The Zabava Hour with Brad Salyn

11/30/2025

Another weekend's shows into the books.

Hope you enjoyed tonight's selections.

If not, there is always next weekend!

Same time, same place.

Tonight's playlist:

Kozak – Brandon Hachkowski
Orange Blossom Special – The Starlites MB
Andrew Polka – The Spot-Lites
Zayshow Yasnay Meesyats – Bill Scherbatiuk and Anne Pleskach
Presentation Song – Art Tymoshyk
Piyemo – Lviv Muziky
Ой там, за лісочком – Tyt i Tam
Tam Doornay – Peter Hnatiuk
SkyLite Polka – Pete Gargus and The Swingsters
Kozachok – Jimmy Watsko and The Lumberjacks
Free Oneself – Prairie Pride
Bodai Kohuts Znoodiw – Prairie Rose Band
The Maple Tree Stood At The Water's Edge – The Ukrainians
Vidse Hora – Kalyna
Tommy’s Polish Polka – Al Sobkowich and Steve Myk
Ukrainian Polka Medley – Alex Maduck
Oy Handzya Lyooba – Eddie Chwill
By the Sea - Dunai

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11/29/2025

Get ready for another hour of the best Ukrainian Canadian music.

Pour a drink, grab a fresh ring of kolbassa, and let the party commence.

Tune in now to CKJS 92.7FM or listen online.

11/29/2025

And we are out of gas for tonight!

Fill up your tank tomorrow at 5pm right here on The Zabava Hour with Brad Salyn.

Tonight's tasty delights:

Kozak – Brandon Hachkowski
Vesele Veseelia – Mickey and Bunny
The Band Played – Burya
Travelers Polka – By Request
Za Dunayem – Millenia
Korobushka – Mike Hawryshok
Sunset & By The Window – The Polka Ramblers
Rodger’s Polka – The Playboys
Balamut Waltz – Trapper Steve
High Cholesterol – Mike Zayetz
Wedding March – Diamond Stars
Queen of Hearts Waltz – Female Beat
Chomu Tebe Lyublyu – Ernie Zaozirny
Helen Koterla Waltz – Ernie Koterla
Tsyhanochko - Shoom
Wedding Kolomayka – Ed and Sally and The Country 4
I Remember! I Wish I Wasn't Born – Roy Mykytyshyn
Oie Peed Hi-Am – Ukrainian Kids
Traditional Folk Music Of Zradystan - Zrada

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11/29/2025

Time for some live Ukrainian Canadian musical sustenance.

Tune in to CKJS 92.7FM in Winnipeg or online around the world.

Preserving our musical traditions one hour at a time.

Here is a photo of my ancestral kin - the Derbowka family back in the ancestral village of Horodenka, Ukraine.

11/28/2025

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11/23/2025

Thanks for making us a part of your weekend tradition.

Come back again next weekend for another set of fresh episodes of The Zabava Hour.

Tonight's ear tingling tunage:

Kozak – Brandon Hachkowski
Pride and Joy Polka Medley – Al Cherny
Black Velvet Waltz – 5 Star
Maple Sugar – Zuchkan Band
W.M. Polka – Back Home Country
Five Girls – Zhyto
Monday Morning Waltz – Bill Prokopchuk
The Sheperd – Yaseny
Let’s Ask the Polka Band – Sloohai
Laughing Sax – D Drifters 5
Chownyk – Wally Bebenek
Kolomeyka – Donna Mateyko
Kohut – Veselka US
Waltz Medley – The Citulskys
Manitoba Wedding March – Valley Tsymbaly Ensemble
It’s Raining Who Will Take Me Home – Dumka
The Evening Star – Ukrainian Canadians
Riding Mountain Waltz – Brandon Hachkowski
Hop Hop Little Deer – John Yuzyk
Black Chicken Stew – UB (Ukrainian Band)
Свєта - Tik

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11/22/2025

It's Saturday night which means it's Zabava Time!

Tune in to CKJS 92.7FM or listen online.

Another action packed hour of good ol' Ukrainski musik!

11/22/2025

Thanks for joining in the fun tonight on The Zabava Hour.

Come back for a second helping tomorrow at 5pm!

Here is what you heard:

Kozak – Brandon Hachkowski
Husha Susha Polka – Mike Domish
Alexander’s Polka – Joe Hrycyk and The Starlites
La Vita Bella – Yours Truly
Diet Song – Walter Rutka
Balamuta / Bandura – High Profile
Jonah's Polka – Dean Wasylowski
Chom Chom Polka – The Cimarrons
Chabaan – Peter Lamb
Dulcimer Polka – Northern Troubadours
Tysha Navkruhy – Zirka
Polka Daze – Walter Procanyn
The Red Rose – The Polka Drifters
Krai Vikonnichka – Nick Hnatiuk
Dawn Waltz – The New Lumberjacks
Cummins Polka – Musical Jamboree Boys
Mike’s Party Polka – Sparkling Tones
Verkhovyno – Kvitka Cisyk
Kozachok Ukrainian Dance – Chabluk Family
Drinking Kolomayka – Bratko Twins
Stoyit Hora Vyskaja – Royal Aces Four

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11/22/2025

It's that time!

Let the music ring.

I don't always listen to Ukrainian music, but when I do, so do the neighbours!

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11/21/2025

11/18/2025

Its a double-header weekend! Come check us out on Sunday, December 7th!

11/16/2025

Thanks for joining us this evening.

Always a pleasure to listen to some good Ukrainian Canadian music.

Hope you keep coming back for more.

Tonight's delicacies:

Kozak – Brandon Hachkowski
On Top of the Hill – The Naduzak Family Plus Three
Mom’s Waltz – Hryniuk Honeycombs
Komarno Kolomayka – Vern Walkin
Paul's Poo-Pits Polka – The Ukrainian Oldtimers
Viter Vie – Trubka
Song About the Miller Polka (Live) – Peter Picklyk
Plaza Polka – Mark Morriseau
Saskatchewan Special – Parkland Pioneers
Pryishoo Kozak Do Divchyny – The Roughriders
Там, на плязі на Маямі – Melody Night
Troubled Maiden – Mary Chornick
Horse Kolomayka – Mae Chwaluk
Freddie's Kolomaykaw (Part 2) – Freddie Chetyrbok
Verba – Ron Cahute
Oj Divchyno Shumyt' Haj – Kassian Special
I Shumet - Kalyna
Friends Polka – Friends
Leo’s Polka #4 – The Trail Riders
Mafia Mafiosi – Zbruch
Білий Танець – Various Artists

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