We can't thank you enough for contributing to our Spring FUNdraiser!
As a non-commercial community station, we depend on our volunteers and donors to bring you the local sounds you love.
We also send thanks to local heroes Armadillo Music and The Big Poppies for their steadfast support.
If you haven't had a chance to donate yet, of course there's still time: KDRT.org/donate!
The Davis school district might have to close up to three public schools over the next decade for reasons that include declining birth rates, high housing costs, and changing job patterns. Adding more homes for families in Davis could blunt that trend, but Davis voters generally resist population growth. So, people in Davis need to start talking about what they want to do, while there's still time to plan for the change. Matt Best, superintendent of the Davis public school district, discusses the choice this week on Davisville.
“We’ve got to plan for one of two scenarios. One, we see housing on the horizon and we’ve got a plan for a reboundary [of attendance areas] if those students arrive. The second path is, there is no new housing on the horizon, and we’ve got to plan to close two or three schools over the course of the next decade, and how are we going to solve that problem as a community?
This week on Listening Lyrics, I threw caution to the wind and handed over the keys—well, the playlist—to none other than Ray Keck (pictured), a Davis legend and music maestro in disguise.
Ray didn’t just walk into the studio—he stormed it with a playlist so good, I briefly questioned my own musical taste. (Don’t worry, I recovered.)
And behind the mic? Ray was smoother than a jazz sax solo at midnight. The guy was born for radio—I'm pretty sure his voice came with built-in reverb.
Thanks for gracing us with your presence, Ray, and for not hijacking the station entirely. We’ll keep your chair warm.
P.S. This is our fund-raising week, and wouldn't you know it? Ray contributed so he could receive his own special KDRT T-shirt.
Check out the playlist.
Coming to you live from the new KDRT broadcast booth, it’s double trouble with Jess Goddésse *&* Dug Deep, bringing you a divine version of the Electric Compost Heap, featuring new music, old favorites, and oddities. Tune in at 6 p.m. Pacific on KDRT 95.7 fm + KDRT.org — catch it thereafter on the podcast apps. To support this and other fine programming, please visit kdrt.org/donate. TY!
The KDRT Spring FUNdraiser week continues on Friday with a special expanded edition of The Audio Ecotone. Special guest Tommy Dunbar, co-founder and guitarist of Bay Area power pop icons The Rubinoos, joins me LIVE in the studio to spin tunes and tell tales. Because one hour can't begin to hold this explosion of content, this week's show will expand to 90 minutes, starting at 2:30 p.m.!
If you appreciate this kind of unique programming that the volunteers at our little community radio station bring to you every week, we hope that you will support us during our Spring FUNdraiser by clicking on the Support tab at the top of the page and donating to the station. If you donate this week, we also have some wonderful thank-you gifts, including the KDRT 20th anniversary logo totes and t-shirts and our new KDRT logo hats. We thank you for your support!
Don't miss a very-extra-super-spectacular Classical Excursions with Messrs. Greg La Traille and Gary Chew, coming your way with an extraordinary explosion of musical greatness in celebration of KDRT's 20th birthday and our Spring FUNdraiser. Tune in at 11 a.m. Pacific right here on your favorite community radio station, KDRT 95.7 fm + KDRT.org!
On today’s program: watering a ceanothus in Oregon, a native vine, manroot, replanting a Meyer lemon, and more.
Join us as we continue to celebrate our 20 years of community radio...
Grab one of our special thank-you gifts, including:
Limited-edition blue-heron T-shirts on 100% blue-lavender cotton
Matching blue-heron totes on beige/natural heavy-weight cotton
NEW KDRT hats in two swell styles – trad trucker and soft cotton twill
Items are available separately or together in the BIG BUNDLE. Thanks so much for showing (and sharing) your support during fundraiser week!
Get ready for IMPLOSION, bringing you the groovy sounds of Aardvark, Ars Nova, Hawkwind, and so much more. Join your host Nick Saloman on Wednesday, May 7, at 5 p.m. Pacific on KDRT 95.7 fm + KDRT.org. Catch the show at your convenience on the web or your favorite podcast app.
On tonight’s show:
