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)

<p>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.</p>
<p>(Airdate: November 30, 2025)</p>

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/.

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