, check out the June 19th Father's Day Weekend broadcast & May 29th Memorial Day Weekend show available online as podcasts. Download them & listen later or you can stream them & listen now by clicking on the different links. We also have numerous CD premiere interviews available. Access all of our KHB shows and interviews on our Broadcasts page. If you've never heard our KHB show live on Saturday mornings, here's your chance to hear the best of polkas & waltzes any time you wish! 
8/26/10 Catch the "Steve Meisner and Friends" performance at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C., as they represented the state of Wisconsin. Recorded live on Wednesday, August 25, 2010. Click the pic above. NOMINATED AGAIN...8/23/10 The voting members of the National Cleveland Style Polka Hall of Fame have nominated us for their 2010 Support / Promotion Crystal Award at the Polka Hall of Fame Awards Show. This is our tenth consecutive year being nominated for this prestigious annual award, winning it for the first time in 2007. We thank YOU, all the people that continue to vote for us. Winners will be announced at the NCSPHOF's award show held Saturday, November 27, 2010 in Euclid, OH.
8/16/10 The Weekender Polka Events page has received a much needed update until the middle of October. Get the events & make plans now.7/20/10 Johnny Koenig has joined PledgeMusic.com to donate 15% of his merchandise sales of his upcoming project Party Like A Polka Star to the American Cancer Society. See how you can become involved by visiting Johnny's PledgeMusic.com page.
6/11/10 We'd like to welcome more new sponsors to our program: Calandrella's Garage and Salvage of Tinsmill, Avonmore, PA, who sponsors the Weekender segment of our KHB show, Slovenian Savings and Loan Association of Canonsburg and Imperial SNPJ Lodge #106 as the newest members of our Prime Time family of sponsors. Remember, we (and they) would appreciate your patronage whenever possible because our sponsors make it possible for Prime Time Polkas to exist as it is today.
4/17/10 It seems the storm yesterday has knocked out 620 KHB Radio's transmitter power, so those of you who tried tuning in today's April 17th broadcast got nothing but static. We apologize but the circumstances were beyond our control. In the meantime, revisit one our KHB archived shows below or visit our Live365 broadcasting station for more Prime Time Polkas.
Thank you!
Sunday, April 11, 2010
13th Anniversary Benefit Dance
Sygan SNPJ, 540 Third Ave., Bridgeville, PA
music by the Polka Quads & Mikey Dee Band plus special guest "Mr. Oktoberfest" Joe Maloy & more
4/1/10 The Polka Times newspaper has been serving the Pennsylvania & Ohio areas with news & happenings of the polka circuit since 2003, having since gone national the past few years. Visit their new website for details about the publication & how you can become a subscriber.
 3/27/10 We're very saddened to report the passing of Steve Pucker shown here singing his signature "Just Because Polka" on the Gateway Clipper in July 2005 with the Jack Tady Band. Steve was a great friend of us & our radio program for many years. You can view an article written about him back in 2006 in the Pittsburgh Senior Times. Rest in peace, Stevo. You will be missed.
11/24/09 Looking for festive Christmas polka music for the holiday season? Visit our Christmas Music page for some Prime Time recommendations.
 11/16/09 The United Musicians Polka Association of Pennsylvania (UMPAPA) honored their annual Man of the Year recipient along with their annual award winners on Sunday, Nov. 8, 2009. They are as follows:
Congratulations to all UMPAPA 2009 award winners. Jerry would like to personally thank all who voted for him to receive the Sideman Musician of the Year award.
10/16/09 The Weekender Polka Events page has many new additions & revisions to finish out the rest of the year. Check out what's going on & make plans now to attend these upcoming polka events.
 9/30/09 Klancnik & Friends' brand spankin' new website, www.knfband.com, is up & running. Check it out and get all the latest news, events, music & details on this young group of energetic polka musicians. Watch for their first full CD projected for release in the late spring 2010.
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 7/15/09 Another world wide option for internet polka radio is now available powered by AOL Radio. It's relatively new, brodcasting a variety of polka music in CD quality. Get directly to AOL's Polka Radio Station here. Of course, for the best in polkas & waltzes online, tune in our stuff available on our Broadcasts page.
 7/1/09 The annual SNPJ Ljubljana Pediatric Clinic Benefit event took place for 10 consecutive years the last Monday of June at the Deer Run Golf Club in Gibsonia, PA. It hosted some of the Penn-Ohio area's finest polka musicians donating their time for this worthy cause. The final event took place in June 2005. In order to keep the memory of these great times alive, a select few have decided to meet the last Monday of June at Strabane (PA) SNPJ to enjoy some beverages & a button box polka jam, namely Bob Lawrence Jr., Jerry Zagar & Bob Lawrence Sr. (the pic was taken from a camera phone). 5/31/09 KDKA-TV VIDEO LINK YOUTUBE FOOTAGE
What a great time at Bill Seles' Memorial Day Weekend Polka & Music Festival at Seven Springs Mountain Resort May 22-24, 2009. It's always great to meet & greet fans of our show. Get ready for the Bill Seles' Octoberfest of Music Weekend coming up October 9-11, 2009.
