For Immediate Release
‘Friday LIVE’ Event in North Platte, Featuring Jim Fischer, Blackwood Creek Pickers
LINCOLN, Neb. (Sept. 23, 2026) – Nebraska Public Media will record an episode of its arts and entertainment radio show “Friday LIVE” at 5:30 p.m. CT, Wednesday, Oct. 7 at the Fox Theatre, 301 E. Fifth St., North Platte. Doors open at 5 p.m. CT.
The public is invited to be part of this free event with performances by Jim Fischer, a pianist from Portland, Ore., who plays regularly the North 40 Chophouse, and the Blackwood Creek Pickers, a three-member bluegrass band from Leslie, Neb.
Host Genevieve Randall will also interview staff from the North Platte Community Playhouse about upcoming productions at the Fox Theatre.
This show will air at 10 a.m. CT, Friday, Oct. 9. Listeners in the North Platte area can tune in locally at KPNE 91.7 FM.
“Friday LIVE” airs at 10 a.m. CT every Friday on Nebraska Public Media, NebraskaPublicMedia.org/live and on the Nebraska Public Media App.
For more information about “Friday LIVE,” including archived episodes of the show, visit NebraskaPublicMedia.org/fridaylive.
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