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Radio Connects Us All, at 91.9 FM in Jefferson County, WA, USA Broadcasting at 91.9FM and live streaming at kptz.org 24/7
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10/18/2024

Tune in to KPTZ tonight from 10 to midnight for a very special "Dudebabe Radio Hour"! Not only is Rachel's beloved friend Genevieve coming on as a guest, but they're doing all moon-themed songs to celebrate the massive super moon!! Also, it's KPTZ's fall fund drive, so make sure you're tuning in with your wallet handy! Tune in to 91.9 FM KPTZ and streaming worldwide and from our archive at kptz.org. (If you want to make a donation now, go to KPTZ.org and click on "Donate Now".)

10/18/2024

SOUNDINGS host Gary Forbes always has a a bunch of songs knocking around in his head and he normally brings them to you every Thursday night from 6:30 to 8. Tonight he's absent and KPTZ's DJ Christine is sitting in. She'll be playing all kinds of great music and will be joined by Taylor Clark and DJ Mars. They'll be chatting about why making a donation to your community radio station is of vital importance. If you haven't already done it, why not make a donation now? Go to KPTZ.org and click on the "Donate Now" button. Make a one-time or sustaining monthly donation and feel good about what you're contributing to.

10/18/2024

KPTZ’s Nature Now presents eclectic and authentically local news, insights and observations about the natural world around us. From birds and bees, flowers and trees, to the weather and the stars – everything from microscopic Salish Sea plankton to ecosystem dynamics in a changing world. Listen at 12:30pm on Wednesdays and repeating Saturdays, as well as most Thursdays at 5:30pm. And if you enjoy this programming, please consider making a donation to KPTZ. Go to KPTZ.org and click on "Donate Now."

10/17/2024

Right now from 3-5 on KPTZ, check out MIDLIFE CRISIS DANCE PARTY with Ray Serebrin. Ray presents no content on midlife, crises, or parties. Instead, he offers an exploration of time, magnetism and what happens when tiny robots are set loose in your bloodstream, plus poetry. Stories, The Worst Song of the Week, and diverse music to agitate and convulse dancers, will be also be on offer. No masks, no shirts and no shoes are required. Warning: This show is an acquired taste.
If you have that taste, why not donate to KPTZ, your community radio station? Go to KPTZ.org and click on "Donate Now." Or call us at 360-554-4430 talk to one of our volunteers. Support KPTZ now.

10/17/2024

What will you hear on Taylor Clark's "Blues Journey?" You'll hear blues and blues-related music, and songs which are soulful – because music is what feelings sound like. Tune in from 1-3 pm today, and join Taylor as he not only plays you some blues, but "sings" the blues about the fact that KPTZ is in the middle of our "Fall in Love with KPTZ" funddrive. Show your support for locally-programmed music by making a donation. Go to KPTZ.org and click on "Donate Now," or call 360-554-4430 and make a pledge with one of our volunteers. And remember: your support is what keeps your community radio station on the air.

10/17/2024

We may be past the halfway point in our "Fall in Love with KPTZ" funddrive, but we're not halfway to our goal yet. Why not take a few minutes and make your donation now? Call us at 360-554-4430 or go to KPTZ.org and click on "Donate Now" at the top of the page. It's really easy to make a one-time donation or a sustaining monthly donation to support YOUR community radio station, 91.9 FM KPTZ Port Townsend.

10/17/2024

She may not be on the socials, but DJ Goodwoman DOES have a tasty lil' radio show, MUSICAL FRUIT. From 9:30 to 11:30 on KPTZ, you'll hear music of all kinds of flavors, delivered in her own inimitable style. If you like the taste of Musical Fruit, please make a donation now during our "Fall in Love with KPTZ" fundraiser. Go to KPTZ.org and click on "Donate Now". Show your support for your community radio station now.

10/17/2024

Rainshadow Recording's Everett Moran and Simon Lynge are on KPTZ 91.9FM right now with DJ Mars to talk about the Rainshadow Recording Sampler, a new disk just out featuring seventeen local musicians who have recorded/mixed/mastered at Rainshadow here on the Fort Worden campus. Donate just $10/month to KPTZ and we will send you a copy of this great disk.

10/17/2024

But do you know what Daryl Hall CAN go for? Supporting public radio! Donate to KPTZ during our Fund Drive!!! Tune in! Give big! Be like Daryl and support public radio! Go to KPTZ.org and click on the blue "Donate Now" button, or give us a call at 360-554-4430

10/17/2024

Tonight at 8, DJ Mars is joined on Interstellar Underwear by Everett Moran. He's the head person at Rainshadow Recording and he's put together a 17-song sampler CD of some Rainshadow's best stuff. YOU can hear him talk about the studio, some of the musicians he's worked with, and some of their songs on "A Rainshadow Recording Sampler." To get a copy for yourself - or the downloads if you're not a CD person - make a donation of $120 or more, or a monthly sustaining donation of $10 or more. Tune in to 91.9 FM or stream at KPTZ.org for all the fun.

