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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.

 

OUR PROGRAMS

Mapping Healthcare

Mapping Healthcare is a radio show and podcast where a medic with a map explores ways in which people around the globe make the world of healthcare better and what we can learn from them. The host is a pediatrician, educator, and researcher who leads programs to help people access high-quality healthcare and stay healthy. All past episodes are archived below. Find Mapping Healthcare on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts.

Live Friday 5:30-6pm
DJ(s): 
Dr. Shaikh
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NextGen Talks

NextGen Talks  is a youth-driven program that offers a fresh perspective on state politics, featuring interviews with city officials and state leaders. Hosted by Jazmin Garcia, a high school junior with extensive experience in local government, the program highlights issues that matter most to young people, such as public safety, housing, and education. By focusing on the local actions that shape the future for youth, NextGen Talks aims to bridge the gap between young citizens and their city leaders, fostering a more engaged and informed community.

Live Friday 5-5:30pm
DJ(s): 
Jazmin Garcia
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Roots, Shoots and Leaves

Roots, Shoots and Leaves' DJ Tree has a theory of music that involves a tree. Suffice it to say that it involves a trinity — an exploration of themes and connections among recording artists — and otherwise very few boundaries. Listen for music old and new, known and unknown. And if you listen long enough, you may experience some musical enlightenment. 

Live Tuesday 6-8pm
Replays Saturday 7-9pm
DJ(s): 
Tree Kilpatrick
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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 7:30-9:30pm
DJ(s): 
Professor A
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Davis Music Connections

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Davis has a very unique musical scene — from the Mondavi Center’s formal performances to the local clubs where bands and upcoming artists hone their craft. Local and visiting musicians  are captured by Jim Buchanan on our Live Tracks program. On Davis Music Connections, we play past Davis bands of note, along with those who are currently touring, taking a little bit of Davis to the rest of the world.

Live Monday 3-4pm
Replays Sunday 9:30-10:30pm
DJ(s): 
Ned, Connections Clyde
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Jazz After Dark, April 30, 2024

Tue, 04/30/2024 - 5:00pm | Don Shor

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Classic jazz tonight:

  • Erskine Hawkins, After Hours
  • Count Basie, One O'Clock Jump
  • Benny Goodman (Helen Ward vocals), You Turned the Tables On Me
  • Miles Davis, Gerry Mulligan, Jeru
  • Doris Day with Les Brown, Sentimental Journey
  • Doris Day, Makin' Whoopee
  • Cal Tjader's Modern Mambo Quintet, Mamblues
  • Ella Fitzgerald, Love For Sale
  • Art Pepper with Conte Candoli, Old Devil Moon
  • Louis Armstrong & Duke Ellington, Duke's Place
  • Earl "Fatha" Hines, Black Coffee
  • Earl "Fatha" Hines & Johnny Hodges, I'm Beginning to See the Light
  • Abbey Lincoln, Brother Can You Spare A Dime
  • Stephane Grappelli & Barney Kessel, It Don't Mean A Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)
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Davisville, April 29, 2024: Capitol Corridor’s plans include underpass from Olive Drive to Davis station, more trains

Mon, 04/29/2024 - 5:30pm | Bill Buchanan

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The Capitol Corridor trains that connect Davis with the Bay Area and Sacramento are evolving as the service recovers from the pandemic. The corridor is adding passenger cars and resuming a full weekday schedule this year, experimenting with a tap-on/tap-off payment system to eventually replace tickets, and proceeding with plans to change access in Davis so that passengers board from an expanded center platform reached via an underpass (or perhaps an overpass) from the parking lot and Olive Drive.

Longer term, the service plans to shift to hydrogen or possibly electric power for its trains. We talk about all this, as well as this year's ridership trends and efforts to improve their timekeeping, on Davisville with Rob Padgette, managing director of the service. Today’s program updates our conversation about the corridor from early 2022.

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Divine Intervention – April 26, 2024

Fri, 04/26/2024 - 5:42pm | Jess Goddésse

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Coming up at 6p Pacific, it's Divine Intervention – that random mix of rock/pop weirdness, including a Vinyl Vesper spin, a couple of tunes from our Goddess of the Month, and new music from Charming Disaster, Dog Party, Kid Congo... And no, it won't really be scary – no fear!

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Let's create music with Kunwoo Hong, on Listening Lyrics, April 26, 2024

Fri, 04/26/2024 - 5:10pm | Pieter Pastoor

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My personal choice is to be around creative people. That of course does not only mean music, but today it does. I spent an hour with a jazz musician who is not only creative but also very articulate about his creative process.  Kunwoo Hong creates music on his laptop with a program called Note Flight. He plays piano, but his true love is percussion. Kunwoo spent the hour going through his process of creating a song along with some of his finished work. Listen and marvel at how we humans thrive on creativity.

Listening Lyrics playlist for 04/26/2024
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Davis Garden Show, April 25, 2024

Thu, 04/25/2024 - 12:00pm | Don Shor

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Today's topics: articles about easy gardening, roses for a school garden project, watering schedules for houseplants. repairing or replacing a damaged lawn, and more.

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Jazz After Dark, April 23, 2024

Tue, 04/23/2024 - 5:00pm | Don Shor

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On this episode: we’ve got some '30s jazz first, Count Basie with Jimmy Rushing, and Lester Young. Then samba and bossa nova, with Stan Getz our featured artist, working with Gary McFarland, and Antonio Carlos Jobim, and we’ll hear Paul Desmond and Walter Wanderley.

For the rest of the program, it’s Bill Evans, Pat Metheny, The Rosenberg Trio, Dianne Reeves with Fabrizio Bosso, Allen Toussaint, and Jim Hall.

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Where are they now? Hits from the past, on Listening Lyrics, April 19, 2024

Fri, 04/19/2024 - 5:10pm | Pieter Pastoor

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In this hour we listen to some past one-hit (or more) wonders, and learn what happened to the singers and writers.

Check out the playlist. It is amazing how some of these songs became part of our musical heritage.

Listening Lyrics playlist for 04/19/2024
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Electric Compost Heap -- April 19, 2024

Fri, 04/19/2024 - 5:08pm | Dug Deep

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Tonight (April 19) in the Electric Compost Heap at 6 p.m. Pacific time, host Dug Deep will feature tunes from a few bands playing at this year's Davis Music Festival -- the schedule was just released and it has us pretty jacked up! I mean, just look at this lineup! Oh, and the official color of tonight's show is chartreuse! Yes indeed, hope you can tune in at KDRT.org.

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Davis Garden Show, April 18, 2024

Thu, 04/18/2024 - 12:00pm | Don Shor

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Today's topics: tomato time, marguerite problems, low water hedge choices, fireblight on Photinia, caterpillars on passion flower vines, ornamental sages, April flowers, clivias, and  more.

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Join us for Suds & Sounds – April 24, 2024

Wed, 04/17/2024 - 3:54pm | Jess Goddésse

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KDRT 95.7fm invites YOU to the official launch of Suds & Sounds at Armadillo Music in downtown Davis on Wednesday, April 24, 4 to 6 p.m. Meet K-DiRT friends and fans, listen to the music, and pick some vinyl to spin! Beverages will be available at the Bootleg Bar. Cheers!

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