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KDRT is low-power grassroots radio located in Davis, California, airing an eclectic mix of music and public affairs programming, and building community by promoting dialogue, encouraging artistic expression, and acting as a forum for people who typically lack media access. Noncommercial radio KDRT 95.7 FM is a project of Davis Media Access (DMA.)  DMA is a 501(c)(3) non-profit corporation. Our mission reflects our values: localism, social equality, public participation, media literacy, diversity, and, of course, community media. Read more...

OUR PROGRAMS

Davisville

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Davis is full of interesting people, ideas, connections, and events. On Davisville, host Bill Buchanan presents stories from in and around town that involve the Davis community. The show is a three-time winner of Journalistic Excellence awards from the San Francisco Press Club.

Live Monday 5:30-6pm
Replays Friday 12:30-1pm, Saturday 8:30-9am, Sunday 12:30-1pm
DJ(s): 
Bill Buchanan
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The Awesome Patrol Show

JOY Gentle Friends!! Catch me FRIDAY afternoons {yay! Again!!} LIVE @ 3pm for your weekly installment of The Awesome Patrol Show - an hour of fresh tunes to wrap the week up. Think of it like a song "flight" of awesome sounds, ideas & feels ! I create the sets to feel reminiscent of old school mix-tapes, something I’ve never stopped making since I got my first double-tape deck in Jr.High. Enjoy // InJOY a weekly mix for you, me & our commUNITY!! TAPS Mantra: Jams up, Windows down!!
Live Friday 2:30-4pm
Replays Monday 9:30-11pm, Sunday 7:30-9pm
DJ(s): 
Sara TAPS
Homepage URL: 
TAPS
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Album of the Week

With a rotating cast of hosts and in-depth exploration of entire albums, Album of the Week brings a fantastically fun hour to the airwaves.

Live Wednesday 4-5pm
Replays Thursday 10-11am, Sunday 1-2pm
DJ(s): 
Sara TAPS, Danny, Matt Blake, Frank aka Dr Doowop Fox, Eunah, Peter Schiffman, Wayne Hagen
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The Electric Compost Heap

Electric Compost Heat DJ Dug Deep hosts a dig through many sound forms—the delightful detritus of blues, soul, country, rock, reggae, jazz, funk, punk, psych, and more—concocting a rich and fertile musical humus. Dig it, Heapsters!    And, now, as of October 13....introducing a new guest host, none other than Bill Wagman!

Live Wednesday 7-9pm
DJ(s): 
Dug Deep, Bill Wagman
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Doctors on Cannabis

Doctors on Cannabis is an educational program for the canna-curious that features medical experts ranging from MDs to PHDs. Our mission is to provide the highest quality medicinal information on cannabis, empowering people to make choices that can significantly improve their health and wellbeing.

Live Thursday 4:30-5pm
DJ(s): 
Alison Farley
Homepage URL: 
Doctors on Cannabis
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Jazz After Dark October 06 2020

Tue, 10/06/2020 - 7:01pm | Don Shor

Coming up tonight on Jazz After Dark: swing, soul, and 70’s jazz, and more.

Benny Goodman, Coleman Hawkins, Ella Fitzgerald, Jimmy Smith, Baby Face Willette, Nat "King" Cole, Wes Montgomery, Mary Lou Williams, Art Farmer, McCoy Tyner, Bernard Purdie, George Benson.

Jazz After Dark broadcasts 8 pm Tuesdays on KDRT-LP 95.7 FM in Davis, CA.

Link to this week's program: https://kdrt.org/audio/jazz-after-dark-800pm-oct-6th-2020

Replays Monday 11 pm.

Live-streaming at https://kdrt.org/page/listen-now

Show page here: https://kdrt.org/program/jazz-after-dark

Look for us on iTunes (you can listen to the live broadcast via their Radio link; just search for KDRT) or your favorite podcast site.

https://player.fm/featured/jazz

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COVID-19 Community Report Episode 38: Checking in with the Yolo Food Bank and the Pence Gallery - Oct 6th, 2020

Tue, 10/06/2020 - 12:40pm | Autumn Labbe-Renault

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This week's guests include Michael Bisch, executive director of the Yolo Food Bank and Natalie Nelson, executive director of the Pence Gallery in downtown Davis.

Tasked with the mission of reducing food insecurity in our county, the Yolo Food Bank has been distributing 60,000 meals per month. Michael talks about bringing food security to Davis during the pandemic, including partnerships with local college campuses and the Interfaith Rotating Winter Shelter.  When asked what he is most grateful for he replied  "The 181 volunteer residents of Davis that are assisting their neighbors countywide, and the many food donors including local farmers, grocers and more".  There are still openings for volunteering to sort, pack, deliver and hand-out meal kits. Link to their website for additional information to volunteer.  

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Celtic Songlines Oct 7th 2020

Tue, 10/06/2020 - 2:17am | David A. Reynolds

This week's Celtic Songlines features more than a few performances live from various venues mixed with traditional and contemporary tunes and songs. Featured artists include Sonora's Black Irish Band, the Irish supergroup Patrick Street, Solas, SoCal's Banshee in the Kitchen, The Dubliners, from the Bay Area the band Tempest, Danny Carnahan & Robin Petrie, Martin Hayes & Dennis Cahill, Danu, Old Blind Dogs, Wicked Tinkers and Sandy Denny. 

Tune in Tuesday at 11:00 to Noon with a replay Wednesday evening from 6:00 to 7:00 p.m. Stream at KDRT.org or subscribe to Celtic Songlines on iTunes. 

