The Port Ludlow Village Players just brought in a guest director for their spring play, and this week on the Compass, he tells us why he chose to stage a new political comedy called The Outsider … which looks suspiciously like the real-life comedy that’s happening right now in Washington D.C.
(First airdate: November 6, 2019) Dr Julie Keister explains to Mary Robson the research ongoing at the University of Washington in zooplankton and climate change.
Hope you enjoyed your extra fall-back hour last Sunday! This Friday, Phil Andrus brings us a Tossed Salad with music to celebrate the changing season:
1:00 – Judy Alexander, Local 20/20, with Adrianna Santiago and Marlow Hotchkiss
1:30 – RONA: Timothy Hull and Margot Merah, Northwind Song
2:30 – Al Bergstein, Olympic Peninsula Environmental News
3:00 – Marc Hilt, Shining Star Cycles
3:30 – Howly Slim, folk songs as folk songs should be
4:30 – Deborah Kate Hammond, reading poems of hard times and hope
The KPTZ Remote Crew Keep It Easy from above Memorial Field’s 50-yard line at Friday night’s awesome face off between the Port Townsend High Redhawks and the Chimacum Cowboys. (l-r: Remote lead Mike Carroll, DJ hosts Peter Robinson and Kurt Munnich, and co-announcer Matt Orr)
This rivalry football game between the Cowboys of Chimacum and the Redhawks of Port Townsend was exciting from start to finish. With only a breath of time left on the game clock, the Redhawks found the end zone for a 24 to 22 victory over the Cowboys.
The Redhawks, who took possession of the ball following a Chimacum touchdown, used its powerful ground game to move the ball to the one-yard line, only to have a penalty move the ball back to the six. Mere seconds remained on the game clock. PT had to hustle into position to get one last play off before time ran out. Quarterback Noa Montoya took the snap and threw a quick pass to running back Dylan Tracer near the right sideline. Under extreme duress from Chimacum’s charging defense, Dylan lofted a short pass over the defense to an open Josh Davis in the end zone. Zeros on the game clock! Game over. PT wins! The Cowboys’ 22 to 18 lead had become a 24 to 22 victory for the Redhawks. Pandemonium ruled the stands, including our three KPTZ announcers. The fact that the play was drawn up on the fly by Noa and Dylan greatly adds to the legendary status of this truly great game! We’ll be back next year for another evening of high school football excitement.
MARGE ROSEN: NEW LEADER OF THE ICONIC PT BAND. Our Town Host Maryanne McNellis interviews Marge Rosen, the new conductor of the Port Townsend Summer Band. Her parents wouldn’t let her play drums as a kid, so the trumpet became her favorite. She also plays a variety of other instruments. As a former Navy band member, Marge loves marches and patriotic music. That’s convenient for her new position because the PT band is all about marches and patriotic music. Marge also hopes to add some music that might attract a younger generation. The band’s next performance is on Nov. 11 – Veteran’s Day – down at the American Legion on Water Street.
Tuesday morning update: With added donations on Monday, KPTZ’s Fall Drive is now at 92% of goal. To cover our basic expenses, we still need to raise the remaining $3160. If you haven’t yet chipped in, please Donate online or stop by the station during office hours to add your contribution. All donors are welcome, and greatly appreciated!
Thanks to all of you who have already donated, we are SO CLOSE to reaching our KPTZ Fall Fund Drive goal of $40,000.
Please! Help us raise the last 20 percent by calling 360-554-4430 ~ or Donate online, NOW!
What goes around, then comes around. As your radio station that cares about quality of life both locally and everywhere, we promise to use all the funds you share to collectively promote and bring into daily goings on, more of what is good in our world.
The pure magic of community radio happens at KPTZ, especially when our amazing DJ hosts and awesome behind the scenes talent collaborate as a hub for creativity. Besides the $8K we need right now to keep this happening, it is also our goal to grow and involve more young people, increase community interaction, provide audio production training, and become a real news outlet as we develop our response to your very important needs for information, and truly provide something for everyone.
Last night’s Port Townsend vs. Chimacum varsity football broadcast is a major milestone. For this to happen took long and short term planning, and the considerable dedication of KPTZ’s remote crew and announcers. Broadcasting local sports has been a station goal for many years, and represents the kind of determination required to expand our coverage and reach. Please stay tuned for more new innovations to come!
I can’t tell you how inspiring it is to be involved with the outstanding team of volunteers who staff every aspect of KPTZ. If you share an appreciation of this ongoing production, please help us today as we now move into the Fall Drive end zone.
