KCHK
Encyclopedia
KCHK is a radio station
broadcasting a mixed format, including News Talk Information and country music
, but is best known for its polka
programming. Licensed to New Prague, Minnesota
, USA, the station is currently owned by Ingstad Brothers Broadcasting, LLC, and features programing from ABC Radio .
The station is known for playing polka music for the Czechs (hence, the station's call letters KCHK) that settled the area starting in the mid 1850s. It also plays country and broadcasts conservative syndicated talk shows.
Radio station
Radio broadcasting is a one-way wireless transmission over radio waves intended to reach a wide audience. Stations can be linked in radio networks to broadcast a common radio format, either in broadcast syndication or simulcast or both...
broadcasting a mixed format, including News Talk Information and country music
Country music
Country music is a popular American musical style that began in the rural Southern United States in the 1920s. It takes its roots from Western cowboy and folk music...
, but is best known for its polka
Polka
The polka is a Central European dance and also a genre of dance music familiar throughout Europe and the Americas. It originated in the middle of the 19th century in Bohemia...
programming. Licensed to New Prague, Minnesota
New Prague, Minnesota
As of the 2010 Census, there were 7,321 people and 2,711 occupied housing units in the city. The population density was 1,731.3 people per square mile . There were 2,862 total housing units at an average density of 658.9 per square mile . The population on the city limit signs state that New...
, USA, the station is currently owned by Ingstad Brothers Broadcasting, LLC, and features programing from ABC Radio .
The station is known for playing polka music for the Czechs (hence, the station's call letters KCHK) that settled the area starting in the mid 1850s. It also plays country and broadcasts conservative syndicated talk shows.