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ABOUT US

KDRT 95.7 FM is grassroots radio from Davis, CA, airing an eclectic mix of music and public-affairs programming. A project of nonprofit Davis Media Access, KDRT streams worldwide via KDRT.org.

 

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The News Cycle

The Davis Senior High School's Blue Devil Hub produce this weekly show for the Davis community. The show dives into issues relevant to students and residents. In addition to KDRT, you can find the show at bluedevilhub.com. It is broadcast on 95.7 KDRT at 8 AM on Mondays and noon on Tuesdays.

Live Monday 5-5:10pm
DJ(s): 
DHS Journalism Class
Homepage URL: 
Davis Hub
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Night Train Cocktail Lounge

A saloon of songs and sounds from back then, focusing on anything recorded between the 1890s and the 1970s. All forms of jazz, blues, rock, surf, garage, punk, country, folk, film-radio-television samples, speeches, comedy, and anything grabbed from the ages and put to cylinder, wax or tape, colliding on top each other.

Night Train Cocktail Lounge is produced live at WXOX-LP FM in Louisville, KY. All local material is edited, including times and dates, making each episode an evergreen episode. All episodes are FCC compliant.

Live Wednesday 9-10pm
Homepage URL: 
Night Train Cocktail Lounge
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The Cerealist

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The Cerealist curates chilling broadcasts of loud + bizarre soundscapes from an ancient cave bellowing death metal from around the globe, with smoky stage lights on music from American, Swedish, and Norwegian shredders. Tune in every week for 30 brutal minutes of blast-beat heaven!

Live Wednesday 7:30-8pm
Replays Sunday 10-10:30pm
DJ(s): 
The Cerealist
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Education Beat

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KDRT is proud to air EdSource’s new show, Education Beat: Getting to the heart of California schools.

From EdSource: 

"Join us each week as we cover everything from preschool to college, bringing you the personal stories behind the headlines.   We want you to hear the voices that are too often drowned out in the broader conversation: parents, teachers, and the students themselves."

Live Monday 5:10-5:30pm
Homepage URL: 
A production of Ed Source
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Sounds So Sweet

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Host Wayne Hagen takes a lively look at sweet sounds of jug band music, past and present.

Live Tuesday 1-2pm
Replays Monday 10-11pm, Friday 10-11pm
DJ(s): 
Wayne Hagen
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Davisville, Oct. 20, 2025: Explorit might have found a way back

Mon, 10/20/2025 - 5:30pm | Bill Buchanan

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The Explorit Science Center in Davis, which suspended operations this year after the death of a major donor, has begun to form plans for how it might return. It has a $50,000 pledge from one of its founding families — the nonprofit started in 1982 —  and, says Explorit board President Ken Kaplan, a rough-draft idea for the center to evolve into an “education hub” focusing on science, nature and technology.

A project to raise matching funds and more should go public later this year or in early 2026, Kaplan says on today’s Davisville, adding that community support will make or break the revival. Our topics include Explorit’s hands-on approach to learning, a tough year for nonprofits in general, the public shift toward digital and away from in-person events, strengthening connections between UC Davis and Davis (Kaplan is a UC Davis professor of cell and molecular biology), and other aspects of Explorit’s efforts this year to find its way back.

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Divine Intervention – Oct. 17, 2025

Fri, 10/17/2025 - 5:30pm | Jess Goddésse

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Divine Intervention returns this evening with tracks from excellent local acts such as The Big Poppies, Emery Villains, and Th' Losin Streaks... sultry songs from Black Viiolet and The Darts... a wacky Vinyl Vespers track... goddess knows what else. Tune in at 6 p.m. Pacific via KDRT 95.7 + KDRT.org – listen thereafter via the web + podcast apps!

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Chris Tracy on Listening Lyrics, Oct. 17, 2025

Fri, 10/17/2025 - 5:15pm | Pieter Pastoor

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The music this week is a mix of a little bit of everything—each selection chosen with the help of my guest, Chris Tracy. I only showed half the letters in his name in the image because he was only on the show for half the time… which means he’ll be back! Chris lives here in Davis with his family and is deeply involved in the local music scene. He’s an accomplished drummer and plays in a couple of bands, so stay tuned as we spin some of his favorite picks.

