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“The Pillar Polkabration Show” with Dick Pillar
can be heard
Saturday mornings from 11:00am - 12:00pm EST (10:00am - 11:00am CST)
Wednesday afternoons from 12:00pm - 1:00pm EST (11:00am - 12:00pm CST)

Dick Pillar is known as an innovator and entertainment producer who has taken his promotions and music to great heights. Known to his fans as “Mr. Personality” or “Mr. Polkabration”, Dick Pillar & His Orchestra have entertained music fans for four decades with their lively style of polka music, along with 50’s, 60’s, country, and big band musical varieties.

The Dick Pillar Orchestra recorded their first album in 1964, and over the years their numerous recordings have received many tributes to their musical style, including 3 “Song Of The Year” awards from the International Polka Association, “Album Of The Year” from the United Polka Boosters, “Band Of The Year”, and also a Grammy nomination.

In 1965, Dick established the original East Coast polka festival: “The Pillar Polkabration”, now in it’s 42nd Year!

In 1966, Dick Pillar launched his “Pillar Polkabration Show” on WICH-AM in Norwich, CT. The show also aired for a number of years on WNLC-AM, WSUB-AM (Groton), and most recently WNLC-FM.

In 1974, Dick was inducted into the IPA Hall Of Fame, and in 1975 was the recipient of the “Outstanding Young Men Of America” award. In 1980, he began the first of his popular “Polkabration Weekends” which continue to this day in New York.

In 2007, Dick will be celebrating 50 years of promoting the polka music he loves.

Today, the “Pillar Polkabration Show” can be heard locally on Sunday mornings from 11:00am – 12:00pm EST on WICH 1310AM out of Groton, CT. Dick's show is syndicated on the Internet at www.247polkaheaven.com, and in STEREO on The
Jammer Network.  

His program originates from "Pillar's Palace Studio" in Uncasville, CT.