Carpatho-Rusyn Society's Heritage Radio Program

08/31/2026

To listen to today's radio program, or any of our archives, please visit our web page:

Rusyn Heritage Radio ProgramHosted by Dean Poloka.The program is now part of the Rusyn.fm family. Rusyn.fm is an Internet-based Rusyn radio station in Slovakia. The broadcast is under the main title of ГОЛОСЫ РУСИНІВ АМЕРИКЫ / HOLOSŶ RUSYNIV AMERYKŶ / VOICE OF RUSYNS IN AMERIC...

08/30/2026

Listen to Rusyn Radio from Pittsburgh at 3:30 pm on Rusyn FM. Don't forget that 3:30 pm in Pittsburgh is 9:30 pm in Prešov and 10:30 pm in Uzhorod. Listen at the website below:

Слухайте Русинське Радио з Пiтсбурґу o 15.30 тепер на Rusyn FM. Незабывайте же 15.30 y Пітсбургу э 21.30 у Пряшові i 22.30 y Ужгородi. Послухайтe на сайті нижже:

To listen live at broadcast time, please click: rusyn.fm/play

On today’s broadcast, we discuss how Rusyns in Ukraine are still fighting for official government recognition 35 years after Ukraine’s independence from the Soviet Union.

Today’s musical selections include:
Labirskŷ Beťare from Medzilaborce
Zakarpatskyj Narodnyj Chor from Užhorod
Rolland from Čirč
Grupa Rosa from R***i Kerestur
Lemko Recordings from the 1920s
Liana Hutníková from Kamjunka
Slavjane from Pittsburgh
Werchowyna from Poland
Ensemble Užhorod from Ukraine
Harmonia from Cleveland

08/23/2026

To listen to today's radio program, or any of our archives, please visit our web page:

Rusyn Heritage Radio ProgramHosted by Dean Poloka.The program is now part of the Rusyn.fm family. Rusyn.fm is an Internet-based Rusyn radio station in Slovakia. The broadcast is under the main title of ГОЛОСЫ РУСИНІВ АМЕРИКЫ / HOLOSŶ RUSYNIV AMERYKŶ / VOICE OF RUSYNS IN AMERIC...

08/23/2026

Listen to Rusyn Radio from Pittsburgh at 3:30 pm on Rusyn FM. Don't forget that 3:30 pm in Pittsburgh is 9:30 pm in Prešov and 10:30 pm in Uzhorod. Listen at the website below:

Слухайте Русинське радіо з Пiтсбурґу o 15.30 на Rusyn FM. Незабывайте же 15.30 y Пітсбургу э 21.30 у Пряшові i 22.30 y Ужгородi. Послухайтe на сайті нижже:

https://www.rusyn.fm/play/

On today’s broadcast, we remember the anniversary of the invasion of Czechoslovakia, which ended the Prague Spring of 1968, as well as one of the most controversial Rusyn figures of the 20th century—the hardline Communist responsible for that invasion, Vasiľ Biľak.

Today’s musical selections include:
Šambriňci from Slovakia
Horpyna from Lemkovyna
Hrzda from Slovakia
Šarišon from Prešov
Picončanka from Slovakia
Czeremszyna from Poland
Juno from Slovakia

08/16/2026

Listen to Rusyn Radio from Pittsburgh at 3:30 pm on Rusyn FM. Don't forget that 3:30 pm in Pittsburgh is 9:30 pm in Prešov and 10:30 pm in Uzhorod. Listen at the website below:

Слухайте Русинське радіо з Пiтсбурґу o 15.30 на Rusyn FM. Незабывайте же 15.30 y Пітсбургу э 21.30 у Пряшові i 22.30 y Ужгородi. Послухайтe на сайті нижже:

https://www.rusyn.fm/play/

On today’s broadcast we discuss the World War I internment camp Thalerhof. This camp was set up by the Austro-Hungarian authorities near Graz, Austria in 1914 to imprison civilians suspected of pro-Russian sympathies, primarily targeting ethnic Carpatho-Rusyns, Lemkos, and Ukrainians from Galicia.

Today’s musical selections include:
Lemko Recordings from the 1920s
Werchowina from Poland
Hudacy from Slovakia
Kyczera from Poland
Maria Mačošková from Prešov
Michaela Vasilenková from Zubné
Štefan Vasilenko and Ladislav Džupin from Slovakia
Čendeš from Slovakia
Diabolské Husle from Slovakia
Zakarpatskyj Narodnyj Chor from Užhorod
Slavjane from Pittsburgh
Jovgen Nadj from R***i Kerestur

08/09/2026

Listen to Rusyn Radio from Pittsburgh at 3:30 pm on Rusyn FM. Don't forget that 3:30 pm in Pittsburgh is 9:30 pm in Prešov and 10:30 pm in Uzhorod. Listen at the website below:

Слухайте Русинське радіо з Пiтсбурґу o 15.30 на Rusyn FM. Незабывайте же 15.30 y Пітсбургу э 21.30 у Пряшові i 22.30 y Ужгородi. Послухайтe на сайті нижже:

https://www.rusyn.fm/play/

On today’s broadcast we wish a very happy 79th birthday tomorrow, August 10, to arguably the most influential Lemko-Rusyn activist, poet and singer Petro Trochanowski.
Today’s musical selections include:

Petro Trochanowski from Lemkovyna
Juliya Trochanowska from Lemkovyna
Ensemble Iršava from Iršava
DFS Šariš from Prešov
Slavjane from Pittsburgh
Werchowyna from Lemkovyna
Rock-H from Užhorod
FS Minčol from Kŷjova
Picikato Bend from R***i Krstur
Hudobná Skupina Hit from Slovakia
Ciganská Kapela Štefana Banyka from Slovakia
Zakarpatskyj Narodnyj Chor from Užhorod

08/02/2026

Listen to Rusyn Radio from Pittsburgh at 3:30 pm on Rusyn FM. Don't forget that 3:30 pm in Pittsburgh is 9:30 pm in Prešov and 10:30 pm in Uzhorod. Listen at the website below:

Слухайте Русинське радіо з Пiтсбурґу o 15.30 на Rusyn FM. Незабывайте же 15.30 y Пітсбургу э 21.30 у Пряшові i 22.30 y Ужгородi. Послухайтe на сайті нижже:

https://www.rusyn.fm/play/

On today’s broadcast we talk about Ruska Bursa, the oldest Lemko social organization established in 1908. This very active association, headquartered in Gorlice, is integral to propagating Lemko culture worldwide.
Today’s musical selections include:

Czaldy-Waldy Quartet from Lemkovyna
Petro Murjanka from Krynica
Kyczera from Lemkovyna
DFS Šariš from Prešov
Hudacka Tajstra from Užhorod
Vox Ethnika from New York
Grupa Rosa from R***i Kerestur
Miroslava Kopinec from Užhorod
Šarišan from Prešov
Kandračovci from Košice