depots, weddings, as well as political campaigns for Polish parliament and presidential elections. Former president Aleksander Kwaśniewski was one of the most notable examples of politicians who used disco polo during his presidential campaign. From the 1990s to 2002 Skręta coined the name "disco polo" in 1993, taking influence from the name Italo disco. The name caught on and replaced "sidewalk music". On February 29, 1992, a TVP1 broadcast dedicated to disco polo named Gala Piosenki Chodnikowej i Popularnej (Gala of Sidewalk and Popular Songs) was held. Disco polo was extensively marketed by the Polsat TV station, which produced its own disco polo hit list in several TV shows: Disco Relax (which premiered on December 4, 1994) and Disco Polo Live (which premiered February 3, 1996, in TV Polsat). The genre also found its way onto Radio Eska. Disco polo was also represented in Polonia 1, a network of local stations in urban areas, as well as TV Polonia. Disco polo was acknowledged by the mainstream media as a symbol of kitsch and primitivism. Bands and singers used disco polo during the election campaigns. Traditional instruments came to be replaced by keyboards later in the '90s, which contributed to a slight change in style, making the songs more akin to Eurodance. Artists also started mixing disco polo with other musical genres such as dance music, house music, and techno. TVP 1 aired a program of disco polo entitled Karnawałowa Gala Disco Polo ("Carnival Gala Disco Polo") on December 31, 1995. In 1996, Maria Zmarz-Koczanowicz and Michał Arabudzkii directed a documentary film called Bara Bara, which explored the disco polo trend. It was aired in the same year on TVP1. On April 24, 1998, a film was released by Robert Glinski Kochaj i rób co chcesz ("Love and do what you want"), in which the main character leaves to play this genre of music on the piano in a club. The trend receded between 1997 and 2001. A sharp decline in sales of disco polo cassettes and CDs ensued due to the growth of Polish and foreign pop music, rock, hip hop, dance, and electronic music. Disco polo's airplay on Radio Eska, TV Polonia 1 and TV Polonia diminished. In late August 2002, Polsat TV cancelled "Disco Relax" and "Disco Polo Live," leaving many bands jobless. Some observers believe that the drastic decline in the popularity of the genre was in