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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

Jazz After Dark

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Join jazz aficionado Don Shor as he explores the diverse and fascinating world of jazz. Jazz After Dark spans the gamut, from roots in boogie-woogie, blues, and ragtime through traditional and straight-ahead jazz, soul jazz, bossa nova, and more. 

Live Tuesday 8-9pm
Replays Wednesday 10-11pm
DJ(s): 
Don Shor
Homepage URL: 
Jazz After Dark on the Web (blog with playlists)
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Silver Nine Volt Heart

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Join your host Rodriguez as he swings the gate wide open for a cool musical trip featuring sounds from all points of the compass.  Being mindful that "everything connects to everything else," on Silver Nine Volt Heart  you will find the many colorful threads that make up the tapestry of recorded sound ... just click it on and let the music start. 

Live Tuesday 7-9am
Replays Saturday 3-5pm
DJ(s): 
Rodriguez
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Big Picture Science

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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
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Exploration with Michio Kaku

Dr. Kaku

An hour long radio program on science, technology, politics, and the environment. Topics covered include black holes, time travel, higher dimensions, string theory, wormholes, search for extra-terrestial life, dark matter and dark energy, the future of space travel, genetic engineering, the aging process, the future of medicine, the human body shop, artificial intelligence, the future of computers and robots, as well as topics from science fiction. Hosted by Michio Kaku.

Live Thursday 11pm-Friday 12am
Homepage URL: 
Exploration on the web
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Listening Lyrics

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Welcome to an hour of Listening Lyrics, right here on KDRT 95.7 FM in Davis, California.

No musical passports required. Folk can sit next to funk, jazz can dance with rock, and a singer-songwriter might end up sharing a park bench with a reggae band. Listening Lyrics is your invitation to escape the noise of the day and enter a world of elaborate sounds, unexpected discoveries, and songs that have something to say.

This is the kind of journey only commercial-free community radio can provide.

So close your eyes. Open your ears. Relax your mind. Join me, Pieter Pastoor, as we send color to your ears and wander through the vast landscape of music and lyrics—the grand meeting place of rhythm, imagination, and the remarkable human ability to create art. Whether it's a whisper, a roar, a groove, or a melody you've never heard before, it all belongs here.

Remember: Real Music. Real Community. Real Good Music.

Live Friday 4-5pm
Replays Sunday 11am-12pm
DJ(s): 
Pieter Pastoor
Homepage URL: 
Listening Lyrics on Facebook
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Ray Keck takes the mic on Listening Lyrics, May 9, 2025

Fri, 05/09/2025 - 5:10pm | Pieter Pastoor

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This week on Listening Lyrics, I threw caution to the wind and handed over the keys—well, the playlist—to none other than Ray Keck (pictured), a Davis legend and music maestro in disguise.

Ray didn’t just walk into the studio—he stormed it with a playlist so good, I briefly questioned my own musical taste. (Don’t worry, I recovered.)

And behind the mic? Ray was smoother than a jazz sax solo at midnight. The guy was born for radio—I'm pretty sure his voice came with built-in reverb.

Thanks for gracing us with your presence, Ray, and for not hijacking the station entirely. We’ll keep your chair warm.

P.S. This is our fund-raising week, and wouldn't you know it? Ray contributed so he could receive his own special KDRT T-shirt.

www.kdrt.org/donate

Check out the playlist.

Listening Lyrics playlist for 05/09/2025
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Divine Compost Heap – May 9, 2025

Fri, 05/09/2025 - 4:00pm | Jess Goddésse

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Coming to you live from the new KDRT broadcast booth, it’s double trouble with Jess Goddésse *&* Dug Deep, bringing you a divine version of the Electric Compost Heap, featuring new music, old favorites, and oddities. Tune in at 6 p.m. Pacific on KDRT 95.7 fm + KDRT.org — catch it thereafter on the podcast apps. To support this and other fine programming, please visit kdrt.org/donate. TY!

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Tommy Dunbar of the Rubinoos! Live on The Audio Ecotone, May 9, 2025

Thu, 05/08/2025 - 10:38pm | Eddy Owt

The KDRT Spring FUNdraiser week continues on Friday with a special expanded edition of The Audio Ecotone. Special guest Tommy Dunbar, co-founder and guitarist of Bay Area power pop icons The Rubinoos, joins me LIVE in the studio to spin tunes and tell tales. Because one hour can't begin to hold this explosion of content, this week's show will expand to 90 minutes, starting at 2:30 p.m.!

