KPTZ is proud to CoPresent Freebo and Alice Howe, in collaboration with Rainshadow Recording Studios, live at the Palindrome on Thursday June 30, at 7:30pm. Freebo is a genuine folk, rock and blues icon who has spent 40 years touring and recording with some of the greatest artists of our time, such as Bonnie Raitt, Dr. John and Neil Young. Alice Howe is much newer on the scene, but is becoming known for her soulful, impeccably tuned vocals and brilliantly crafted songs. Together, their performance combines thoughtful and powerful lyrics and a high level of musicality.

KPTZ is proud to CoPresent Jim Nyby and the F Street Band, part of our Candlelight Concert Series, live at Trinity United Methodist Church on Thursday, June 23 at 7pm. The F street band was formed in 2005, in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, in order to pay tribute to the music of New Orleans. The band focuses on covering early rock n’ roll and New Orleans blues, with some other influences thrown in. The performance will also be streamed live at https://trinityumcpt.org/. 

You can now listen to the graduation ceremony as broadcast by KPTZ on Friday, June 17. 8th grade students celebrated with an alternate, on-air event due to their recent COVID-19 outbreak. The live program served as the soundtrack for their drive-through celebration, and featured speeches from Principal Victoria Kalscheuer and from ASB President Dylin Shockley, along with music selections and recordings of favorite 8th grade memories from the class. KPTZ Community Affairs Lead Chris Bricker was producer and emcee for the special broadcast celebration.

KPTZ is thrilled to announce that the station has been named the recipient of a Public Health Hero Award! In celebration of National Public Health Week, observed at the beginning of April each year, Jefferson County Public Health focused on the theme: Public Health is Where you Are. Nominations were solicited from the public across seven different categories, and KPTZ was selected to receive the award in the category, “Community: Collaborations and Resilience.” Each Public Health Hero Award category recognizes the different ways health, well-being, and safety have been promoted by individuals and groups across Jefferson County.

KPTZ’s receipt of this award is due, in large part, to our priority commitment to connecting the community with the latest COVID-19 information and updates. Through live broadcasts of the Public Health briefings by Dr. Alison Berry and Willie Bence at the Board of County Commissioners weekly meetings, KPTZ has given our listeners an avenue through which to submit and have their COVID-19 questions answered, ever since April of 2020.  

KPTZ Community Affairs Lead Chris Bricker will accept the award on behalf of the station at the virtual awards ceremony on Thursday, June 16, during the Jefferson County Board of Health monthly meeting, from 2:30-4:30pm. The public may attend via Zoom at https://www.co.jefferson.wa.us/545/Board-of-Health where the meeting agenda is published.