Radio Connects Us All

KPTZ’s Party at the Fort fundraiser will feature live music by critically acclaimed Seattle funk maestros, Polyrhythmics.  Local favorite Lowire will get the evening started at 7pm on Friday June 1 at Fort Worden’s USO Dance Hall.

This exciting concert is another example of KPTZ’s effort to broaden our cultural impact by offering live musical performance to complement our robust broadcasting schedule.

KPTZ has teamed up with PT Brewing Company to craft our very own special release beer, the KPTZ Fortifier APA (American Pale Ale). This new brew will also be unveiled at our June 1 event. Proceeds from every keg sale and every draft or bottle sold will contribute to KPTZ’s capital campaign for relocation and expansion of our studio and transmitter to Fort Worden over the next two years.

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This Friday afternoon from 1 to 5pm, Phil Andrus brings us another delightful salad combo for our listening enjoyment:

1:00 – Jeanie Murphy, “Banjo Tunes, Tunings, and Lore”
2:00 – Tom Jay, “A Word and a Poem”
2:30 – Linda Dowdell, Vince Wingerter, Christa Holbrook, and Brendan Chambers of KCPT’s “Daddy Long Legs”
3:15 – Peter Newland, Tarboo Ridge Coalition
4:30 – Bill Mawhinney, reading a short story by Herman Hesse

This Friday afternoon, Phil Andrus brings another 3-hour Tossed Salad filled to overflowing with a variety of local talents. The overflow – Can’t Wait for Salad – starts at 12:40, when Amanda Milholland speaks about the Artisan Food Festival scheduled for this Saturday’s Farmers Market.

This is followed by:
1:00 – Chris Stuart and Janet Beazley, waves of bluegrass
2:00 – Al Bergstein, Olympic Peninsula Environmental News
2:30 – Katie Penhallegon, Sharla Erich, and Julie Edwards, of the Port Townsend Chamber Orchestra
3:00 – John O’Connor, folk singer from coast to coast
3:45 – Debra and George Kay, Quimper Electronic Systems
4:30 – Deborah Kate Hammond, reading work from Ada Limon

As we celebrate KPTZ’s 7th anniversary on air and ask you to DONATE NOW, we’re excited to launch our community survey to help us steer the future of local, independent community radio on the Quimper Peninsula.

Also, whether you’re a daily KPTZ listener or you just tune in occasionally, we want to hear from you! As we begin to move forward with expansion and relocation of our studio and space to Fort Worden’s anticipated Maker’s Square, we’re eager to learn more about your listening habits, what you love about the station and what you think we could do differently to help us guide our future.

In the coming months and years, we’ll be working hard on our new home to help fortify our signal and emergency broadcast role, grow our capacity for community service, establish new partnerships, and be the best independent community radio station possible. Your voice matters!