Caleb Peacock, aka Captain Peacock DJs Dance Party in your Living Room Saturday evenings 8-10 p.m. Email Caleb.
Nature Now Team
L to R. Jackie Canterbury, Debaran Kelso, Nan Evans (producer).
Other team members: Nora Petrich (sound engineer and editor) and Pam Bauer (social media).
KPTZ’s Nature Now presents eclectic and authentically local news, insights and observations about the natural world around us. Anything that grabs the attention of the Nature Now team can be heard on these weekly shows: birds and bees, flowers and trees, 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.
Every member of the Nature Now team is fascinated by the wonders of the natural world around us, is endlessly curious, hungry for new knowledge, and loves to share these passions with KPTZ listeners.
Jackie Canterbury, a third generation Washington state native, acquired a passion for birds and conservation in college, earning bachelor’s degrees at the University of Washington and Evergreen State College plus MS and PhD degrees from the University of Nebraska–Lincoln with an emphasis in physiology and neuroscience. Her master’s degree program involved developing a conservation strategy for nongame birds for the state of Nebraska and her PhD work focused on the Yellow-breasted Chat.
After training as a marine scientist, Nan Evans spent her professional career in natural resource management policy and government affairs for the federal government, the State of Oregon, and The Nature Conservancy.
Debaran Kelso holds a Master’s degree in Ecology. She has worked as a field biologist in various parts of the world, but has made the Olympic Peninsula home for the past 30 years, focusing her study on Northern Spotted Owls.
Mary Robson taught college English on the east coast and then made a life switch to horticulture. She taught at Edmonds Community College, and then for 18 years at Washington State University where she applied her master gardener talents through the cooperative extension service.
When not at KPTZ, you can find team members out in nature with hiking boots or waders, binoculars, cameras, and notebooks. Email the Nature Now team.
Ever wonder what bird is singing in the morning when you open the door to greet the day? Or, why the tides are different around the world? Or, what the latest science tells us about salmon recovery efforts? If so, listen to Nature Now on Port Townsend’s community radio station, KPTZ at 91.9 FM. An original production by KPTZ volunteers, Nature Now is a program of information and insights about the natural history of our region.
Join KPTZ’s Nature Now team as they explore the wonders and puzzles of the natural world around us. Fascinating topics range broadly from ecology, specific plant or animal species, human interaction with nature, discussion with authors, conservation strategies, and, sometimes, even philosophical questions.
The new exciting news is that, in addition to listening to Nature Now programs live or from the KPTZ archives, you can also listen to Nature Now as a podcast on your smart phone. Subscribe to Nature Now in your podcast app and access more than 100 past and current episodes.
The Progressive Tracks Show / Mike “ProgTracks”Pollack
The Progressive Tracks Show airs weekly on Sundays from 5-7am and repeats Mondays, 9-11pm. Says DJ Mike “ProgTracks” Pollack:
My general love of music started early, with my Elvis-era sister and Beatles-era brother as mentors. But when I heard Ian Anderson growl those famous lyrics from Jethro Tull’s “Aqualung” (“Snot is running down his nose……greasy fingers….smeary, shabby clothes.”) I knew I had found MY music.
Progressive Rock (or Prog for short) with the likes of Jethro Tull, Yes, Genesis, Pink Floyd, Emerson Lake & Palmer, and King Crimson not only consumed me, but also provided the bonus of being highly annoying to my parents.
But that was years ago……
So what does my love for 70s Progressive Rock have to do with being a DJ at KPTZ in this millennium? Prog is long dead, right?
Not true…!
Progressive Rock survived in the underground during the 80s and 90s and has quietly, but doggedly resurged into a current, respected genre.
So that’s where I come in…
I’m your Prog connection to newer artists like Steven Wilson, The Flower Kings, The Mercury Tree, and thousands of others you’ve probably never heard of.
It’s complex and interesting music…but listen to it enough and you might find yourself becoming a fellow ‘ProgHead’.
Prog is Dead! Long live Prog!
On KPTZ…Port Townsend’s Eclectic, Authentic, and (for over ten years now)
Progressively Rockin’ Community Radio.
Email Mike.
Our Town / Maryanne McNellis
Our Town airs alternate Wednesdays from 5 to 5:30pm. Host Maryanne McNellis has worked for the Los Angeles Times, New York Daily News, Business Week Magazine and several other American publications. She lived in Canada for many years and edited The Financial Post, the Canadian equivalent of the Wall Street Journal. In addition, she has taught journalism at universities in both Canada and the USA, including a stint as a Distinguished Professor at the University of Montana.
About OUR TOWN. Have you ever wondered about the people you see every day around Port Townsend? The clerks at Safeway or QFC? The fire fighters or police officers? The barista who serves your favorite coffee just right? KPTZ’s new show “Our Town” profiles some of the fascinating people who live, work and play in Port Townsend. It’s not about the ‘big shots’ – it’s about the real people who make up the texture of the community. Host Maryanne McNellis talks to some of Port Townsend’s finest – from fire fighters to foodies, from artists to animal handlers, and even the occasional bus driver or teenage beauty queen. Listen in and meet someone new. “Our Town” gets you out and about, meeting someone new each time you tune in.
