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.
(Airdate: March 5, 2026) In our March episode, Dianna and Mary Beth talk about starting seeds indoors using “season extenders” to get vegetables growing for an earlier harvest. Barbara and Julia talk about the 4 D’s of pruning flowering shrubs, and cover the possible benefits and risks of using horticultural and neem oils. The show airs Thursday from 6-6:30 pm.
KPTZ’s Taylor Clark and co-host Port Townsend City Manager John Mauro get together each week to discuss all things Port Townsend during “Brewocracy Now”. Tune and find out who their guest will be! Live from 12:30 to 1pm on KPTZ 91.9FM. Questions may be sent to [email protected] during the show.
(Airdate: March 4, 2026) Port Townsend State of the City address. Special live broadcast from the Port Pavilion in Point Hudson of the Port Townsend State of the City with Mayor Amy Howard and City Manager John Mauro.
(Airdate: March 3, 2026) Maryanne interviews Amanda Grace, owner of Good Man Sanitation. Amanda was a high school drop-out who somehow turned her life around and graduated from both high school & college. After bouncing around in all sorts of jobs, she determined that she wanted to run a small business. A friend introduced her to the then-owner of Good Man. Negotiations began. Servicing septic systems might not be the most glamorous of businesses but there’s a huge market. Thanks to paying a living wage, good health insurance and other basics she has close to zero turnover. But she wants to ‘pay it forward’ so she actively gives back to the community. She was recently elected to the School Board and also serves or served on the Board of Health and the Jefferson Community Foundation. Then there’s her three kids…
(Airdate: March 3, 2026) Celebrating Ian’s Ride by Ian McKay, this year’s Community Read for Port Townsend library, host Cris Wilson welcomes Ian MacKay to Booklovers’ Cafe. While studying as a biology undergrad at UC Santa Cruz, Ian Mackay crashed his bike into a tree on campus. Paralyzed from the shoulders down, Mackay adapted to his new life with the help of his dedicated family, particularly his mother, Teena Woodward, and a group of quirky friends. After years of despair, and against all odds, he became an inspiring leader, an innovator with Apple, and a world-record-breaking athlete. In this intimate biography based on more than one hundred hours of interviews, journal entries, and more, writer Karen Polinsky recounts Ian’s accident and determined recovery, in which he discovered the healing power of nature and community. Ian’s Ride is both a personal journey and an adventure quest for nature lovers, endurance athletes, and anyone struggling with a life-changing loss or diagnosis. This deeply moving true story examines how we exist in our bodies, adapt to and overcome adversity, and what it means to push our limits.
On alternate weeks each month, KPTZ’s Chris Bricker joins co-host Siobhan Canty, President & CEO of Jefferson Community
Foundation, to explore new developments and paradigms with our vibrant community of creative and innovative citizens who do good work. This month Chris & Siobhan talk about all things Solar (and water) with Kyle Chase, Energy Efficiency Specialist with Jefferson County Public Utilities District No.1, Hans Frederickson, President of Frederickson Electric, and Andy Cochran, President & Founder of Power Trip Energy. We’ll talk about clean utility power, heat pumps, panels, batteries, Electric Vehicles, energy credits and financing, and what we see on the horizon.
(Airdate: March 2, 2026 – Bombing on Protection Island) – during World War II.
