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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.

Twang Thang features outlaw country old and new, showcasing the folks who sowed the harder-edged musical seeds for what we today call Americana, as well as the newer artists who continue the tunes and outlaw ethos forward. George Jones, Johnny Cash, Merle Haggard, Lucinda Willimans, Steve Earle, Dwight Yoakum, Ray Wylie Hubbard, Billie Jo Shaver ... Americana music didn't just show up one day — it has deep and varied country music roots. Twang Thang explores the originators, the newcomers, and the music that happened along the way!

Live Wednesday 7-9am

Replays Saturday 1-3pm

DJ(s):

DJ Dirk

Divine Intervention (1st/3rd week) – The Electric Compost Heap (2nd/4th week)

The Electric Compost Heap with Dug Deep fertlilizes the airwaves every 2nd & 4th Friday, digging through the delightful detritus of psych, soul, reggae, rock, country, funk, punk, junk, jazz, and more, to concoct a rich, nutrient-dense musical humus. If there's a 5th Friday, Dug takes a spin. Dig it, Heapsters!

Live Friday 6-8pm

Replays Monday 3-5pm

DJ(s):

Jess Goddésse, Dug Deep

Big Picture Science

Through smart, intellectual, and engaging storytelling, Big Picture Science discusses today’s biggest scientific stories and breakthroughs by interviewing leading researchers and scientists. The program delivers the information in unorthodox yet clever ways, proving that science radio doesn’t have to be dry, even if the humor is.

Live Monday 12-1pm

Homepage URL:

Big Picture Science on the web

The Wild Fox Party

Tune in for a wide variety of roots music — including doo-wop, gospel, jazz, blues, rock 'n' roll, Latin, African, and hillbilly/country bluegrass — from the early 1920s to contemporary times. The Wild Fox Party focuses on vocal groups , small-group ensembles, and outstanding vocalists and instrumentalists who never or hardly ever get heard. The music provides a forum for learning about history and diverse cultures, and it does so through the exposure of music as art, highlighting points in time that will last forever via the medium of audio recordings.

Live Tuesday 10-11am

Replays Tuesday 10-11pm

DJ(s):

Frank aka Dr Doowop Fox, Doo Wop Dave

Homepage URL:

DrDoowop

Monday Morning Show

The Monday Morning Show with DJ Ned brings variety to morning drive with a mix of music (depending on Ned's mood), production pieces, discussion of current events, occasional guests, general musings on life in Davis, and Ned goofing off 100% of the time.

Live Monday 7-9am

DJ(s):

Ned

More programs ...

Album of the Week, March 1, 2023: 'Like a month of therapy and a week at the spa'

Wed, 03/01/2023 - 5:10pm | Pieter Pastoor

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Beth Post here: Today I'm fulfilling a long-held dream of sharing a favorite "soundtrack of my life" album on KDRT's Album of the Week.

Thanks, Pieter Pastoor, for letting me cycle in.

We're playing Disc 2: "After Hours" of Chillin' at the Playboy Mansion. This album is the soundtrack to the Post family's annual North Fork of Long Island end-of-summer vacay, and just hearing the needle drop on this thing is like a month of therapy and a week at the spa.

Jazz After Dark, Feb. 28, 2023

Tue, 02/28/2023 - 5:00pm | Don Shor

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Tonight on Jazz After Dark: songs from 1927 to 1969. Fats Waller, Count Basie & His Orchestra, Dinah Shore & Buddy Clark, Louis Armstrong, Charlie Christian, Dizzy Gillespie, Duke Ellington And His Famous Orchestra with Johnny Hodges, Roland Kirk, Nat King Cole, Al Hirt, Miles Davis, Bud Powell Trio (Kenny Clark drum solo), Johnny Hodges, Herbie Mann, and then Ella Fitzgerald with the Ernie Heckscher Big Band & Tommy Flanagan.

