Music & Dance News
January/February 2016 Page 7
Craig Ebel at the control board of “The Mighty
920” KDHL in Faribault, MN in 1994, where he
hosted three hours of polka music, including one
hour dedicated to 78-rpm records.
station, AM 1470 “Real
Country KCW” (formally KANO). When it
changed its call letters to
KCW, it also changed format and added 1.5 hours
of polka music to the
Sunday morning schedule. Later, KCW added a
three-hour Sunday afternoon show called “Polka
Time! PM.”
In September 1994,
Craig began airing a
two-hour
“flagship”
edition of “It’s Polka
Time!” heard Sunday
mornings over AM 1220
WMGT in Stillwater,
MN. His show soon became the only polka
show airing in the Twin
Cities.
The show aired on
WMGT until Sept. 3,
2006, when