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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

Juke In The Back

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Matt The Cat presents the soul that came before rock n’ roll: 1950s rhythm and blues. Each week, this underrated and rollicking music plays on that old Rockola Jukebox in the back.

Live Tuesday 9-10pm
Homepage URL: 
http://www.jukeintheback.org/
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The Audio Ecotone

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Join Eddy Owt as he explores the rich genre diversity, cross-breeding, and hybridizing in the back waters and tributaries of the past 100 years of music: rock, jazz, pop, r&b, soul, country, ska, electronica, J-Pop/C-Pop/K-Pop, afrobeat, and much more.

"We have a tropical situation where there are thousands of 'species' of music around and they're all constantly cross-breeding and hybridizing. It's very exciting, but you can't keep up with it easily." -- Brian Eno

Live Friday 3-4pm
Replays Thursday 10-11am, Sunday 4-5pm
DJ(s): 
Eddy Owt
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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 began buying records as a small child in the late 1950s, then moved on to going to gigs and playing in bands as a teenager in the late ’60s. IMPLOSION is simply an hour of Nick playing the music he loves – psychedelia, rock, folk, beat, jazz, soul, punk, and more – with a bit of chat thrown in for good measure.

Live Wednesday 4-5pm
Replays Sunday 7-8pm
DJ(s): 
Nick Saloman
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Blue Light Central

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Every week, the big blue train we call the Blue Light Central rumbles out of the station for an hour-long ride through a landscape of blues, classic R&B, soul, gospel, zydeco, and low-down boogie. Mark Drnek is your ticket agent, porter, engineer, brakeman, and conductor on a weekly excursion through the vast music landscape.

Live Thursday 9-10pm
Homepage URL: 
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The Golden Road

​Join Wayne Hagan and take a musical journey down the Golden Road and explore the music of the Grateful Dead, its roots, and its many offshoots. Past DJs include Alligator, Lee Maddex, and Rod Moseanko. What a long strange trip!

Live Tuesday 2-4pm
Replays Sunday 8-10pm
DJ(s): 
Wayne Hagen
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Davis Garden Show, May 15, 2025

Thu, 05/15/2025 - 12:00pm | Don Shor

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On today's show: early season tomato tips, grapefruit vs. pummelo, earwigs, what bareroot means, gopher cages, and more.

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IMPLOSION – 14 May 2025

Wed, 05/14/2025 - 4:30pm | Nick Saloman

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It's a brand new episode of IMPLOSION  in a brand spanking new time slot – Wednesday at *8 p.m.* Pacific. Join Nick Saloman as the sun sets gently in the spring skies for an array of tunes from Bobby Vee & the Ventures, Faine Jade, the Murgatroyd Band, the Soft Machine, the Toreros, and more – all here on your favorite station, KDRT 95.7 fm + KDRT.org + those pesky podcast apps.

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Jazz After Dark, May 13, 2025

Tue, 05/13/2025 - 5:00pm | Don Shor

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On tonight’s show:

  • Fats Waller, Honeysuckle Rose
  • Benny Goodman (Helen Ward vocals), Never Say Never
  • Coleman Hawkins, The Bean Stalks Again
  • Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra, I'll Be Seeing You
  • Frank Sinatra, Come Fly with Me
  • Duke Ellington, C Jam Blues
  • Mundell Lowe, You Don't Know What Love Is
  • Hoagy Carmichael, Two Sleepy People
  • John Coltrane, In A Sentimental Mood
  • Billy Taylor, Paraphrase
  • Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass, Panama
  • Ella Fitzgerald, Hello Dolly
  • Big Miller, I Got Rhythm
  • Chet Baker & Gerry Mulligan, For an Unfinished Woman
  • Tomas Einarsson, Rumdrum
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Thanks for supporting the KDRT spring FUNdraiser!

Tue, 05/13/2025 - 12:00am | kdrtradio

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We can't thank you enough for contributing to our Spring FUNdraiser! 

As a non-commercial community station, we depend on our volunteers and donors to bring you the local sounds you love. 

We also send thanks to local heroes Armadillo Music and The Big Poppies for their steadfast support. 

If you haven't had a chance to donate yet, of course there's still time: KDRT.org/donate!

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Davisville, May 12, 2025: Davis faces choice between more homes, fewer schools

Mon, 05/12/2025 - 5:30pm | Bill Buchanan

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The Davis school district might have to close up to three public schools over the next decade for reasons that include declining birth rates, high housing costs, and changing job patterns. Adding more homes for families in Davis could blunt that trend, but Davis voters generally resist population growth. So, people in Davis need to start talking about what they want to do, while there's still time to plan for the change. Matt Best, superintendent of the Davis public school district, discusses the choice this week on Davisville.

“We’ve got to plan for one of two scenarios. One, we see housing on the horizon and we’ve got a plan for a reboundary [of attendance areas] if those students arrive. The second path is, there is no new housing on the horizon, and we’ve got to plan to close two or three schools over the course of the next decade, and how are we going to solve that problem as a community?

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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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