(Reprise airdate: May 20, 2024) Jim Burke talks to George Geissler, the Washington State Forester, of the Washington Department of Natural Resources about wildfires and Smokey Bear. In this encore presentation, we include some extra Smokey Bear Ads.
(Airdate: May 20, 2024 – Mastadons) The discovery of the famous Sequim Mastodon.
KPTZ is pleased to co-present the next installment of Early Music Series at the Quimper Grange in Port Townsend on Saturday, May 25 at 2pm. The “Return to Potsdam” will be presented by Schola Galante, an ensemble playing on instruments appropriate to the time period. Schola Galante will focus on music from the court of Frederick the Great, ruler of Prussia from 1740 to 1786. The music from this time period greatly influenced subsequent generations of composers such as Haydn, Mozart, and Beethoven.
Please join KPTZ in welcoming Bobbi Nickles and Jere Canote to the Trinity United Methodist Church in Port Townsend on Thursday, May 23 at 7pm. Bobbi Nickles is a Port Townsend based fiddler who has performed in old-time, Irish, jazz, and contradance bands. Jere Canote is a multi-instrumentalist who can play the guitar, banjo, ukulele, and harmonica. They met in Port Townsend and discovered in each other kindred musical spirits! They specialize in lively fiddle tunes, antique swing and blues, and country songs old and new. This concert is the next installment in our Candlelight Concert series and will be simulcast on 91.9 FM KPTZ.
(Airdate: May 17, 2024) Jim Burke welcomes Caroline Galloway, Clerk of The Board of County Commissioners and Adiel McNight, Deputy Clerk of the Board. They discuss what it is they both do to help the Board, the Courts and Jefferson County run smoothly.
KPTZ’s Taylor Clark and co-host John Mauro (Port Townsend City Manager) talked with Bill Wise, Steering Committee Chair of the Housing Solutions Network about Workforce Housing: what it is, why it is important, what we can do to improve housing availability. Bill specifically asked all of us to take a survey to help understand where we are as a community on this topic. The survey is available here.
(Airdate: May 16, 2024) Kissed by an Orca and Pecked by a Duck.
For a compendium of upcoming featured programs, check KPTZ Spotlight for May 16-31. 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.
