KRFY hosting an old-fashioned radio Christmas
Bonner County Daily Bee | UPDATED 3 weeks, 1 day AGO
KRFY, Panhandle Community Radio, is putting on a holiday variety show on Friday, Dec. 5, at the Panida Theater.
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KRFY, Panhandle Community Radio, is putting on a holiday variety show, and the public is invited to come watch and participate in the live broadcast Friday, Dec. 5, at the Panida Theater, 300 N. First Ave., in Sandpoint.
Dubbed “The KRFY Holiday Spectacular,” the event is now in its third year, and the first in a new location at the historic theater. The program is patterned after an old-fashioned variety show, common on radio airwaves throughout the 20th century, with music, drama and comedy intermixed, all performed live for broadcast and an in-person audience. Most of the acts are, of course, oriented toward celebrating the holidays and the winter season in North Idaho.
Admission to see the show in person is $10, and children 12 and under are free.
Audience participation will be a component of the show. Live musical acts include Brendan Kelty and Andy Ohlrich, Truck Mills and Carl Rey, Hannah Meehan and Ezra Pitcher, Kjetil Lund, the Sandpoint High School choir, and a very special guest appearance by vocalist Meg Turner. Performers will be accompanied by a house band of Paul Gunter, Justin Landis, Liam McCoy, and Denis Zwang.
Local writers Emily Erickson and Zach Hagadone will be sharing stories of holidays and winters past in North Idaho, and local thespians from the Lake Pend Oreille Repertory Theater as well as featured players from Sandpoint’s occasional “Festivus” program will perform a humorous presentation created especially for the radio.
“We’re very excited to be bringing this show back and putting it up on the big stage at the Panida Theater,” said Jack Peterson of KRFY, who will act as master of ceremonies for the show. “It’s a lot of fun to put this whole thing together, and it’s so great to do it with a bunch of very different acts that somehow end up coming together. It’s a great expression of the Community Radio spirit that this station represents.”
Tickets to attend in person are available through Panida.org, and doors open at 6 p.m. for the 7 p.m. show. The program will last for two hours, from 7 to 9 p.m. and can be heard live on the airwaves at 88.5 FM locally or streaming live online worldwide through most online radio services or online at krgy.org.