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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

Classical Excursions

Greg LaTraille

Classical radio programs often focus on well-known light classics and ignore challenging and imaginative masterworks, especially from the rich repertoire of 20th century music, which is very diverse. This results in listeners who are unaware of many wonderful works. Excursions will present short and longer works by famous as well as less known composers, with insightful commentary by a composer with years of experience in radio, classical marketing, and music education.

Live Friday 11am-1pm
DJ(s): 
Greg LaTraille
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Taste, Talk and Whine: All about Wines

Taste Talk & Whine

Tune in for weekly discussions on topics related to wine making and wine enjoyment — plus occasional guests and engagement with listeners. Topics will span the spectrum from technical growing, making, and tasting to what we're drinking to the best places to find a bottle locally.

Live Tuesday 5:30-6pm
DJ(s): 
Nicole Salengo Lee, Tree Kilpatrick
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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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That California Sound!

That California Sound!

That California Sound! From Then ... To Now  features local, regional, and small touring bands throughout California while highlighting the history and culture of California musicians, venues, teachers, recording studios, promoters, festivals, and general resources that enrich our community.

Live Monday 6-8pm
DJ(s): 
JonEmery, Scott Schiller
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Live Tracks

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Live Tracks  frequently airs recordings from local performances here in Davis. LT began broadcasting on Sept. 30, 2004, and has produced 720 original episodes as of August 2024. Best experienced with a lava lamp, cool recreational beverage of choice, and a place to chill out. Peace.

Live Thursday 7-9pm
Replays Saturday 9-11pm
DJ(s): 
Jim Buchanan
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Liane Moody and the many facets of STEAC, on Imagining Yolo Davis, Nov. 17, 2023

Fri, 11/17/2023 - 6:10pm | Pieter Pastoor

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Today we sit down with Liane Moody, the executive director of the Short Term Emergency Aid Committee, who explains the three areas -- rent, food and bills -- where this Davis nonprofit helps our neighbors who need short-term assistance. This wonderful organization could not function without its many volunteers.

For example, here's more about its Food Project, whose mission is to help STEAC's food pantry "have a steady, reliable source of non-perishable food year-round by collecting food from community members every other month. While food drives are an invaluable and critical source of food, they provide only about 30 to 40% of our needs, and we often run short between these events."

Imagining Yolo Davis playlist for 11/17/2023
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Davis Garden Show, Nov. 16, 2023

Thu, 11/16/2023 - 12:00pm | Don Shor

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Lots of topics today: El Niño update, fall color trees, rootstocks, pruning hydrangeas, annuals for hot sunny borders, struggling crapemyrtles, gardeners and age, lindens, natives resistant to crown rot, and more.

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Live DiRT – Jake Mann

Wed, 11/15/2023 - 6:59pm | Dug Deep

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DJ Dug Deep hosts formerly Davis-based singer-songwriter-guitarist Jake Mann live on the air. Jake's new release is Outta Mind A While on Crossbill Records. You can find it on Bandcamp.

 

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Jazz After Dark, Nov. 14, 2023

Tue, 11/14/2023 - 5:00pm | Don Shor

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Tonight’s show: Eubie Blake, Charlie Christian, Glenn Miller, Coleman Hawkins, Ella Fitzgerald, Frank Sinatra, Sarah Vaughan, Louise Tobin with Peanuts Hucko, Stan Getz, Herbie Mann, Claude Bolling, Allen Toussaint, Dianne Reeves, and Big Bad Voodoo Daddy.

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Davisville, Nov. 13, 2023: Author of ‘Lost Subways’ book distills some insights for Davis

Mon, 11/13/2023 - 5:30pm | Bill Buchanan

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Jake Berman, who lived in Davis when he was younger, has developed a writer’s interest in something Davis has never had — subways. So he wrote The Lost Subways of North America — a Cartographic Guide to the Past, Present, and What Might Have Been, a new book about transit and how it reflects a city’s personality, interests, and other attributes.

He writes this about the Bay Area, for example -- that after the Freeway Revolt a half century ago, in which San Francisco turned away seven of 10 freeways planned for the city, “the Bay Area adopted a posture that any changes to the urban fabric were presumptively bad, and that exhaustive study of any such changes would be necessary.” We're living with the aftermath of the attitude, which he believes is also present in Davis and other California communities.

Jake, now an attorney in New York City, will speak about his book Nov. 29 at the Avid Reader bookstore in downtown Davis, and joins us today on Davisville. (He also created the transit illustrations in the book -- this image is an excerpt from his map of San Francisco's cable cars in 1892.)

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Joy Cohan from Meals on Wheels, on Imagining Yolo Davis, Nov. 10, 2023

Fri, 11/10/2023 - 6:10pm | Pieter Pastoor

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Joy Cohan is the executive director of Meals on Wheels in Yolo County, whose mission is "to nourish and enrich the lives of individuals in Yolo County, with emphasis on those age 60 and older, by providing nutritious meals to active and homebound people, thereby promoting their health, well-being and independence."

On Imagining Yolo Davis, Joy shares her passion for the nonprofit's mission as she explains how the distribution works. Getting five meals a week, some hot some cold, to more than 800 recipients, takes a well-oiled machine supported by many dedicated volunteers. She gives us a peek behind the scene, and helps us understand the need for this truly exceptional organization.

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Davis Garden Show, Nov. 9, 2023

Thu, 11/09/2023 - 12:00pm | Don Shor

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This week the subjects include bulbs, onions, fertilizer schedules, redhumped caterpillars, sphinx moths, weeping trees, and more.

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IMPLOSION - 8 November 2023

Wed, 11/08/2023 - 4:00pm | Nick Saloman

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Got IMPLOSION on our minds and on the airwaves, coming up at 5p Pacific. Tune in for host Nick Saloman and a bevy of beautiful tunes – from the likes of The Falcons, The Ruts, and The Stargazers – only on KDRT!

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Jazz After Dark, Nov. 7, 2023

Tue, 11/07/2023 - 5:00pm | Don Shor

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Six longer sets tonight: Sidney Bechet, Gerry Mulligan, Wes Montgomery; Harry Carney, Paul Gonsalves, Harold Ashby & The Duke's Men, Duke Ellington with Ella Fitzgerald, Stanley Turrentine, and Milt Jackson

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Twang Thang for Nov. 6, 2023: The incomparable Amanda Anne Platt & The Honeycutters

Mon, 11/06/2023 - 8:10pm | DJ Dirk

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Happy Monday to you! We’ve finally made it to November, and what better way to kick off the month than the latest installment of It’s A Twang Thang? Today’s show comes from far and wide to bring you hot tracks from Billy Strings, Faron Young, Rufus Wainwright, Charles Wesley Godwin, Vince Herman, the incomparable Amanda Anne Platt & The Honeycutters (pictured, from the band's website) and so many more!

Tune in live at 6 p.m. Pacific on your radio at KDRT 95.7 FM or online at KDRT.org, and make sure to subscribe to It’s A Twang Thang as a podcast on Apple Podcasts, Overcast or your podcatcher of choice.

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