In a reprise of a Halloween special from four years ago, we talk with a former police detective who not only claims to have seen Bigfoot twice, but who also helped supply evidence to prove the existence of the elusive creatures that most believe to be only a myth.
The host of KPTZ’s Friday Night Blues, Barney Burke, lives with Butler the Cat, who loves listening to 91.9 FM and is mesmerized by the sound of cranking one of our new wind-up radios! This thank-you prize is a valuable, very functional Emergency Digital Radio that also can be used (during a power outage) as a smartphone charger and a flashlight, plus a number of other useful functions. You can get one of these premiums by making a sustaining donation of $15 (or more) a month. Come by the station at Mountain View Commons or call us at 360-554-4430 to pledge in support of KPTZ ~ or DONATE ONLINE and stop in soon to pick yours up! Only a limited number available.
October 23-28 (Mon – Sat)
Come by the station between 9am and 6pm.
Or call us during that time at 360-554-4430.
Or click Donate Now at any time to join or renew your KPTZ membership online.
Thank-you Gifts
$60 ($5/month) – KPTZ Mug
$120 ($10/month) – 2 KPTZ Mugs
$180 ($15/month) – Wind-up Emergency Radio
$240 ($20/month) and up – KPTZ Black Zip Hoodie
(First airdate: October 24, 2017) HYPERLOCAL FOODIE ALERT: FROM YOUR GARDEN TO MY TABLE. Our Town Host Maryanne McNellis interviews Sam Lillie, the founder of Vinder, a company that takes the ‘farm to table’ movement right down to the basics. Type your zip code into the web site (vinder.com – sadly, no longer working in 2022) to find out who is growing what in your neighborhood. Cherries, tomatoes, kale – it’s all there. You can pay via Paypal. Then you can either get things delivered or pick them up right in the backyard. Sometimes you can watch the owner/grower pick the produce right in front of you. And, of course, she/he could share some gardening tips. This is really fresh and really, really local.
(First airdate: October 17, 2017) Treasured KPTZ host Marcia Perlstein shares a poignant farewell in this interview with DJ Ellen Bonjorno, along with Ellen’s lifelong friend Dale Klein, a longtime resident of Port Townsend. Ellen relocated to the Big Apple during October. Note: Ellen’s Sing It, Sister! programs are being reprised on the 91.9 airwaves every Friday night from 7 to 8pm.
(first aired October 17, 2017). Host Sheila Bender speaks with Port Townsend resident Pamela Dionne about her recent fiction and her current experience in the Goddard low-residency MFA program.
(first aired October 18, 2017. Repeat of show that aired October, 2016)
Host Debaran Kelso conducts a phone interview with Dr. Fred Sharpe in Alaska, and discusses his work with humpback whales that includes the use of drones to obtain samples for analysis. Closing music is “Whales,” performed by Eric Chappelle.
Missy Nielsen has worked in the nonprofit sector over the past 20 years, from leading a social services organization for expatriate families while living in China, to driving development efforts for an afterschool STEM program. Her work consistently focuses on helping others thrive and grow, thus her passion for volunteerism. With a degree in Human Behavior and Ethics, her life work has also included Career Counselor at the University of Washington in Washington State.
When not working on behalf of the youth of Port Townsend, Missy can be found scrambling up a mountain, galloping down, creating art from salvaged objects and capturing stories from newly made friends over a cup of mocha. Most importantly she loves connecting folks to opportunities that ignite passion and purpose in life — indeed Everybody Can!
Everybody Can used to air on alternate Tuesdays (repeating the following week on Thursday) in the noon hour. Listen to past shows on the podcast page
Autumn has arrived, and like other seasonal certainties like leaf fall, pumpkins and losing an hour, it’s time for your local community radio station to ask for your financial support.
But first let us thank you for the valuable support
you already have given KPTZ — and for listening!
Next week we are having our Fall Pledge drive, and we are excited because it’s also a celebration. We celebrate the fact that over 70 KPTZ volunteers produce 64 hours of original local programming for our community every week. That is extraordinary for any community or public radio station. While adding several new music programs recently, we also added several national public affairs programs to help keep our community informed during this particularly challenging time in the country and world.
We are working to build a daily local news program.
KPTZ is endeavoring to make your community radio station more valuable than ever, and we have exciting plans for the coming year. Our success will depend on your participation and support, for KPTZ is community radio and is funded entirely by listener contributions. We need to raise $30,000 during this drive.
Your support is crucial.
Please consider a generous donation during next week’s pledge drive. Or better yet follow through right now by clicking here. If you choose to become a Sustaining Member, you will provide KPTZ with reliable, ongoing funding. Perhaps if we all would make our contributions sustaining, we could do away with pledge drives altogether! As a listener, that would be fine with me.
Thank you.
Robert Ambrose, KPTZ Interim General Manager
President, KPTZ Board of Directors
(First airdate: October 17, 2017) For this Everybody Can episode, Missy Nielsen explores the opportunities and outcomes of the Port Townsend Education Foundation, an organization that provides funding through grants awarded to the Port Townsend School District teachers. Holley Carlson, President and volunteer Grant Chairperson, Katie Shonsey Mattern divulge the successes, partnerships and opportunities of this 10-year-running foundation. Sparking innovation and creative curriculum one grant at a time!
