WILKES-BARRE — Multi-Grammy winner Jimmy Sturr, speaking about the importance of the Wilkes-Barre area to polka music, said Northeast Pennsylvania has always been the heartbeat of polka music. After ...
To honor the passing of International Polka Association Hall of Famer John “Stanky” Stankovic, WVIA TV will rebroadcast the 2006 original documentary film “John and Dottie Stanky: Rags ...
to the local PBS channel. About five members answered phones at the WVIA studio in Pittston on a Saturday evening during a membership drive designed to save the “Pennsylvania Polka” program. The polka ...
NANTICOKE — John “Stanky” Stankovic, the legendary Northeast Pennsylvania polka king who entertained millions of people from around the world for decades, died on Christmas Day. He was 89. Stankovic, ...