10/16/2024

There's still time to make a donation to KPTZ while one of our favorite DJs, Dalana, spins "MUSIC TO MY EARS." Go to KPTZ.org and click on the blue "Donate Now" button, or give us a call at 360-554-4430 and one of our talented, deputized and "just trying to help" volunteers will walk you through it - if you're ready and willing, that is.

10/16/2024

Tune in to THE BUZZY DONAHUE SHOW right now and hear one of Port Townsend's radio greats. She's talking about what makes KPTZ such a valued community resource, and giving great reasons to donate to YOUR community radio station. Whether you stream us at KPTZ.org or dial your radio to 91.9 FM, KPTZ provides music, news, community events and valuable emergency broadcasting to all in the Olympic Peninsula. Make a donation now to keep public radio around. Go to KPTZ.org and click on the blue "Donate Now" button, or call 360-554-4430 and make a pledge. A one-time donation or a monthly sustaining donation is much appreciated!

10/16/2024

Larry Stein's on KPTZ now with his long-running BRING YOUR RECORDS show. Stream at KPTZ.org or tune in to 91.9 FM Port Townsend for some great songs, as well as guests like Donn Trethewey and KPTZ's Promotions Director Genevieve Barlow. Show your support for local programming - put together by people of your community, OUR community - and donate now! Go to KPTZ.org and click on the blue "Donate Now" button, text "KPTZ" to 44321 on your cell phone, or call us at 360-554-4430 and make your one-time or sustaining monthly donation today.

10/16/2024

Thanks to our friends at Rainshadow Recording, you can now get yourself a 17-song collection of some of the best locally recorded local music. "A Rainshadow Recording Sampler" features a wealth of great songs, from such artists as John Greyhound Maxwell, Brother Townsend, Kilcid Band, MarCo MarCo, Hot Club Sandwich, True Reckoning and many more. It's our thank you for supporting your local, community radio station, KPTZ. Make a one-time donation of $120 or more, or a sustaining monthly donation of at least $10, and this CD is yours. If you don't do CDs, you can opt for a download of the complete album. Go to KPTZ.org, click on "Donate Now" at the top of the page, and make a donation. We'll take care of the rest. And thank you for supporting local music - and your local, community radio station, KPTZ, 91.9 FM Port Townsend.

10/15/2024

BID NOW! As part of our "Fall in Love with KPTZ" fall fundraiser, we're auctioning off a two or three night stay at the Pt. Wilson Lighthouse, right here in Fort Worden where KPTZ's studios are located. If you're looking for a local, lovely place to spend a few nights? Check out the four-bedroom Chief's House at Pt. Wilson. The beach and lighthouse are both right outside the door, and Port Townsend is just around the corner (about a 10 minute drive. Adjacent to Fort Worden State Park, the Point Wilson Light Station is located at the tip of the peninsula where the Strait of Juan de Fuca meets Admiralty Inlet. No other location is as dramatic and beautiful – this is a very special place! -- HOW? Call 360-554-4430 or stop by our studios in Building 305 in the Fort Worden State Park located right here in Port Townsend. Bid now so you don't miss this opportunity to support your community radio station AND get a stay in this historic and lovely place. Thanks for your donation!

10/15/2024

Tune in or stream KPTZ right now and hear the double-threat of DJs Peter Robinson and Robert Ambrose. With their knowledge of all kinds of music, you will definitely hear something that will inspire you to make a donation to real-human-being-curated radio. Whether you make a one-off donation or a sustaining monthly donation, your support is what keeps your community radio station going. Go to KPTZ.org and click on "Donate Now", or call us at 360-554-4430 and talk to a real human being. And thanks for supporting Port Townsend radio!

10/15/2024

Join KPTZ's DJ Kani-ma now for NEAR AND FAR. Featuring multi-cultural, folk, and ethnic music from around the world, local musicians, and musicians that have passed through our very own Port Townsend, Near and Far is just one of your community radio station's local shows hosted by an actual member of your community. If you believe in the people of your community - and want to have a radio station that voices local news and voices - DONATE NOW. Simply go to KPTZ.org and click on the blue Donate Now button. Make a one-time or sustaining monthly donation to KPTZ while it's still on your mind. And while you still have a community radio station.

10/14/2024

Join Charlie Bermant for ROCKET SURGERY from 3-5 this afternoon, and please make a donation if you dig what he does! Your donation, to YOUR community radio station, keeps local programming coming your way. It ain't rocket science OR brain surgery, it's just the way it is. KPTZ needs your support. Make a one-time or sustaining monthly donation now - go to KPTZ.org and click the Donate Now button. Do it for Charlie.

