Tony Petkovsek’s first polka broadcast (1961)
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Mon, Nov 23
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One of 117 upcoming events at National Cleveland-Style Polka Hall Of Fame & Museum, and 1,866 across Cleveland.
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From National Cleveland-Style Polka Hall Of Fame & Museum
On Thanksgiving Day 1961, 20-year-old Tony Petkovsek made his first Slovenian polka radio broadcast in Cleveland, starting a daily program that ran live for 50 years. Thanksgiving soon became Cleveland’s polka holiday weekend. On this day in 1961, 65 years ago. Learn more about the legends of polka music on our Lifetime Achievement Honorees page, or visit the National Cleveland-Style Polka Hall of Fame and Museum in Euclid, Ohio, to see their stories, instruments and recordings in person.