The News Cycle, Feb. 27, 2023: Bob Dunning writes 'the Wary I' in the Davis Enterprise for the 53rd year

Mon, 02/27/2023 - 12:00am | DHS Journalism Class

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Bob Dunning, a long-time journalist for the Davis Enterprise, shares his story. A new library in South Davis has started construction, with an estimated completion time in the next few years.

Packages by Elliot DeJong and Maria Anderson. Produced by Maria Anderson and Naneh Grigor. Music by Daniel Ruiz-Jimenez.

Imagining Yolo-Davis, premiere show with guest Dirk Brazil, Feb. 24, 2023

Fri, 02/24/2023 - 6:10pm | Pieter Pastoor

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Imagining Yolo-Davis is a civic-minded interview program that features volunteers who are creating a better community for all of us.

In this premiere episode, show host Pieter Pastoor interviews Dirk Brazil, a longtime active member of the communities he has lived in. His professional career has been in city government. He is a retired city manager for Davis, and also has his own radio show on KDRT, The Twang Thang.

Listen in as we discuss the benefits of volunteering, both on a personal level and for the health of the community.

Davis Garden Show, Feb. 23, 2023

Thu, 02/23/2023 - 12:00pm | Don Shor

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On today's program: Flowers for cutting, some old-fashioned annuals to grow from seed, sequence of seed starting for summer veggies, rats injuring citrus tree, and tomatoes for drying.

Sounds So Sweet, Feb. 22, 2023: Jug band fun, starting with John Sebastian

Wed, 02/22/2023 - 7:10pm | Wayne Hagen

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Let’s have some Jug Band fun! We’ll start with John Sebastian and travel on through.

The Folk Brothers for Feb. 22, 2023: 21st Century folks

Wed, 02/22/2023 - 11:10am | Peter Schiffman

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The BBC recently commissioned singer-songwriters -- including Martyn Joseph, pictured here -- to pen ballads about ordinary people in northeast England who have done extraordinary things for their community. Joseph wrote "Albert's Place," a song about a soup kitchen and food bank in Sunderland run by Andrea Bell.

Also on today's show, Brother Bill celebrates Black History Month with songs by African-American country and western singers.

The Folk Brothers playlist for 02/22/2023

Jazz After Dark, Feb. 21, 2023

Tue, 02/21/2023 - 5:00pm | Don Shor

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Tonight’s show: Duke Ellington, Count Basie & His Orchestra, Teddy Wilson, Benny Goodman Quartet, Sidney Bechet, Oscar Peterson (with Billie Holiday), Gerry Mulligan, Johnny Hodges, Buddy Collette, George Barnes Quartet, Rahsaan Roland Kirk, Hank Jones, Jimmy Rosenberg, and Count Basie and the Kansas City Septem.

Monday nights gain some extra Twang

Tue, 02/21/2023 - 10:56am | Bill Buchanan

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From DJ Dirk, the host of this fine show, newly moved to Monday nights:

"Americana music didn't just show up one day -- the genre has evolved from deep and varied country music roots. Twang Thang explores both the old and the new and a bunch of stuff from the in between. [I take you] on a weekly musical journey that lifts the spirits, gets the toes tapping and, well, hopefully adds a little Twang to your life."

Listen to this week's show. Or sample the archives!

Davisville, Feb. 20, 2023: Decades later, the Tuskegee Airmen still have things to tell us

Mon, 02/20/2023 - 5:30pm | Bill Buchanan

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If you’re reading this, you likely already know at least a little about the Tuskegee Airmen. These 16,000 men and women helped defend the United States during World War II even though as Black Americans they had to overcome Jim Crow laws and racism just to be allowed to fight for their home.

Today’s guests are Leigh Roberts and Lanelle Brent, whose father George “Spanky” Roberts was a fighter pilot and Tuskegees’ commander during the war. The sisters help run the Tuskegee Airmen Heritage Chapter of Greater Sacramento. You might have heard them speak in Davis.

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