 POLKA MUSIC VIDEO ON DEMAND UPDATE -
ALL FOOTAGE NOW AVAILABLE
The Bill Seles' Octoberfest of Music was held October 10-12, 2008, at beautiful Seven Springs Mountain Resort in Champion, PA. On Sunday, October 12, Comcast cable was there with TV cameras rolling most of the day. Select performances are now available to Comcast's digital cable subscribers on-demand in the Western PA area. All segments are now available for viewing including the All Star Polka Jam, Polka Quads, Eddie Rodick, John Detelich & Joe Grkman bands. Btw, you may recognize two people introducing the segments!
To watch (If you live in Western Pennsylvania, Eastern Ohio or parts of West Virginia and have Comcast digital cable), on your remote, go to:
1. On Demand
2. Your Town
3. Select Entertainment OR Local Music
4. Polka Music
4/27/09 Thanks to everyone for attending our Anniversary Dance on Sunday, April 19, at Sygan SNPJ in Bridgeville, PA, as we celebrated 12 years of Prime Time Polkas. 100% of the proceeds help us keep this radio show on the air. Without your patronage of our sponsors and your monetary support, Prime Time Polkas would not exist.
3/11/09 We've created quite a stir with Walter Ostanek's recent release of the song "Waltz of the Angels" on his Back to Back Hall of Fame Polkas CD...not only on our show, but filtering into other area polka shows as well. As soon as we heard the song, we knew it would be a hit. Check Walter's February 20th blog for some background info on the song & why it took four years to finally get it released. There's also a link to preview "Waltz of the Angels" if you haven't heard it as of yet.
2/17/08 Uncle Mike Schneider of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, promoted & performed a song from his Pint Size Polkas release on Pittsburgh's KDKA-TV on Monday, February 16. We've posted Uncle Mike's portion on Pittsburgh Today Live up for everyone to see on YouTube.
12/8/08 Our exclusive YouTube videos have been viewed over a quarter-million times in just 18 months! Just uploaded are two videos of the Joe Grkman Band performing on Pennsylvania Polka, a cable TV show hosted by Bill Flynn & Dottie Stanky broadcast in northeast PA. Enjoy 81 other polka videos including our flagship - the nearly 10-minute long video of the Benzy Rathbone Combo live at the Slovenian Ballroom in Herminie, PA, on Friday, December 15, 1989. Visit our YouTube home page.
 11/26/08 Thanks to Don Hunjadi, the HG Studio 25th Anniversary Special CD can now be purchased directly from Prime Time Polkas. Get the ordering info (including buying online) & download some mp3 preview tracks on the sale page. We RARELY stock any CDs for sale, but when we do, you know it must be THAT GOOD! Needless to say, we highly recommend this CD. After the new year, we'll also have in stock the final recording from the late Gaylord Klancnik - another CD we think will be necessary for your collection. Keep tuned for more info.11/26/08 Here's an interesting mini-documentary of Slovenefest 2008, the SNPJ and the SNPJ Recreation Center in the Borough of SNPJ (Enon Valley), PA.
 11/19/08 Big things are in the works for our Live365 Broadcasting Station. We admit it is in need of some updating. To be honest, the last time we updated was Nov. '07! A new computer & a 500GB hard drive will make this much easier for us. The playlist will be overhauled to include the very latest polka recordings to the classics of the 1940s, 1950s and up. The station's bitrate will be increased to 32kbps in mp3pro stereo sound. This is a monumental undertaking considering our current Live365 playlist is close to 34 hours with over 700 "best of"polkas & waltzes, so give us time. We promise it'll be worth the wait! In the meantime, if you'd like to sign up as a VIP Live365 member & listen to polka music ad-free, click the link below. It also helps us pay for the station, so click up & join today.
11/7/08 Joe Godina has some great vintage polka videos posted on YouTube. We found this one of fellow KHB polka DJ & longtime musician & band leader Sam Pugliano performing his hit the "Barking Dog Polka" with Frank Yankovic & Joey Miskulin.
11/5/08 Mike Schneider from Milwaukee, WI, has a new CD out that's targeted to the little ones entitled Pint Size Polkas. Visit www.pintsizepolkas.com and view the "Jolly Lumberjack" YouTube video.
11/1/08 The 7th Annual Halloween Bash took place Wednesday, Oct. 29, 2008, at Sygan SNPJ in Bridgeville, PA. It's always a great time. One of the costume highlights belonged to Karl Lukitsch Band member Frank Puskar. He showed up inside a 55 lb. button box. Don't believe it? Click the pics below for a larger view.
