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For a compendium of upcoming featured programs, check out Spotlight for November 1-15. Many of our program hosts provide specifics about what’s planned for the first half of November. 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.

During the Fall Fund Drive, we invite you to please Donate Now using the button above, to support fine KPTZ programs such as these two (inadvertently left off of the Nov. 1-15 Spotlight):

MORNING ON THE SALISH with host Chris Bricker
Tuesdays 9:30-11am

Be sure to tune in on Nov. 2, because Mermaid Keri swims in at 10am with her Tuesday Tide Report, to play some of her favorite music here and there, and to personally collect drive-through donations to KPTZ through our legendary Weather Window! So take a break, grab your favorite coffee or tea, and join us from the galley, in the garden, or turn up that ol’ radio out there at the worksite. Welcome to Morning on the Salish!

OUR WORKING WATERFRONT with co-hosts Chris Bricker, Eron Berg, and Pam Petranek
Fridays 12-12:20pm

Nov. 5 – Dave Thompson, iconic boatyard shipwright and mentor to young apprentice shipwrights is featured.Nov, 12 – Port Director Eron Berg updates us on all things Port for the past month, and Chris Bricker and Commissioner Pam Patranek wander the boatyard in search of artisans and their stories.

KPTZ partners with Trinity United Methodist’s Candlelight online Concerts to present a special concert on the radio featuring singer-songwriter Tom Melancon. Half of the donations from Mr. Melancon’s concert will be given to the Society of St. Vincent De Paul East Jefferson County, whose mission is to respond to the emergency needs of people in our community by offering financial assistance and referrals as necessary. Tune in to KPTZ on Thursday, October 28 from 7 to 8pm for this live event. More info and link to watch the live stream at Trinity United Methodist Church’s website.

Tom Melancon is a songwriter, performer and recording artist from Seattle, Washington. Tom grew up in Northern Nevada and played bass guitar with several local bands in Reno, earning notice as an accomplished live performer, recording musician and songwriter. Since moving to the Pacific Northwest over 20 years ago, Tom has continued to play bass guitar with local bands, but also started turning his focus more to songwriting and solo performance. Tom joined Mark Huff from Nashville, Tennessee on several PNW tours in 2016 and 2017. In 2019, Tom started taking voice lessons from Alicia Dara and formed his current band American Flats with local musicians Scott Hutchins, Mark Wooten, and Andy Spath. American Flats is quickly earning a reputation as a hard-hitting Americana and Rock band, playing local venues and working on a new recording project with Johnny Sangster from Crackle and Pop Studios.

When Tom plays solo, he brings a mixture of the hard-hitting Americana that American Flats delivers along with other heartfelt Folk-Rock songs that he’s written and recorded. The vibe is dusky vocals with a hint of the open spaces of Nevada and the heartbreak of being alive in a complicated world.