Email Maryanne. Listen to past Our Town shows at KPTZ’s podcast page.
FreeSpin & ReSpin / Ron McElroy
FreeSpin airs Fridays 5-7pm. DJ Host Ron McElroy says:
The dictionary defines free as loose, able to move in any direction, and spin as a ride, as in an automobile. I named my program FreeSpin because I’d like to take you all on a musical ride to some of my favorite places. Join me, Your Good Rockin’ Daddy, for two hours of funky, bluesy & rockin’ tunes with a few spicy extras thrown in. Maybe some R & B, a little Zydeco or Tex-Mex, all of it guaranteed to keep a smile on your face and some happy in your feet. I spent the 60s in San Francisco, the center of the musical universe. Music was the cornerstone of my being then and continued into the 70s when my wife Lynne & I opened Quimper Sound Records and Tapes, spending 27 wonderful years in the best “job” in the world.
ReSpin, Ron’s curated Best of FreeSpin, airs from 7-8pm on Friday night, directly following FreeSpin. Email Ron.
Early Music / Don Landstra
Early Music airs Sundays from 8 to 9am. Says Don: “Like many of us, I’m pretty eclectic when it comes to music. I dug R&B as a kid. In the 60s; Dylan, Jefferson Airplane, Santana, etc. From Folk to Celtic to Lightning Hopkins to Ernest Tubb in the 70s. I heard my first Early Music in the 80’s on KPFA fm, community radio in Berkeley, CA., where I grew up. There were two EM programs then, Mary Berg had Sunday morning and Joseph Spencer had a weeknight program.
“It was Mr. Spencer that turned me on to Jordi Savall and other noted EM musicians…I was hooked! I was a member of the San Francisco Early Music Society for years; J. Spencer was the director back then. He also had the Recordstore/Cafe, “The Musical Offering” in Berkeley.
“I love to sing and got into singing music of the old masters of the Renaissance and Baroque eras with various chorus in the area, including The San Jose Symphony Chorus, Stanford University Chorus, and others in the Bay Area.
“Here in PT, I’m part of Rain Shadow Chorus and sing and play the harmonium in a local Kirtan group.
“Early Music is about simple harmonies, clear, pure lines. Music that entertains the performer and the listener alike. I’m kind of an EM junkie; Oma and I go to Seattle and Victoria among other places today to enjoy this passion.
“Let me know if you have any questions or comments: this is OUR Community Radio Station.” Email Don.
Music to My Ears / Dalana
Wednesdays from 4 to 5pm it’s Music To My Ears with a repeat Saturdays at 1pm – which means I play music from multiple genres and generations. Music that moves me to dance, cry, laugh, think, get goosebumps, reminisce, or to join in with harmony. You can expect to hear everything from the Mills Brothers to Led Zeppelin. Born to a burlesque performer, I grew up around musicians, dancers, comediennes, and have, since I can remember, been performing or writing for the stage, singing in clubs in the mid-and northwest. This is my first time actually at the controls in a studio, but I’ve written and been the voice talent for hundreds of radio commercials. This is quite the challenge and I’m having the time of my life! The best day of my life? When I met The Beatles. I wasn’t born in Port Townsend, but I got here as fast as I could. Email Dalana.
Chuck and Tim
Chuck and Tim have been best friends for over thirty years and brothers-in-law for nearly twenty. HodgePodge brings you an eclectic mix of rock and worldbeat music. Anything from Punk to Portuguese, Metal to Mariachi. Join us for wacky banter and a broad mix of musical tid-bits for your earholes
Plugged-In Planet / Susan Bublitz
Now on Wednesdays from 8am to 9:30am. Time to rewind…With vintage KPTZ programming. All-original episodes hosted by Susan Bublitz. This is where the world’s ancient music collides with modern studio wizardry, all expressed in a deluge of grooves, tunes and little ditties. Be prepared to have your hair blown back! Music that spans the globe, on Saturday mornings. Email Susan.
Tossed Salad / Phil Andrus
In 1972, while seeking the return of a drill I had loaned for the construction of the new KRAB FM studio (Seattle, 107.7, really “the end”), I spoke with the station manager about the station’s lack of folk music in its programming. One week and five minutes of board operation training later, I was the host of “The Folk Show”, from three to six on Fridays. Drive time. “TGIF” time. When my meager collection of LPs had hit the turntables one too many times, I borrowed from friends’ collections and from the KING FM library, which had presented a folk-oriented show during the hootenanny era. Once I had exhausted those resources, I began presenting live music, which the focus of my show for the next decade. That led to producing a live broadcast from the Northwest Folklife Festival and to the production of several series of documentaries, the last of which, titled “Another Kind of Courage”, presented an oral history of draft resistance and conscientious objection. I will be editing many of those documentaries over the winter, for eventual broadcast on KPTZ. On KPTZ, I am the host of “Tossed Salad”, a radio variety show comprising live and recorded music and interviews. In the coming months, I will be adding to the mix readings of short stories, telephone interviews, and listener phone calls.
You can listen to selected recordings from past shows in Podcasts > Tossed Salad Special Guests.
Contact: [email protected] or visit Tossed Salad on Facebook
(Post removed from DJs page on 7/6/20)