With gratitude for your support,
/Kate Ingram
General Manager, KPTZ
[email protected]
This week on the Compass we talk with a lawyer who has spent much of her career helping people think about those things nobody wants to think about: things like deadly diseases, dementia, and the big “D” itself: Death. And she tells us why we should think about them now, so we don’t need to worry so much about them later.
(First airdate: November 3, 2019) In Conversation host Sheila Bender connects via phone with Lynda Monk, Director of the International Association for Journal Writing, about her goals for the organization and how journaling helps people heal and transform their lives.
Autumn is upon us and, for KPTZ, it is an extremely exciting season this year. It’s also traditionally when community and public radio stations ask listeners for support. I’ll ask for yours below, but first I would like to tell you three reasons why we are excited.
Construction of our new studios at Fort Worden has begun! Thanks to extraordinary generosity from you and others, KPTZ raised sufficient funds to build state-of-the-art facilities in historic Building 305, the keystone of Fort Worden’s Makers Square project. Our ambition is to grow services for our community and to provide a solid base for compelling radio long into the future. The rich cultural community on the Fort Worden campus is a wonderful place for radio! We expect to be moved in by this time next year.
A second significant development for KPTZ is the hiring of its first general manager, Kate Ingram. Founder and long-time board president Colin Foden reminded me last week that hiring a general manager had been the number one priority in the station’s strategic plan for five years. Growing support from listeners like you enabled us to name Kate GM, and we are thrilled! Kate has had a tremendously positive impact on our organization since she began involvement as a volunteer three years ago. Under Kate’s guidance KPTZ is forging alliances with organizations throughout our communities, while also fostering a welcoming sense of family among KPTZ’s many volunteers.
Providing regular local news is something I view as a fundamental responsibility for community radio. KPTZ’s superb shows like The Compass news magazine, Phil Andrus’ Tossed Salad, natural history journal Nature Now, and many others — all offer incredible insight into our neighbors and the place we live, while daily local news keeps people abreast of what is happening around them. Experienced journalist Charlie Bermant stepped forward a year ago to produce a Local News broadcast, so every Tuesday and Thursday at noon since then Charlie has provided news you need to hear. This is our first, major step in providing reliable daily news, a goal close to my heart.
These and other developments during the past year have generated a palpable momentum at KPTZ and, interrelated, they illustrate the transformation we have envisaged as KPTZ 2.0 — a significant upgrade that will provide more to you, our listener.
Your support now is crucial for powering KPTZ through this ambitious transformation.
I write this appeal, after having participated in community radio fund drives for 26 years, because for several reasons I believe community radio is more important now than ever.
We have an ambitious goal to raise $40,000 during our annual autumn drive during Halloween week. One way you can greatly help our effort is to provide a significant donation ahead of the on-air drive: by providing a match challenge. Your gift can be a powerful way to generate donations during the drive. Maybe in the future we will be able to dispense with on-air drives, but noting how well-heeled Seattle public stations seemingly do appeals every other month, it is unlikely. We do not sell our product; through tremendous efforts we give it away for free.
Most of us probably pay multiple monthly fees for media services, some of whose objectives are to sell us something. I choose to be a sustaining contributor to KPTZ in much the same way as other subscriptions.
Sustaining is such a descriptive word that exactly depicts what your monthly contribution will do for KPTZ.
Thank you ever so much for your continued support. Feel free to write to me if you have questions or comments on anything above.
Cheers,
Robert Ambrose
President, KPTZ Board of Directors
Host, Rhythm Connection, Tues 1-3
[email protected]
It’s the 2019 KPTZ Fall Fund Drive all this week, Monday, October 28 thru Saturday, November 2. Our ambitious goal to raise $40,000 will help fund our budgeted expenses as we gear up to move the station into larger, soundproof studios and office being built “as we speak” in the flagship Makers Square building on the Fort Worden campus.
New for this year’s Drive are KPTZ Fortifier glasses, KPTZ’s gift to acknowledge sustaining donations of just $5 a month (or a one-time donation of $60). Again, for larger donations we offer “Maximum Max” T-Shirts in all sizes, as well as KPTZ Vests and Hoodies. Additionally, while supplies last, there are also a few KPTZ Deep Squeeze Hoodies and pairs of passes to Key City Public Theatre’s holiday performances of Mercy Falls and of Spirit of the Yule.
In recent weeks it’s become more and more apparent how much we need more space and updates to support our on-air broadcasts. Many days when recording in our production studio, engineers have to remind others working normally at the station to speak more softly in order to obtain a good recording. And last week when we received the boxes of KPTZ Fortifier glasses for the new donor gifts, these fit inside only by using a shoe horn.
This is certainly a pivotal time of growth for KPTZ. Your help along with others who pitch in is what will keep us broadcasting and propel us into our new home less than one year from now. We can’t thank our generous donors enough!
