
Local News for 10/18/24



(Airdate: October 18, 2024) County Commissioner Greg Brotherton and his co-host Jim Burke keep the fundraising going for “Fall In Love with KPTZ.” Greg says he will stop playing folk songs for a donation to the station of $500, to no avail, so he sings parodies of famous folk songs like “This Land is Your Land”, “A Hard Rain’s Gonna Fall” and the “Swimming Song.”

(Airdate: October 17, 2024) Is you is, or is you ain’t my “ism”?


DJ Lillie serves up fresh, global, upbeat music, alongside groovy classics, to get you going in the morning. Be prepared for some ‘dance in your chair’ moments. She’s a Seattle native who discovered a love of rhythm when she first took the pots and pans out of her parents’ pantry. Having been introduced to an eclectic range of music as a child, she now enjoys searching for new artists that carry on the legacy of great tracks from the past. Early influences include: Ella Fitzgerald, Van Morrison, Norah Jones, Joni Mitchell, Bjork, The Real World record label, Bill Evans, Coleman Hawkins, India Arie, Patsy Cline, and Sade.
(Airdate: October 15, 2024) We’re traveling south of Lanzhou and Linxia, and after a long, long bus ride we’ve finally arrived at Xiahe and to our destination, the Tibetan Buddhist complex of Labrang, one of the most important training centers outside Tibet.