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Dashboard Diaries: Oct. 16, 2025

Thu, 10/16/2025 - 1:00pm | RayK

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This week on Dashboard Diaries, the ride is all about comfort and style. Diamond in the back? Check. Sunroof top? Check. Diggin’ the scene with a gangster lean? Check and check. Tune in Thursday, 3-4 p.m. on KDRT.org or listen to the podcast anytime at kdrt.org/program/dashboard-diaries

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Davis Garden Show, Oct. 16, 2025

Thu, 10/16/2025 - 12:00pm | Don Shor

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Today's topics: planting milkweed, Pacific irises, those yellow flowering trees, sowbugs, and more

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IMPLOSION – 15 October 2025

Wed, 10/15/2025 - 3:30pm | Nick Saloman

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Listen up for IMPLOSION with the one and only Nick Saloman, spinning tunes from Julie Grant, Josh Hanna, the Sensational Alex Harvey Band, the Fort Mudge Memorial Dump, Brut, and more -– all delivered to you @ 8 p.m. Pacific via KDRT 95.7 fm + KDRT.org & thereafter via the web + podcasts = super psychedelic fun.

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In the Key of Folk, Oct. 15, 2025

Wed, 10/15/2025 - 12:30pm | Karen Leyse

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So many new releases, so little time! So tune into In the Key of Folk today at 2 p.m. if you want to catch some of them! We'll start of with one of several new tracks released yesterday by I'm With Her, and follow up with a variety of new tracks by new musicians and well-known bands, including Le Vent du Nord, Adler and Hearne (with Eliza Gilkyson), Carla Gover, Holdsotck, Clegg & Pratt, and Elexa Dawson. And not all tracks are new, as we incude tracks by John Doyle, The Real Sarahs, Paddy on the Binge, Cantrip and more.

Also, do you know that there's a Contra dance coming up next week at Central Park? Stay tuned for more info! KDRT 95.7 FM | KDRT.org

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Jazz After Dark, Oct. 14, 2025

Tue, 10/14/2025 - 5:00pm | Don Shor

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On tonight's show:

  • Lester Young, Lester Leaps In
  • Count Basie & The Kansas City Seven, Dickie's Dream
  • Billie Holiday, I Cover the Waterfront
  • Betty Roché, Blue Moon
  • Lester Young, Up 'N' Adam
  • Sarah Vaughan with Count Basie and his Orchestra, Perdido
  • Gerry Mulligan, Turnstile
  • Vince Guaraldi, Corcovado
  • John Lewis & Bill Perkins with Jim Hall, Skylark
  • Ike Quebec, Buzzard Lope
  • Ella Fitzgerald, Blues in the Night (1961 Version)
  • Stanley Turrentine, I Wish I Knew
  • Big Bad Voodoo Daddy, The Boogie Bumper
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Slovenly music is this week’s theme on Listening Lyrics, Oct. 10, 2025

Fri, 10/10/2025 - 5:10pm | Pieter Pastoor

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So, the word of the day is slovenly. Yeah — slovenly. What do I mean by that? Well, to me, it’s music that’s a little messy, kinda careless, maybe even a bit dirty. Songs that aren’t trying too hard to be perfect — they just are.

Sometimes that sound comes from the artist or producer just being… slovenly, plain and simple. Other times, it’s totally intentional — they want that rough edge, that human touch.

Think of folks like Keith Richards or Jim Morrison — total geniuses who could make something brilliant while still sounding like they just rolled out of bed.

So today, I’ve pulled together a few tunes that, in my mind, really capture that slovenly vibe — songs that don’t need to be cleaned up, because the grit makes them great.

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Tim Foster! The Audio Ecotone for Oct. 10, 2025

Thu, 10/09/2025 - 10:50pm | Eddy Owt

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Tim Foster (pictured) is an icon of the Sacramento cultural scene. As the kinetic frontman of bands such as Th' Losin Streaks and the Troublemakers, he's brought high-energy, '60s-infused garage rock to small dive bars and big festival stages across the U.S., Europe and soon Japan. In addition, he is a fixture in the Sacramento journalistic scene as the executive director of Capitol Weekly, the Politico (but better) for California government. He was also the co-founder of the late Midtown Monthly, an important chronicle of the Sacramento art and music scene in the early 2000s. And he's a collector of obscure vintage vinyl, vintage guitars and vintage cars.

Listen in as Tim joins Eddy Owt to discuss those things, spin some records, and whatever else comes up during a LIVE in-studio interview on The Audio Ecotone, Friday from 3-4 p.m. on KDRT 95.7FM and kdrt.org.

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