About Czech-American TV

Can I get more information's about your program ?

Czech-American TV is a non-profit charitable organization under Section 501 (c)(3) that broadcasts for Czech-American community. CATV brings information about culture and traditions, genealogy and other important Czech-American events taking place here in the US and Czech Republic. Reports directly from the US and Czech Republic make a very important part of the CATV's broadcasting as well. Our previously broadcasted TV reports can be found and viewed via our website www.catvusa.com in the "Archived Broadcast". Czech-American TV main objective is similar to one of public broadcasting (PBS).
CATV produce also e-Radio program that you can listen to any time from your computer from anywhere in the world! Even computers Dial-up Internet conection can tune in to CATV e-Radio. Please visit our home page at www.catvusa.com

On which days do you broadcast your Czech-American programs on Internet?

Every Monday we update our website www.catvusa.com with the new program and you can see this updated version starting the following week at any time.

Is it possible for us to receive this program in my area?

Yes, you can see our programs via Internet on our website www.catvusa.com anywhere in the United States , Czech Republic and abroad. 

If you live in Chicago area you can see on your TV our broadcast  as CATV Show produced by John Honner 
every Wednesday 7 PM on Comcast cable Channel 19 .  Comcast Channel 19 reaches viewers in over 60 Chicagoland cities. For more information please visit technical info on our website.

How many people watch this program on Internet?

We are broadcasting for the last four years, and at this time our website registers over ninety thousand visitors monthly, mostly from the United States and Czech Republic.

I have slow dial-up Internet service. Can I get your program?

 With slow dial-up  internet, you can listen to live our CATV -e-Radio without any problems. Just go to our website and click on CATV Radio button. However, our recommendation is that you switch your service to DSL (usually inexpensive) and that will enable you to receive good quality thousands TV and Radio programs from the whole world and much more!

One of our viewers wrote:

Hello and a good Sunday to you, I am a caregiver of many years and I have to say your program gives me such a lift. I have DSL now and it is so much better and only a few dollars more then what I was paying for dial up.You are doing a fantastic job. I will forward this to other Sokols and Czechs in LA. Nazdar, Eva Pilik, Sokol LA

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John Honner - Producer


Article from Chicago newsletter about Czech-American TV :

What began as a hobby for John Honner has turned into an intense effort to bridge the Czech-American community and showcase its culture and heritage. Honner, a 39-year-old Chicago resident, is the producer of the Czech-American TV show. The show airs on Channel 19 Comcast Cable Chicago western suburbs on Wednesdays from 7p.m. Celebrating its fifth anniversary in May, the show spotlights Czech music, art, food, recipes, organizations and local and national festivals and social events.

Honner cooperates with a handful of local TV cammeramans in the Czech Republic and the many Czech cities  to enlighten viewers with news reports and film footage of the scenic nation.  The show also can be viewed worldwide via the Internet at www.catvusa.com . The Web site receives more than 90,000 visits a month. "It is a very popular Web site," Honner said. Most of the show's dialogue is in English. "Many of our viewers are second- and third-generation Czechs who do not speak the native language anymore," Honner said. "Czech-American TV is the first television program of its kind in the United States targeting not only Czech-American community, but also anyone interested in the heritage, tradition, its customs and history. This show is a non-profit and its main objective is similar to one of public broadcasting (PBS)" Honner said. Before coming to the United States 10 years ago, Honner, worked as an investigative reporter for the Czech newspapers and as a television cameraman and TV engineer in the Czech Republic. He was a member of the Syndicate of Journalists and of the International Association of Journalists.

Honner now lives in Chicago. "As a reporter and TV crew member in the Czech Republic I learned about the large Czech community in US.  Honner felt compelled to expose the Czech culture to television viewers after noticing there were no Czech-American television shows on the air. "I see the Mexicans, Polish, Koreans, Chinese and other ethnics have their own show. I felt the Czech-American community should have and deserves their own show," said Honner, who speaks with great pride about his Czech culture. "There are many large Czech-American events that receive little or no coverage from the media, and that is why Czech-American TV is so important," he said.

Honner called on various Bohemian nonprofit organizations to create a grass-roots movement that would assist him in making his  show " Honner said. A little more than $8,000 in seed money was needed to bring life to the show four years ago. Donations from private entities and sponsors  help each month to keep the show on the air. " Some people have been very supportive. They appreciate what we are doing here," Honner said. "All the work to create the show is handled by volunteers.   The show is recorded at various locations.  "We are like a traveling circus, setting up a studio wherever we can. We even travel to other states to get footage," said Honner, who will travel to Kansas and Nebraska in the spring to document the Czech Day celebration there. Honner has hours of video footage he has gathered from the region that he has yet to air. His goal is to receive enough donations so he will be able to broadcast an hour each week or possibly twice a week. "America is all about dreams and opportunity. That's why I love this country and believe the show will continue to grow," Honner said.