(Airdate: May 13, 2024) On this week’s Attention Please! KPTZ’s Genevieve Barlow interviews the cast and musicians who are putting on the production of Shakespeare’s “The Tempest” at Port Townsend High School. The show started May 10 and continues next weekend through May 18. More information can be found here.
KPTZ 91.9 FM Port Townsend is pleased to announce that as of Wednesday, May 1 we are broadcasting and streaming from our new studios in Building 305 on the Fort Worden Campus. Founding Program Director Larry Stein kicked off this new era as the first live DJ on the air from the new studios, and every DJ after this will be “Live at 305.”
Our amazing volunteer technical staff, together with our DJs and hosts, have been working hard to make this a reality as we step into the unknown with new equipment in a new location. If you listen carefully to KPTZ we think you will hear the excitement live on-the-air. This has been a multi-year project and we expect this to be the beginning of a great new chapter for your favorite community radio station.
Following up on this major milestone, we will be having our “Live at 305” fund drive, running from Monday, May 6 through Saturday, May 11. The new studios will be open to our community from 10am to 5pm each day and all 91.9FM listeners should feel free to stop by and see us in action. Come by and take a tour! Again, the dates and times for tours at Building 305 in Fort Worden are 10am-5pm, Monday, May 6 through Saturday, May 11. Come on down!
Taylor Clark
General Manager
KPTZ 91.9FM Port Townsend
(Airdate: May 10, 2024) This week on County Connections Commissioner Kate Dean and co-host Jim Burke welcome Jefferson County Prosecuting Attorney and Coroner James Kennedy about his work in the courts.
Taylor Clark and co-host John Mauro where joined by KPTZ Board President Jon Pinnow and KPTZ Treasurer Christine Walsh Rogers for some breaking news as they announced that Taylor no longer an interim GM. He is now KPTZ’s General Manager. Kind things where said by all.
(Airdate: May 8, 2024) Nan Evans welcomes back Ric Brewer for part two of their “Snail Tales” conversation with a discussion of the native snails and slugs of the Pacific Northwest. Our moist temperate climate is just right for these gastropods (that means “Stomach-Footed). And, for a final conversational treat, consider eating snails (i.e., escargots) on your pizza or pasta.
On alternate weeks with Our Working Waterfront, KPTZ’s Chris Bricker joins co-host Siobhan Canty, President & CEO of Jefferson Community Foundation, to explore new paradigms, new developments, and the panorama of good work our vibrant community continues to do day in and day out. Siobhan and Chris decided to feature Jefferson County’s Second Annual Connectivity Fair held in April at the Chimacum Schools campus. After a gracious welcome by Chimacum Tribal Council Chair, Rosalie Walz, the Fair’s prime movers, Judy Alexander and Rose Madrone, best described the event this way: “Part of what makes Jefferson County unique and special are the nonprofit organizations and service groups that anchor this special community and make it strong and connected. The Fair was created to showcase a large sampling of them, and each of these organizations offer ways for the general public to pitch in to help make our County informed, sustainable, resilient, and life-giving.” Siobhan gave an excellent presentation on Community Philanthropy, and I later popped in on the presentation given by Port Townsend High School’s Students For Sustainability.
For this episode, we join Laura Tucker, advisor and mentor for the club, to give us a brief history of SFS. Then students Tallulah Sebastian and Sawyer Duval give their wonderful presentation. Meanwhile,fellow club members Tadu Dollarhide and Ella Schwartz ran the information table in the big hall.
(Airdate: May 7, 2024) We’re making our way from the tombs of Emperor Wu and his general, who together launched a campaign to gain control of the Silk Road. We caught another bus and stopped a the burial place of, Yang Guifei, who was the beloved concubine of Emperor Xuanzong in his later years. “Guifei” was the highest rank of imperial consorts during her time.
