John is a Cleveland, Ohio, area author and lecturer on local history and genealogical research and the host of the New Czech Voice of Cleveland radio program, airing each Sunday from 3-4 p.m. on WHKW 122 AM in Cleveland. He has written four books for Arcadia Publishing that chronicle the histories of Cleveland Czechs, Cleveland Slovaks, Cleveland’s Buckeye Neighborhood, and Kelleys Island. A Cleveland native and graduate of Benedictine High School and Cleveland State University, he worked as a reporter and editor at the Cleveland Press until it closed in 1982. You can catch the New Czech Voice of Cleveland on WHKW 1220 AM from 3:03 pm to 4:00 pm on Sundays. If you are out of the immediate listening area, you can tune in on your computer at http://whkwradio.com/.
The New Czech Voice of Cleveland

For the first Sunday of Advent in 2025, John begins playing the Czech music of the season. Also, John recounts the pre-Christmas Czech traditions for the feast day of Saint Barbora (Barbara) on December 4, and the feast day of Saint Mikulas (Nicholas) on December 6. (Airdate: November 30, 2025)See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

John pays tribute to Czech classical composer Josef Antonín Plánický, who was born on November 27, 1691. (Airdate: November 23, 2025)See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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