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Czech Music Live. Online. 24/7.

Stream. Dance. Sing Along. Enjoy!

As people continue to hunker down at home with family and polka music events get canceled, what’s the next best thing? Tune into Czech music online! While Czech festivals and events have taken a backseat during these trying times, Czech music abounds online. Lift your spirits. Be happy. Tune in to any of these stations, some of which offer Czech music 24/7.

Alfred Vrazel’s Polka Show Sundays, 12 to 2:30 p.m. Nonito Martinez’ Polka Show Sundays, 2:30 to 5 p.m. KMIL 105.1 FM www.kmil.com

The American Czech Hour KHBR 1560 AM Sundays, 1:30 to 3 p.m. www.khbrhillsboro.com

KBEC Polka Party KBEC 1390 AM Sundays, 9 to 11 a.m. www.kbec.com

Czech Melody Time KOOP 91.7 FM Wednesdays, 7 to 8 p.m. www.koop.org

Michael Craig’s Polka Show KRXT 98.5 FM Monday through Friday, 11 a.m. to 12 noon Sundays, 1:15 to 6 p.m. www.krxt@krxt985.com

Saturday Morning Dance Time KULP 1390 AM Saturdays, 10 to 12 p.m. www.kulpradio.com Czech Music Across America

A good place to find Czech music online is Goodtime Radio WRJQ out of Appleton, Wisconsin, which streams Czech music 24/7. You will hear some of the best Czech music - traditional and new. The site also features some of Texas’ own Czech bands - Czech and Then Some (CATS) from Ennis, Vrazels’ Polka Band as well as Mollie B, Barefoot Becky, Alex Meixner with Michael Morris on drums and vocals, and much more for your listening pleasure. WJRQ can be found via Tune-in or Simple Radio apps. It can also be found via its website www.wrjqradio.com - which includes a running list of song titles/band names. Other sites to Czech out:

Pioneer Polkacast www.radionorthland.org/category/polkacast/

24/7 Polka Heaven www.247polkaheaven.com/

Czech Music - Just a Click Away

Across the internet, options are endless when searching for live-stream Czech music. A simple search will put you on the path to polka/waltz music anytime, day or night.

An excellent example from Europe Radio Dechovka is an internet radio station dedicated to beautiful Czech music. It also serves as a European portal for Czech blasmusik. Spend an afternoon exploring its website http://www.radiodechovka.cz/. Yes, the website is in Czech, but look for the dropdown menu when its landing page opens and choose English translation.

Some of you may recognize a couple of the Czech/Moravian band names below - bands that have toured across Texas. As long as you’re ‘in Europe’ perusing Radio Dechovka, hop on over to the bands’ websites and get reaquainted:

Texas Czech Genealogical Society

Website: txczgs.org Promoting the study of the genealogy of the particular group of people known as “Texas Czechs.” For membership: Marie Dulak 979-589-1903

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www.mistrinanka.cz www.stribrnanka.cz www.zdounecanka.cz www.mosch-musikverlag.de/en/ernstmosch-chronik.html (Ernst Mosch and his Original Egerlander Musicians) www.sohajka.cz Czech music . . .

Happy music for happy people. Stream. Dance. Sing Along. Enjoy! —SPJST— Stay tuned to the next Věstník as we will include additional Czech music online options.

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