Tune in at 5 p.m. Pacific for the first IMPLOSION of the new year. Hear tunes from the Nice, the Smithereens, Eclection, Snakefinger(!) and more, all brought to you by your musical host Nick Saloman, only on KDRT!
On tonight’s show: Earl Bostic, Zoot Sims & Bob Brookmeyer, Frank Sinatra, Eddie Jefferson, Horace Parlan, Ray Bryan with Walter Booker Jr. & Freddie Waits, WDR Big Band Köln with Joe Williams and Milt Jackson, George Robert, Dal Richards & His Orchestra, and Ximo Tebar & the Ivam Jazz Ensemble.
Davis Media Access staff, board, and all the KDRT volunteers are thrilled to report that the Fall 2023 Fundraiser exceeded our goal by close to 25 percent, and was our most successful KDRT fund drive to date! In its 19th year of broadcasting, our grassroots station relies on its very dedicated 30+ volunteer DJs and a supportive listener community.
As 2024 begins, we're happy to be moving forward toward training several new programmers and getting out in the community for more in-person events. In case it slipped your mind, you can still show your support here. Thanks again!
KDRT's DJ Ned of Davis Music Connections has combined his vivid imagination, audio editing skills, and deep knowledge of the regional music scene to create a unique radio theatre style show as a treat for listeners on Dec. 31, New Year's Eve 9 p.m. to 12:30 a.m. News Flash- In case you missed it LIVE, you can stream it HERE.
Ned has compiled a rich variety of live recordings of local band favorites including Mumbo Gumbo, The Essentials, Misner & Smith, Boca do Rio, Cake, Lawsuit, and Tom Fay & The Rhythm Kings. They will be presented as if they are playing live for one last concert at Freeborn Hall, UC Davis' beloved former music venue. Various KDRT DJs will join the performance by introducing each band, and the show includes the expected countdown to midnight, "Auld Lang Syne," and one final band to round out the performance. Tune into 95.7 FM or stream live
Tonight on the Electric Compost Heap, DJ Dug Deep basks in the darkness for the first show of winter and the last of 2023. He'll feature a few fave tracks from the last 365, but not too many. Fittingly, the official color of tonight's episode is black! Hope you can join on KDRT.org.
Today: Growing poinsettias outside; planting ranunculus, ixias and freesias and sparaxis and crocosmias; thin and yellow lawns; lavender varieties; wildflower seeds, and more.
The final episode of IMPLOSION of 2023 features music from the Merseybeats, the Baroques, the Eyelids, Rick Nelson, Nirvana, and so much more — what a marvelous mix. Join your host Nick Saloman — only on KDRT!
Upbeat jazz for the New Year: Billie Holiday, Glenn Miller, Oscar Aleman, Harry Roy & His Orchestra, Earl Bostic, Heritage Hall Jazz Band, Pete Fountain, Ella Fitzgerald, Louis Armstrong, Sam Butera, Louis Prima, Claude Bolling, Jean-Luc Dayan & Steve La Spina, James Rivers, Big Bad Voodoo Daddy, and Boots Randolph.
Traffic on Interstate 80 is often frustratingly slow through Davis, and has been for years. What’s the remedy? Caltrans proposes adding a fourth lane, and the options include allowing free use of the lane only to vehicles with at least three occupants — anyone else using the lane would pay a toll. That’s the option the Yolo Transportation District Board unanimously endorsed a couple weeks ago.
In other words, there are two big changes on the table — a bigger freeway, plus the start of tolls for some of the traffic on I-80 in Yolo County.
The project is in the news this season as people respond via surveys, comments, and various events (including this Davis teach-in). On today’s Davisville we talk with Autumn Bernstein, executive director of the Yolo Transportation District, and Lucas Frerichs, who chairs the county Board of Supervisors and is a former mayor of Davis, about what's proposed, and why.
Tune in for a special Christmas Song of Dinosaurs this Friday 12/22 at 8 p.m. In case you can't hear it live, you can listen via the show's home page.
On Dasher, on Dancer, on Prancer, on Vixen!
On Comet, on Cupid, on Donner, on Blitzen!
