Capital Times-Roll Out The Polka, Oktoberfest Season Gives State's Official Danc

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Roll Out The Polka

Oktoberfest Season Gives State's Official Dance A Big Boost

The Capital Times :: LIFESTYLE :: B1
Tuesday, September 5, 2006
By Mary Bergin The Capital Times
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WKTM radio (104.9 FM and 1540 AM) in Hartford calls itself the Polka Palace because of its daily polka parties. It will help present the annual Hartford Polkafest, Oct. 20-22 at the Chandelier Ballroom, 150 Jefferson Ave., and sells polka music CDs online. Consult www.wktm.com, 800-924-9856.

Closer to Madison, an all-polka format at WIBU's rural Poynette radio studio was pulled in 1991, about one year after its introduction.

"It was a difficult format to execute, from a programming standpoint," station owner Lee Harris said at that time. The typical WIBU listener, he said, was 62 years old, with rural roots.

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Polka With Passion

The Capital Times :: LIFESTYLE :: B6
Tuesday, September 5, 2006
Mary Bergin
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To polka with a passion in Wisconsin, consider:

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