(Airdate: January 25, 2024) Rapping for Change.
#655 Latest News on the Pinto Abalone
(Reprise airdate: January 25, 2024) Get the latest on efforts to restore the endangered Pinto Abalone populations in the Salish Sea with Nan Evans and Josh Bouma of the Puget Sound Restoration Fund. Plus, think about how conservation scientists design species recovery plans.
Local News for 1/25/24
Tracy Grammer Live at the Palindrome
KPTZ is excited to join Rainshadow Recording in welcoming Tracy Grammer to the Palindrome in Port Townsend on Friday, February 2 at 7:30pm. Tracy Grammer is a musician and singer of incredible versatility. She is renowned for her pure voice, deft guitar and violin work, and beautiful storytelling. Grammar is currently on tour celebrating her eleventh release, Low Tide. Brought to you by KPTZ and Rainshadow Recording, this is an evening that will brighten up the dark winter nights.
Local News for 1/24/24
#236 James Schultz, Quimper Sound’s Maestro
(Airdate: January 23, 2024) Maryanne McNellis interviews James Schultz, owner of Quimper Sound, PT’s record & guitar store. James was into music from a young age and moved to Seattle at the peak of the grunge music scene. He played and toured with a variety of bands. But none of them achieved star status. He was working at a guitar shop between road trips and almost by accident ended up with full time employment when he began to crave some stability. That snowballed into owning a guitar shop in Seattle. Next came ownership of Quimper Sound, one of the country’s most venerable independent record stores. It’s celebrating its 50th anniversary in 2024. Online sales of both records and guitars are leading the shop into the future. Custom work such as inlays by Native American artists are now giving Quimper Sound’s guitars a competitive edge.
Local News for 1/23/24
FEED Truck in Chimacum, CoLab Downtown
(Airdate: January 22, 2024) Kellen Lynch describes the newly introduced Chimacum Schools’ FEED truck and Rachel Carben opens the doors to her new venture, Port Townsend’s only CoLab. Hosted by Phil Andrus.
Our Working Waterfront ~ 1/21/24
KPTZ’s Chris Bricker joins co-hosts Eron Berg, Port of Port Townsend’s Director, and Port Commissioner Pam Petranek to explore people, boats and stories surrounding our Working Waterfront. Nestled in along the Working Waterfront and across from the Boat Haven Marina, the aromas of freshly baked muffins and fresh coffee spill from the windows and doors of the Marina Cafe. The eatery, run by Jen Takaki and Shawn Meyer, serves up hearty food to a mixture of shipwrights and town folk rolling through for coffee and a muffin, a take-out special, or a sit down breakfast or lunch. Part of the week, there’s even an evening tapas menu. We thought we’d stop in today and visit with Jen, Shawn, and some of the regulars to see what hopes and dreams lie ahead for 2024.
County Connections
(Airdate: January 19, 2024) Co-hosts Jim Burke and Heidi Eisenhour talked about an Olympic Peninsula Strategic Plan with Steve Shively of the Jefferson County Tourism Marketing Group and Marsha Massey, Executive Director of The Olympic Peninsula Tourism Council.
