On KPTZ Compass for 10/01/2018, KPTZ correspondent Charlie Bermant interviews Jefferson County Commissioner District 3 hopefuls Greg Brotherton and Jon Cooke. Recorded live on October 1, this is the first of a series of three live candidate interviews.
(First airdate: October 2, 2018) Missy Nielsen of Everybody Can presents two of the action groups that are born out of the Local 20-20 organization. The Food Council and the Heart of Art endeavor to educate us on the relationship of food and art on the health of our community. Suzanne Jones and Judy Alexander share the insights and efforts of these two Local 20-20 initiatives.
(First aired: October 2, 2018) Sheila Bender talks in studio with Marrowstone Island author Rachel Fordham about writing and publishing her first romance novel and then writing two more.
On this week’s Compass, KPTZ correspondent Charlie Bermant interviews Jefferson County Commissioner District 3 hopefuls Greg Brotherton and Jon Cooke. Recorded live on October 1, this is the first of a series of three live candidate interviews.
Tossed Salad host Phil Andrus leads us into October with a variety of Fall goodies:
1:00 – Suzanne and Richard Friedrichs, music of Asia west to east
2:00 – Amijai Shalev, Bandoneon player from Buenas Aires
3:00 – Cast members of KCPT’s Annapurna
3:30 – GARRETT, band on tour
4:00 – United Good Neighbors
4:30 – Bill Mawhinney, reading …
You, our valued audience, have asked for more local news coverage, and KPTZ delivers. As many want to know more about our community, we have recently expanded our local news offering with a twice weekly headlines program. KPTZ News now airs Tuesdays and Thursdays at 12:05pm.
Hosted by journalist Charlie Bermant, the 5-minute program summarizes stories from local media including the Port Townsend Leader and Peninsula Daily News, along with original stories produced by the KPTZ news staff.
“Not everybody reads the local papers, so they can miss what is going on around them,” says KPTZ Program Director Larry Stein. “We monitor the local media and report those stories of greatest interest and relevance to area residents.”
During our first month of operation nearly half the reported stories were written and produced by Bermant, who worked as the Peninsula Daily News Port Townsend bureau chief for 6 years before retiring in 2016. Other members of the KPTZ News team will contribute over the next few months.
The short bursts of the KPTZ News program complements the deeper coverage of KPTZ’s weekly half hour Compass program, which highlights more in-depth, feature-oriented stories.
Bermant has retained many of his PDN sources, adding “I still have the same cell phone.” He also has held on to many of his previous Facebook friends, as the social network is a tremendous source for news tips.
While Bermant has written a fair share of longer pieces, this program caters to the prevailing short attention span of the listening public. “People don’t have the time or inclination to learn about issues in depth,” Bermant said. “So we are boiling down these stories to the barest bones. Still, it plugs listeners in to the latest issues, and they know where to go if they need more information.”
Phil Andrus has an overflowing Tossed Salad bowl for us this week. Can’t Wait for Salad starts at 12:40pm with Siobhan Canty, Jefferson County Foundation Executive Director. Thereafter we’ll hear:
1:00 – Amijai Shalev, Bandoneon player from Buenos Aires
2:00 – Suzanne and Richard Friedrichs, music of Asia west to east
3:00 – Cast members of KCPT’s “Annapurna”
3:30 – GARRETT, visiting from British Columbia. Sean Garrett on guitar, and Brian Jones on guitar and mandolin
4:30 – Bill Mawhinney, reading …
(First airdate: September 25, 2018) ANITA SCHMUCKER: 100 KIDS & A BANKING CAREER. Our Town Host Maryanne McNellis interviews Anita Schmucker, manager of the Port Hadlock Branch of First Security Bank. Anita switched from waitressing to banking and is excelling – she’s worked her way up the ladder to be branch manager. Along the way, Anita and her retired firefighter husband Andy have fostered around 100 kids. She’s passionate about children’s causes and works constantly to try to see that no kid slips between the cracks. She brings that same passion and enthusiasm to her bank. According to Anita, excellent customer service is the key to her career success.
(First airdate: September 26, 2018) Host Debaran Kelso interviews in studio Tom Butts, recently retired wildlife biologist, and talks about many aspects of bats on the Olympic Peninsula in part one of a far-ranging discussion. Closing music is Die Fledermaus Overture (The Bat) performed by the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Seiji Ozawa.
This week on the Compass: In the afterglow of the Port Townsend Film Festival, we revisit our interview with a local philosopher about his lecture entitled “Seriously Funny: Humor, Film and Philosophy.”