    10/30/08 OKTOBERFEST PICS NOW AVAILABLE
Our annual Prime Time Oktoberfest was held on Sunday, October 5, 2008 at the Acme Club in Cheswick, PA, featuring the great music of Bob Kravos & the Boys in the Band and the Karl Lukitsch Band. View the pic slideshow of the event here. Remember, all proceeds from these events help us stay on the air on KHB. We just couldn't do what we do if not for the great support of our sponsors & your attendence at our functions.
10/23/08 Here's a brief but very informative history of Slovenian style polkas in Cleveland, OH.
 9/26/08SASQUATCH IN WESTMORELAND COUNTY...
The Big Foot convention convenes this weekend in Jeannette, PA. While he/she/it is here, we do not recommend teasing the sasquatch. Mess with sasquatch at your own risk.
7/18/08 The American Slovene Citizens Association in Cheswick, PA, is now an official member of our family of Prime Time Polkas' website productions. It's nickname, The Acme Club, is named for the small village of Acmetonia where it resides. Visit their brand new site at either www.theacmeclub.com or www.acmeclub.org. They join are other sites www.grkmania.com, www.karllukitschband.com and www.yinz4.com. Special thanks to Acme Club President Jimmy Prasnikar, Vice President Jack Tady & House Committee member Mike Skoff. Welcome!
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You've heard of Guitar Hero, the game designed for the computer gaming system Nintendo Wii, where you get to play the guitar like a rock star. Now just released for wannabee polka musicians, we present to you Accordion Hero.
 Are you concerned with the rising epidemic of polka addiction? Well, you should be. View one man's story on "Freaks, Geeks & Addicts" with correspondent Seymour Butts on YouTube. For your information, that one man fronts Larry Klima's favorite alternative punk rock polka band.Are you from here or who have you spent any length of time in Pittsburgh? First, take the quiz, then see if these are true.
  As mentioned on one of our previous broadcasts, we present to you essential summertime transportation: The "Cruzin Cooler combines two basic necessities of life, the ability to have cold food or a beverage handy along with the means to get somewhere."
 As mentioned on one of our previous broadcasts, Pam's "Babu's Tattoo" t-shirt. Many locations worldwide including St. Mark Square in New York, NY & their new location in Clairton, PA. Click the image for a larger view. Mention Prime Time Polkas & receive a FREE 1" x 1" button box tattoo on the body part of your choice.Visit our new WEB GALLERY of assorted recent pics from the annals of prime time picture taking. We'll be digging into the archives to find some rare pics of our first broadcasting experiences, polka dances & more. Remember the good ol' days of 1992?
 A book is on the market written by Bob Dolgan (long-time writer for Cleveland, OH, newspaper Plain Dealer and husband of the National Cleveland Style Polka Hall of Fame's current president Cecilia Dolgan) about The Real Story of America's Polka King Frankie Yankovic. The book is softcover with 238 pages & 24 black/white photographs. Buy it at Amazon.com & read a review written by Milwaukee (WI) polka musician Tom Brusky.
We've updated our Live365 STEREO broadcasting station with 40+ new tunes from the latest polka recordings and more of our trademark KHB liners/sweepers. The goal is to make this station stay as fresh as possible. The playlist is currently almost 34 hours long (yep, 34 HOURS!) with 750 selections of new & classic polka/waltz material. If you're not using Winamp with the mp3pro plug-in, you're not getting the FM stereo radio sound. Please go to our Broadcasts page and follow the necessary steps to take advantage of this improvement. Also there is our archived 620 KHB weekly broadcasts if you need more polkas. Enjoy!
Check out more good online polka music eminating from the Milwaukee, Wisconsin area at new website www.wisconsinpolkamusic.com. Find the listing 'WJYI' under 'RADIO' then proceed to their archived shows or just click here to go directly to the music. Special thanks to WJYI DJs Don Hunjadi & Mike Schneider for mentioning our site on their show!
 "Chump Change," the award-winning movie in which Wisconsin polka artists The Steve Meisner Band appear & provide music, is now available on DVD from Miramax Films. The comedy stars writer/director Steve Burrows, Tim Matheson, Traci Lords, Jerry Stiller, Anne Meara, Abe Vagoda & Fred Willard. View the trailer for the movie by selecting "Chump Change" from the pull-down menu at Video.com and visit the official website for the movie. Get your DVD/VHS copy at your local Borders, Suncoast Video or Barnes & Nobles stores or buy online at Amazon.com. Congrats, Steve!MAKE A DONATION. Since many listeners enjoy the music here at PTP.com & have inquired about sending donations to help us with the costs of doing so, we've teamed with PayPal to make online donations quick, easy & secure. Just click the "DONATE" button at the top left of this page underneath our pictures & enter your info...it's that easy. And very much appreciated! Thanks to all who have previously made a donation.
It's here...the first exclusive picture of Mars sent our way courtesy of Dick Suhay.
 A relatively new feature to this site...Essential Recordings contains a listing of required listening whether you're a new fan of the music or have been ever since you can remember. There are only 8 recordings listed as of today with many more to come in the future. Do you have these recordings in your collection? We think you should. Find out what they are by visiting our Essential Recordings page.
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