Every other Tuesday (5:30-6pm) and Sunday (noon to 12:30pm), alternating with Community Tides, Chris Bricker joins co-hosts Eron Berg, Port of Port Townsend’s Director, along with Port Commissioner Pam Petranek to bring you updates, characters, artisans and stories that surround our busy Port and Maritime Community.Previously for eight years, he was music host for Morning on the Salish.

An actor and performer for many years, Chris Bricker is a graduate of the Ringling College of Clowns, class of 1971 and worked with Ringling Brothers & Barnum & Bailey Circus for three years. He is also a saw-playing member of AFM, Local 1000 (acoustic traveling musicians union). Contact Chris.

Out of Nowhere, airing on Tuesdays from 3-5pm, is Peter Robinson’s indulgence in the freedom KPTZ offers its volunteer DJs to air whatever they want (FCC regulations limiting). His many musical loves include, in no special order: Blues, Jazz (earliest to current), Country, Country-Western, Old-time, Roots Rock, Rockabilly, all the many genres resulting from the amazing African musical diaspora throughout the world, Singer-songwriter, Folk, Latin, Reggae, and more. It’s really about roots. To quote Tony Allen, great Afrobeat drummer, arranger, band leader, composer: “One Tree, Many Roots”. And to quote Earl Lindo, longtime colleague of Taj Mahal: “Music Keeps Me Together”. Email Peter.

Peter Robinson is a lifelong music lover and collector, and closet noodler on guitar, banjo, and drums. He started Out of Nowhere many years ago with the encouragement of Bill Kiely and Phil Andrus, and with tutelage from Mike Schleckser and Nora Petrich. A Port Townsend resident since 1979, he has had the benefit of countless musical pleasures at the Ace of Cups, the Town Tavern, the pubs of Port Townsend, and wonderful Centrum programs to fertilize his already highly addicted love of many genres of what he calls proof of intelligent life in the Universe – harmony and music!

Rhythm Connection, airing Tuesdays from 1-3pm, transports listeners to cultures around the world, through incredibly diverse music from the African diaspora. Since its 1993 inception in Alaska, Robert has presented fresh music every week to make you dance or bring you solace, or both. Email Robert.

KPTZ is thrilled to welcome venerable DJ and noted musicologist Jon Kertzer to our program roster. His career has included a stint as the Director of Global Sound with the Smithsonian Center for Folk Life and Cultural Heritage, as well as 30 years producing and hosting regular programs on KEXP and KBCS in Seattle. Jon’s new show for KPTZ is a musical world tour. Be sure to tune in on Sundays from 3-5pm! Email Jon.

On Thursdays from 6:30 to 8pm, host Gary Forbes always has a song knocking around in his head and now he’s going to bring them to you! Gary will pull tunes from a variety of traditions – rock, R and B, jazz, and Americana, following his ears on a musical trail through his personal collection, and other sources found on the journey. He hopes you find both old and new favorites along the way. You can contact Gary here.

Airing Mondays from 9-10pm, Spiral is a weekly mix of avant-garde pop, electronica, and vintage exotica, hosted by longtime Port Townsendite Daniel McCurdy. Expect to hear Cocteau Twins, Ryuchi Sakamoto, Trentemoller, and stranger sounds. It’s the perfect post-sunset playlist for taming the coyotes who stalk your backyard, or plotting your next (benevolent) crime spree. Tune into Spiral on Mondays from 9 to 10 PM, or listen to previous episodes anytime on the KPTZ Program Archive. Email Daniel.

(Airing Saturdays from 9-10pm, Synthopo Nonstop is hosted by DJ Patrick, Synthpop Nonstop is a beat-mixed, one-hour, weekly music show that features a diverse selection of classic and contemporary electronic and indie dance music with brisk, informational mic breaks.

The Blue Room with C-Dub airs Saturdays from 8 to 9pm. Music to take you into the late night. Only the most premium electronic music from the past and into the future. Tune in for downtempo, ambient, house, techno, breaks, dub, drum & bass, and more. Email C-Dub.

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Host Eileen Deutsch brings her eclectic mix of great music to KPTZ. Her show, The Front Porch, features folk music in all of its various aspects including premier selections from the worlds of Americana, bluegrass, contemporary, and vintage singer/songwriters, as well as many hybrid variations with elements of folk, both domestic and abroad. When Eileen isn’t curating her selections for The Front Porch, you can find her doing plein air art work, caring for her canines, or working on endless projects at her Port Townsend home. She’s excited to welcome you to The Front Porch! Contact Eileen at eileen@kptz.org.

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.