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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.

 

OUR PROGRAMS

Song of Dinosaurs

Sound of Dinosaurs

Songs of Dinosaurs presents songs from the prehistoric era: reptilian rhythms, lizard lyrics, triassic tones, and mammoth melodies with Professor A.

Live Friday 8-10pm
Replays Sunday 8-10pm
DJ(s): 
Professor A
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Praise Time with Preacher

Praise Time with Preacher

The word "gospel" is derived for the old Anglo-Saxon word meaning “good message” or “good news." Host Preacher believes gospel music is powerful, whether the listener is or is not Christian — that everyone can enjoy listening to gospel because it is uplifting and inspiring, sung with passion and belief from the artist, touching all who hear it in a good and heartfelt way. The aim of Praise Time is to help listeners find what Preacher believes lives in everyone: a good spirit that drives us to be the best we can be.

Live Tuesday 4-5pm
Replays Sunday 7-8am
DJ(s): 
Preacher
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Independent and Local

Independent and Local

Independent and Local is a music program featuring local unsigned artists and bands, including "Moments" — brief interviews with experts in the scientific, health, and artistic communities about interesting topics and current events. The main focus is music, along with a few outside-the-box ideas.

Live Monday 4-5pm
DJ(s): 
Sam Hawk
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IMPLOSION

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IMPLOSION is hosted by Nick Saloman, front person of The Bevis Frond. Born and raised in London, England, Nick started buying records as a small child in the late 1950s and began going to gigs and playing in bands as a teen in the late 60s. IMPLOSION is simply an hour of Nick playing the music that he loves (psychedelia, rock, folk, beat, jazz, soul, punk, and more), with a bit of chat thrown in for good measure. Nick says: "If I like it, then there have got to be a few other people who will too.

Live Wednesday 8-9pm
Replays Friday 8-9am, Sunday 5-6pm
DJ(s): 
Nick Saloman
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The Shortwave Report

The Shortwave Report is a weekly review of global news stories recorded via shortwave radio. 

Live Tuesday 5-5:30pm
Homepage URL: 
The Shortwave Report on the Web
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Davisville, Sept. 26, 2022: The last record store in town is having a busy year

Mon, 09/26/2022 - 5:30pm | Bill Buchanan

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Young adult buyers rediscovering a sense of community as they listen to records together. Interest in long-gone bands like Led Zeppelin. High prices for LPs you couldn't give away a decade ago. People emerging from the pandemic who bring in boxes of their vinyl records because they want to get stuff out of their homes, and they don't want the records to be thrown away. Paul Wilbur, the longtime manager of Armadillo Music in downtown Davis, says the current market for LPs and CDs isn't easily explained, but love for music is a big part of it. He’s our guest today on Davisville.

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The Power of Song, episode 2, Sept. 23, 2022

Fri, 09/23/2022 - 5:10pm | Pieter Pastoor

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Asking someone to select their top 20 songs is difficult, and picking just one is impossible. But I still asked several people to pick a song that has touched them personally / emotionally and the reason why. That's what we have today: one song from each of several people. I left the genres open.

Music is a mystery that touches us on so many levels at so many different times. It can make us happy, sad, or melancholy. Or maybe we're drawn to the music itself, or to the lyrics; or for many of us a song offers a look back that lets us relive a past moment. 

Episode 2 of The Power Of Song features songs from Jeff Shaw, Billy Larkin, Jesse Deere, Neil Heaton, Tomy Edwards and Bart Van der Zeeuw. 

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Davis Garden Show, Sept. 22, 2022

Thu, 09/22/2022 - 12:00pm | Don Shor

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On today's program: Kurapia, clover, and other ground covers; nematodes on tomatoes; safe plants for cats, and more.

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The Folk Brothers for Sept. 21, 2022: Remembering Paul Sartin

Wed, 09/21/2022 - 11:10am | Peter Schiffman

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A leading light of contemporary English folk music, composer, singer, fiddler and oboist, Paul Sartin passed away unexpectedly last week in Oxford, just before taking stage. Although he rarely performed under his own name, Sartin was a founding member of the bands Belshazzar's Feast, Faustus, and Bellowhead. He collaborated widely and was beloved throuhout the British folk community, none more so than in Hampshire, where he co-founded the Whitchurch Folk Club.

The Folk Brothers playlist for 09/21/2022
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Jazz After Dark, Sept. 20, 2022

Tue, 09/20/2022 - 5:00pm | Don Shor

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On this episode: From the 1920s and 30s we’ll hear Fletcher Henderson & His Orchestra, Fats Waller, Sidney Bechet, and Coleman Hawkins. Then we move to the '40s and '50s with Count Basie, Duke Ellington, Modern Jazz Quartet, Sarah Vaughan, Miles Davis, and Mose Allison, and then we’ll take it out with Weather Report, and Cal Tjader, from the 1970s.

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Davis Garden Show, Sept. 15, 2022

Thu, 09/15/2022 - 12:00pm | Don Shor

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Today: Fertilizer questions, aphids and pesticides on milkweed, and much more.

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Jazz After Dark, Sept. 13, 2022

Tue, 09/13/2022 - 5:00pm | Don Shor

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Tonight on Jazz After Dark: From 1955-1963 we'll hear Kai Winding with J.J. Johnson, Bobby Hackett, John Lewis, Erroll Garner, Chet Baker, Gigi Gryce Quartet, Miles Davis, Elek Bacsik, McCoy Tyner, and Art Blakey. Then we'll hear 1980s performances by Archie Shepp with Horace Parlan, and Butch Thompson.

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Davisville, Sept. 12, 2022: Searching deepest space, while working from Davis

Mon, 09/12/2022 - 5:30pm | Bill Buchanan

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In a remote Chilean desert, the Giant Magellan Telescope Organization is building a huge telescope that promises to see deeper into space than any optical telescope now existing. The work involves five countries and more than a dozen leading universities and institutes — and the president of the nonprofit that’s building it, Robert Shelton, lives in Davis. He joins us today on Davisville to talk about this huge new eye on the distant reaches of space and what it might show us, like whether we’re alone in the universe.

(The rendering depicts the Giant Magellan Telescope, now being built in Chile.)

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Thinking about rain songs, on Listening Lyrics, Sept. 9, 2022

Fri, 09/09/2022 - 5:10pm | Pieter Pastoor

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Today's show presents an eclectic selection of songs about rain.

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Davis Garden Show, Sept. 8, 2022

Thu, 09/08/2022 - 12:00pm | Don Shor

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On today's show we talk about heat injury to plants, some flowers to naturalize in the shade, planting onions in our area, and much more.

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