10/14/2024

Why are sustaining donations so beneficial to KPTZ's welfare? Well, a recurring monthly donation means there are fewer "unknowns" in the station's annual budget and is a consistent regular donation to your community radio station. So go to KPTZ.org right now and click the blue "Donate Now" button. Then make a sustaining donation by clicking the "monthly" button. Even $10 a month means $120 to KPTZ! And you don't even have to think about it after that.

10/14/2024

Today, KPTZ's Fall in Love with KPTZ fall fundraiser goes into full fall swing! Right now, join Jim Burke and DJ Christine on "The Jim B. Show" for great music picked out by a host of KPTZ DJs. And if you like the amazing, eclectic and local programming your community features, why not make a donation? Go to KPTZ.org and click on the blue "Donate Now" button. Or call us at 360-554-4430 and make your pledge. Whether you make a one-time donation or a monthly sustaining donation, every dollar helps!

10/12/2024

On Cats in Our Laps tomorrow, October 13, Port Angeles singer and songwriter is the featured guest with song and conversation live in the KPTZ studio. Tom has been on stage, busking and otherwise entertaining audiences on the Peninsula for decades and between songs has created Custom Correct Maps to keep us on the right trail as we hike enjoy the wilderness. Tom's visit will be in the 8:00 hour.

At the reader's podium at 7:30 is Don White with a story by Dan Berry, “Farewell to a Lost Love of Lunches Past” and a tad after 9:00, Autumn Sutton reads "One Week of Good Deeds" by Corrin DaCosta.

With tomorrow the beginning of KPTZ's Fall Fundraiser, Cats host Phil Andrus will be asking you to join with that kitty in your lap in making a generous donation to KPTZ. In advance, many thanks to you and your kitty for doing your part in keeping KPTZ in our lives.

10/10/2024

Tune in to KPTZ 91.9 FM every Saturday evening from 6 to 8 PM for Lizzz and Musical Chairs. stream it www.kptz.org Cathartic in the best way possible!!

10/09/2024

Graphics Artist (and KPTZ DJ) Donn Trethewey, getting ready for our Fall Fund Drive, which starts on Sunday, October 13th. Fall in Love with KPTZ!

10/08/2024

Think we all look alike now??
These 1970s young women could be you, your mom,
or grandmother…and all of you(s) will enjoy
Dalana’s “Music To My Ears” on KPTZ 91.9FM
every Wednesday from 4-5pm (for the past 13 years!)

10/02/2024

I am on the air from 1-3 pm October 2, on KPTZ 91.9 FM, substituting for Buzzy Donahue who is on assignment. It's a special program, I am playing three long songs from each of four artists. So tune in for extended sets from Bob Dylan, Neil Young, Jimi Hendrix and Pink Floyd. Or don't. Knowing this, many of you will want to do something else.

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305 Fort Worden Way/PO Box 2091
Port Townsend, WA
98368

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+13603796886

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https://kptz.org/

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Videos

PAUL ROGERS & HIS SWINGIN' HUMANNEQUINS and the "Holiday HiJinks Show" with Jonathan Doyle (Sax & Clarinet), Paul (Keys), Dirk Anderson (Bass), Carla Main & Alanna Dailey (Vocals)...."Santa Baby" composed in 1953 by Philip Springer & Joan Javits at his Manhattan apartment in about 10 minutes. Happy Holidays and Solstice....Peace & Good Will!

Launch of KPTZ from Fort Worden today!

Envisioning an Antiracist Community in Port Townsend on KPTZ

What does antiracism mean to each of us? What are our hopes and dreams for this community, where we live and raise our families? How can we work together to achieve an antiracist community? Facilitated by equity and inclusion consultant Tonia Burkett of Usawa Consulting. With Velda Thomas, Sabrina Hill, Kai Wallin, Siobhan Canty, and Anya Callahan. Tune in for this discussion about antiracism in a community context. Live on KPTZ from 6 to 7:30PM, on Wednesday September 1st. Supported by Sunfield Land for Learning, Jen Rubinowitz of Coldwell Banker Best Homes, and Quimper Unitarian Universalist Fellowship, community partners in compassion and justice.

Ray Troll and the Rat Fish Wranglers. Live on KPTZ Lov

Unexpected Brass Band live at LOVE FEST

Stalking the Percussive Typewriter

Don Henson on Sterling typewriter, with Kathryn Claire and Sid Ditson on violin, during Tossed Salad's Holiday Extravaganza at the Jefferson County History Society Museum. (Thanks to Don Henson for allowing me into his space. And sorry about the 90-degree head turn in the middle... It turns back to normal at the end.)

Dale Russ and Tom Creegan, live traditional Irish tunes on fiddle and pipes on Tossed Salad! They’re playing tonight at the Quimper Grange at 7pm.

At today’s Free Friday Festival, Noah Frisch performed on Tossed Salad with host Phil Andrus. Here’s Noah’s encore out in the KPTZ lobby. New Alder driftwood Digeridoo, Noah made it too!