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Alex Jordan is More Than a Subtle Musician: the Interview, Friday, October 2, 2020

Thu, 10/01/2020 - 11:06am | Pieter Pastoor

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Alex Jordan was born to music, playing first trumpet, then bass, then guitar—and always singing.  His musical influences ranged from jazz to musical theatre.  He studied his father’s extensive CD collection, in particular the Grateful Dead section, which considerably expanded his perception of what was music.  Listening to a live album, he had a revelation when he heard a passage in which silence was clearly part of the music. “It was quantifiably, certifiably, distinctly music, and it was dead silence. I’d never heard anything like that.  I don’t know that I became a Deadhead at that moment, but I sure got it.”

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Jazz After Dark September 29 2020

Wed, 09/30/2020 - 11:33am | Don Shor

Jazz After Dark for Sept 29: the music of Fats Waller!

Louis Armstrong, Fats Waller & His Rhythm, Earl Bostic, Una Mae Carlisle and Her Jam Band, Dinah Washington, Tony Bennett, Mose Allison, Chris Barber, Jose James & Jeff Neve, Allen Toussaint, Yusef Lateef

Jazz After Dark broadcasts 8 pm Tuesdays on KDRT-LP 95.7 FM in Davis, CA.

Replays Monday 11 pm.

Link to this week's show: https://kdrt.org/audio/jazz-after-dark-800pm-sep-29th-2020

Live-streaming at https://kdrt.org/page/listen-now

Show page here: https://kdrt.org/program/jazz-after-dark

Look for us on iTunes (you can listen to the live broadcast via their Radio link; just search for KDRT) or your favorite podcast site.

https://player.fm/featured/jazz

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COVID-19 Community Report Episode 37: Jesse Salinas Discusses Yolo Co. Elections and NJ Mvondo Introduces Interactive Healing Art Project - Sep 29th, 2020

Tue, 09/29/2020 - 12:40pm | Autumn Labbe-Renault

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My guests this week are  Jesse Salinas,  Assessor/Clerk-Recorder/Registrar of Voters for Yolo County, and artist and community organizer NJ Mvondo, to speak about the new Healing Art Project unfolding in Davis.

Jesse's office  is responsible for multiple key functions within Yolo County, but for this show,  we’ll focus on his role as registrar of voters. Jesse’s team has been very busy getting out information about the changes to voting during the Nov. 3 election cycle, and I'm delighted to speak with him and get fully up to speed on what we need to know here in Yolo County.

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Davisville, Sept. 28, 2020: Davis housing, 6 months into the pandemic

Mon, 09/28/2020 - 6:10pm | Bill Buchanan

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On today’s Davisville we talk with Steve and Kit Boschken, Davis real estate experts and the owners of Boschken Properties, about the housing market in Davis this fall. Today's topics follow up our talk with Steve Boschken last May, and include apartment vacancies, the thin supply of homes for sale, rising home prices, the pandemic, unhealthy air from the wildfires, rents, buyers, trends, interest rates, lasting impacts, and not knowing when students will be able to resume in-person classes at UC Davis. Almost all UC Davis classes this fall are online, and could stay that way through the rest of the academic year.

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Silver Nine Volt Heart Salutes Grassroots Radio Broadcasters on 16th Birthday for KDRT - Sep 24th, 2020

Thu, 09/24/2020 - 7:10pm | Rodriguez

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Welcome to the 145th edition of Silver Nine Volt Heart.  In this special broadcast - the 16th birthday of KDRT - you will hear the sounds from a wide-range of genres spanning from the jazz of Ella & Louis, Herb Alpert and Stan Getz,  to Americana, Folk, Country and beyond from Chris Hillman, Peter Rowan, Richard and Linda Thompson, to some of our beloved local bands like The Nickel Slots, Richie Lawrence and The Yolos, and Webster, Walton, Edwards.  The song selection for this show is based upon a sampling of what you might hear from our over 25 locally produced programs and the unique expertise of our local volunteer DJs.  Host Rodriguez also reads the words from over a dozen KDRT programmers who responded to an email this week asking them what it means to be involved with Davis' grassroots community radio.  

Silver Nine Volt Heart playlist for 09/24/2020
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Davis Teen Broadcaster at KDRT Community Radio is Selected as National Points of Light Finalist

Wed, 09/23/2020 - 4:20pm | Diane Crumley

Davis Media Access (DMA) is pleased to announce that one of its youth participants has been selected as a finalist in the national Points of Light Foundation’s Youth Summit Pitch Contest, held Aug. 19, 2020.  The Summit brought together youth aged 13-18 from across the country to reflect on the challenges and opportunities presented by the new school year and the “new normal” during the COVID-19 pandemic.  Rohan Baxi, a 9th grade student from Da Vinci Junior High in Davis, CA pitched his project idea, “Timeout Radio: Building Teen Connection in a Time of Distance,” to the Foundation, and was selected as one of 10 finalists. The recognition comes with a $1,000 award to help further his project.

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Jazz After Dark September 22 2020

Tue, 09/22/2020 - 6:34pm | Don Shor

Coming up tonight on Jazz After Dark.

Tonight’s program is dedicated to Stanley Crouch, legendary jazz critic who died September 16, 2020, at the age of 74. He wrote for the New York Daily News and the Village Voice, collaborated with Ken Burns on his Jazz mini-series documentary, and co-founded Jazz at the Lincoln Center with Wynton Marsalis.

We’ll hear from three jazz artists that he respected:

Duke Ellington (shown above), who Crouch described as “the greatest of all jazz musicians” in his column Duke Ellington: Artist of the Century from December 1, 1999.

Charlie Parker: Crouch wrote Kansas City Lightning: the Rise and Times of Charlie Parker over a thirty year period. He described Parker as “the self-made creator of a vital and breathtakingly structured jazz vernacular and an anarchic man of dooming appetites.”

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