If you appreciate this kind of unique programming that the volunteers at our little community radio station bring to you every week, we hope that you will support us during our Spring FUNdraiser by clicking on the Support tab at the top of the page and donating to the station. If you donate this week, we also have some wonderful thank-you gifts, including the KDRT 20th anniversary logo totes and t-shirts and our new KDRT logo hats. We thank you for your support!

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Classical Excursions – May 9, 2025

Thu, 05/08/2025 - 3:14pm | Greg LaTraille

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Don't miss a very-extra-super-spectacular Classical Excursions with Messrs. Greg La Traille and Gary Chew, coming your way with an extraordinary explosion of musical greatness in celebration of KDRT's 20th birthday and our Spring FUNdraiser. Tune in at 11 a.m. Pacific right here on your favorite community radio station, KDRT 95.7 fm + KDRT.org!

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Davis Garden Show, May 8, 2025

Thu, 05/08/2025 - 12:00pm | Don Shor

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On today’s program: watering a ceanothus in Oregon,  a native vine, manroot, replanting a Meyer lemon, and more.

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Snag swell swag during KDRT's spring FUNdraiser!

Wed, 05/07/2025 - 6:45pm | kdrtradio

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Join us as we continue to celebrate our 20 years of community radio...

Donate here today!

Grab one of our special thank-you gifts, including:

Limited-edition blue-heron T-shirts on 100% blue-lavender cotton

Matching blue-heron totes on beige/natural heavy-weight cotton

NEW KDRT hats in two swell styles – trad trucker and soft cotton twill

Items are available separately or together in the BIG BUNDLE. Thanks so much for showing (and sharing) your support during fundraiser week!

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IMPLOSION – 7 May 2025

Wed, 05/07/2025 - 3:30pm | Nick Saloman

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Get ready for IMPLOSION, bringing you the groovy sounds of Aardvark, Ars Nova, Hawkwind, and so much more. Join your host Nick Saloman on Wednesday, May 7, at 5 p.m. Pacific on KDRT 95.7 fm + KDRT.org. Catch the show at your convenience on the web or your favorite podcast app.

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Jazz After Dark, May 6, 2025

Tue, 05/06/2025 - 5:00pm | Don Shor

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On tonight’s show:

  • Duke Ellington & His Orchestra, Take The "A" Train
  • Duke Ellington, Bojangles
  • Duke Ellington, Don't Get Around Much Anymore
  • Duke Ellington, I Got It Bad (And That Ain't Good) [Live]
  • Duke Ellington, Sophisticated Lady (Live)
  • Duke Ellington with Rosemary Clooney, Blue Rose
  • Johnny Hodges and His Orchestra, Honey Hill
  • Paul Gonsalves, I Cover the Waterfront
  • Duke Ellington And His Orchestra, Medley: Kinda Dukish, and Rockin' in Rhythm
  • Duke Ellington, C Jam Blues
  • Duke Ellington, Mood Indigo
  • Duke Ellington & Ella Fitzgerald, Let's Do It (Live)
  • Duke Ellington & Ella Fitzgerald, Something to Live For (Live)
  • Ella Fitzgerald & Duke Ellington, Just Squeeze Me (But Don't Tease Me) [Live at The Cote d'Azur]
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Celebrate KDRT during our Spring FUNdraiser!

Mon, 05/05/2025 - 12:00am | kdrtradio

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Please help us continue to celebrate our 20th birthday:

Donate here today!

Grab one of our special thank-you gifts, including our NEW KDRT hats in two swell styles. Then join us on Wednesday, May 7, at Armadillo Music for an "extended play" edition of Suds & Sounds, featuring an extra hour of merry-making – 4 to 7 p.m. – with musical guests Max & Julian of the Big Poppies! Don't miss the FUN!
 

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The Yolo County Breakdown – Friday, May 2

Thu, 05/01/2025 - 6:15pm | Rocky Outcrop

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This week's Yolo Country Breakdown features an interview with dobro legend Jerry Douglas. Yes, Jerry Douglas! Don't miss it — Friday, May 2, 10 a.m. Pacific — on KDRT 95.7 FM + KDRT.org + your favorite podcast platform.

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