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widlak publicity photo -lsb- http://www.ivowidlak.com/ www.ivowidlak.com -rsb- knurow , poland 256px 5 july 1978 chicago , illinois , united states ivo widlak
 ivo widlak journalist , talk show host , television presenter
ivo widlak

ivo widlak , born july 5 , 1978 in knurów , poland - international press , radio and tv journalist .
he started as a very young reporter at weekly newspaper `` przegląd lokalny '' .
then he started hosting tv show for children and teenagers called `` kleks '' on tvp katowice .
the same year , in 1995 , wrote scripts and hosted `` 5-10-15 '' , another show for children and teenagers on tvp1 on telewizja polska .
later he co-developed and co-hosted `` twój problem nasza głowa '' on telewizja wisła later tvn -lrb- poland -rrb- .
in 1998 he moved to warsaw to co-host `` rower błażeja '' on tvp1 on telewizja polska .
during his career he worked for radio puls in gliwice and radio zet in warsaw .
in 2001 he moved permanently to chicago , and in 2004 he created and hosted own talk show titled `` ivo na zywo '' and produced and hosted daily news program on tvpchicago broadcast on channel 34 wjys .
he also has been an editor-in-chief of a couple of popular internet news websites in polish language .
he raised to fame within the polish-american community as an investigative journalist in the united states , for uncovering corruption and irregularities that took place with the renovation of the building of the polish consulate general , chicago titled `` consulgate '' -lrb- the supreme chamber of control of the republic of poland informed by widlak later confirmed that irregularities occurred at all stages of implementation of the renovation , and the final cost was in the amount of $ 8.2 million -rrb- .
president of the polish cultural institute in chicago .
