For a compendium of upcoming featured programs, check KPTZ Spotlight for March 1-15. Many of our program hosts provide specifics about what’s planned for this half month. If you’re not already a Spotlight subscriber, you’re invited to join our Mailing List. See KPTZ’s current Weekly On-Air Schedule and Daily Program Schedule.
On Wednesdays at 5:20 pm, Northwest Passages features books and poetry by Pacific NW authors, or stories about our lands, ranging from poetry by local poet laureates; classics like The Egg & I or The Canoe and Paddle, and contemporary works from local and other PNW authors. This show comes to KPTZ from KSQM. If you have suggestions on pieces to be included in upcoming episodes, contact producer and host Douglas Furr at [email protected]
On Wednesdays from 8-9pm a new live show, Radio Cascadia, will feature alternative, folk, and singer-songwriter artists from the Olympic Peninsula, Washington State, Oregon and British Columbia – the area we romantically call Cascadia. Radio Cascadia celebrates these local artists with their passionate stories, told from the amazing environment we in the Pacific NW are blessed to experience every day. DJ Douglas Furr loves the process of discovering, perhaps, unheralded talent and bringing them to others who enjoy the vibe of our artist-neighbors.
We are very excited to announce that the pioneering ambient music show, Hearts of Space, can now be heard on KPTZ on Sunday evenings from 10pm to midnight, following Cats In Our Laps. Hearts of Space began as a San Francisco late-night radio show in 1973, went national on public radio in 1983, and grew to almost 300 stations. Hosted by Stephen Hill, Hearts of Space is the world’s most lovingly curated collection of Ambient, Space and Contemplative music from around the world and across centuries – a resource for calm, concentration and deep listening. This show comes to KPTZ from PRX – Public Radio Exchange. Please be sure to tune into Hearts of Space – slow music for fast times.
(Airdate: March 30, 2026) For Saltfire Theatre, Director Genevieve Barlow and cast members Rachel Smith, Nick Magles, and Lilli Barlow invite us to Saltfire’s production of Much Ado About Nothing.
Dylan Quarles is old school Port Townsend. After sailing into town on the family Tumlaren in the early 1990s, Dylan’s folks dropped anchor and decided to stick around for a while. A proud graduate of Port Townsend High School, Class of 2004, Dylan went on to study film at the Evergreen State College before traveling the world, teaching overseas, and eventually honing his voice as a bestselling, award-winning writer. Dylan and his wife returned to town in 2017 to start a family of their own, and now have a young wild-boy, an adorably scruffy dog, and an appropriately standoffish cat. Author of the popular Secret History of Port Townsend series, Dylan works as a screenwriter and local civic voice, serving on the Planning Commission, where he focuses on housing affordability policy with the same stubborn optimism he brings to most things. Dylan came to KPTZ with the strong belief that community radio is one of the most positive ways a town can talk to itself, and he wants to help make sure that dialogue continues well into the future. You can reach Dylan at [email protected]
KPTZ’s Taylor Clark and Port Townsend City Manager John Mauro were joined by East Jefferson Fire and Rescue Community Risk Manager Robert Wittenberg to talk about their planned training burn on Umatilla west of San Juan Ave on the afternoon of Tuesday 3/31/26, We also talked about the availability Home Wildfire Assessments. More information about these may be found here; https://www.ejfr.org/uncategorized/home-wildfire-assessments/
(Airdate: March 25, 2026) Please join Nature Now out in the field again on a beautiful Spring afternoon! Host Debaran Kelso speaks about the importance of wetlands with wetland biologist Donna Frostholm, while we wander through the Winona Wetland just west of Port Townsend. Part 1 of a 2 part show.
