Tube City Almanac

April 06, 2009

Fifth-Annual Radio Marathon Keeps Polka Fans Hopping

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Norwin-area resident Frank Powaski is one of Pittsburgh's best-known polka disc jockeys and marked his 40th anniversary in radio during May of last year.

For the past five years, Powaski has broadcast an annual all-night polka marathon over radio station WKHB (620) and its sister station, WKFB (770).

This year's broadcast --- which began at 5 p.m. Friday and ran until sunrise the following morning --- attracted dozens of polka fans and local musicians to the stations' studios, located in North Versailles Township.



P.S.: If you think "any idiot can work in television," that's not true. A certain idiot (me) spent the better part of Sunday editing and uploading four minutes of video.

P.P.S.: In the interest of full disclosure, I am a part-time employee of WKHB and WKFB, but this video was completed on my own time and without any authorization or oversight by my employers. Opinions expressed at the Almanac are those of the authors and do not reflect the views of any other person or organization.






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I had no idea when this was happening…nor did I have a clue it happened. They cleaned up very well!
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