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KPTZ DJs at the Port Townsend Record Show

On Saturday March 4, KPTZ is pleased to co-present the annual Port Townsend Record Show. Connect with your music loving community! Featuring over 30 vendors, thousands of records, music collectibles, live DJs and more, KPTZ DJ hosts Jerry Osborne, Ron McElroy, Buzzy Donahue, and Bill Mercier will be on hand during the day with T-Shirts and Hoodies at a special discounted merch price. The show is at the American Legion Hall from 10am to 5pm. There is an 8am early bird entry with a fee. All ages are welcome. More information can be found here.

Local News for 3/03/23

March 3, 2023: Jim Burke – Public health award nominations open; major impacts of Hood Canal bridge closure this summer. (TRANSCRIPT)

Brewocracy Now ~ 3/02/23

On Brewocracy Now, Taylor Clark hosted Melody Sky Weaver, Director of the PT Library, and Steve King, Director of Public Works for the city. The discussion began with the community read (Braiding Sweetgrass). Melody will be joining next week along with Monique Gray Smith, who did the young adult adaptation that we are all reading. Steve and Taylor both pledged to read it. Also discussed were infrastructure projects, including the library ADA bathroom, work on city hall, the Point Hudson jetty, the concrete asbestos pipe on Water Street, the Gravity Water System that feeds both PT and the Mill, a possible mitigation for king tide flooding in the Boat Haven.  

Dr. Kabodagartz

(March 2, 2023) Dr. Kabodagartz – The man, the myth, the legend, and the lie.

Nature Now #608
Landscaping for Wildlife, part 1

(Reprise Airdate: March 1, 2023) Ron & Rosemary Sikes invite Nature Now host Debaran Kelso & recorder Meg Amos to their backyard wildlife sanctuary in Port Townsend to discuss how to create and improve wildlife habitat in our own backyards (Part 1 of a two part program).

Max Wareham, Rudy Lyle

(Airdate: February 28, 2023) Booklovers’ Cafe heads to the East Coast to catch author, musicologist, and bluegrass banjo player Max Wareham who has just returned from a summer of festivals touring with the Peter Rowan Bluegrass Band.  The book is titled Rudy Lyle: The Unsung Hero of the Five String Banjo. Max began to study and work out the tablature for the banjo solos played by Rudy Lyle, banjo player with the Bill Monroe Bluegrass Boys of the 1950s. Find out what happened to Rudy and his banjo after he returned from fighting in the Korean War. The show integrates recordings of Rudy from the early days and stories from Max.