Skip to main content
Home
  • Listen Now
  • Programs
  • Schedule
  • Events
  • About
  • Support
Media Player Error.
If you are having trouble with the stream cutting in and out, open the following in your audio player (i.e. iTunes): http://kdrt.org:8000/kdrt.
Questions? Contact us. Request line: 530.792.1648

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

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 6-8pm
DJ(s): 
Wayne Hagen
  • Read more about The Golden Road
  • 2 comments
  • Add new comment

That California Sound!

That California Sound!

That California Sound! Local + Regional  Music from The Golden State ... 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
Replays Thursday 7-9am
DJ(s): 
JonEmery, Scott Schiller
  • Read more about That California Sound!
  • Add new comment

Eye on Sports

Eye On Sports is a talk radio show focused on local sports in the Sacramento/Davis area that occasionally covers National Sports. Hosts Chuck and Cody have been involved with sports both nationally and locally for more than 15 years and want to share their opinions and initiate discussion to the public through conversation and occasional outside interviews. This show will not be politically driven in anyway. The conversation will cover the results , local impact, business and psychology of sports.

Live Thursday 6-7pm
Replays Saturday 7-8am
DJ(s): 
Cody Westergaard, ChuckGarcia7
  • Read more about Eye on Sports
  • Add new comment

Big Picture Science

Big Picture Science KDRT

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 Wednesday 5-6pm
Replays Thursday 11pm-Friday 12am
Homepage URL: 
Big Picture Science on the Web
  • Read more about Big Picture Science
  • Add new comment

That's Life

Lois Richter’s format for That’s Life is mostly interviews. Recurring topics include Davis activities and groups; work and life choices; philosophy and theory; plus birding, cooking, art, and other passions. Lois occasionally breaks into music — from ballads to the slack key sounds of Hawaii to golden oldies rock 'n' roll — but mostly there is just talk.

To suggest a topic for discussion or a person to interview, text Lois or leave a message in the comments here.

Live Tuesday 12-1pm
DJ(s): 
Lois Richter
  • Read more about That's Life
  • 3 comments
  • Add new comment
More programs ...

Divine Intervention – Aug. 15, 2025

Fri, 08/15/2025 - 5:30pm | Jess Goddésse

DivineIntervention_GeorgeTammyTina.png

Divine Intervention strikes the airwaves and your eardrums with the latest releases from Black Moth Super Rainbow, Bogue, Cory Hanson, Frankie & the Witch Fingers, Slow Up, and The Darts, who'll be playing the Ivy Room on Aug. 22. We'll also showcase our Goddess of the Month, Ms. Fontella Bass, and enjoy a Vinyl Vespers spin – here on KDRT 95.7 FM + stream on demand via KDRT.org and the podcast apps.

  • Read more about Divine Intervention – Aug. 15, 2025
  • Jess Goddésse's blog
  • Add new comment

David Abramson shares his passion on Listening Lyrics, Aug. 15, 2025

Fri, 08/15/2025 - 5:10pm | Pieter Pastoor

D Abramson.jpeg

Spend an hour with David Abramson and you’ll walk away feeling lighter, brighter, and a little more in love with the world. A fixture in Davis, David wears many hats—musician, activist, music teacher—but none of them fully capture his easy warmth and boundless optimism. He radiates joy in the most natural way, turning everyday moments into acts of connection. In this episode, David dives into his music, the mission behind his activism, and the heart he brings to teaching. It’s an hour of conversation that feels like a song you want to play again.

Listening Lyrics playlist for 08/15/2025
  • Read more about David Abramson shares his passion on Listening Lyrics, Aug. 15, 2025

The Russ Tolman Goodtime Hour – Aug. 14, 2025

Thu, 08/14/2025 - 3:00pm | Russ Tolman

RTGH_truewest.png

Tonight on The Russ Tolman Goodtime Hour, it's all about True West, Russ's band that formed here in Davis in 1981 and went on to be part of the Paisley Underground scene. Listen up at 9 p.m. PT on KDRT 95.7 FM + KDRT.org + thereafter on the web and the podcast apps!

  • Read more about The Russ Tolman Goodtime Hour – Aug. 14, 2025
  • Russ Tolman's blog
  • Add new comment

Davis Garden Show, Aug. 14, 2025

Thu, 08/14/2025 - 12:00pm | Don Shor

struggling mandarin.jpeg

On today’s show: mandarin tree woes, catalpa questions, leaf spots on redbuds, growing herbs indoors, and more.

  • Read more about Davis Garden Show, Aug. 14, 2025
  • Add new comment

Jazz After Dark, Aug. 12, 2025

Tue, 08/12/2025 - 5:00pm | Don Shor

jazz logo 2021.jpg

Six longer sets tonight:

  • Benny Carter, Johnny Hodges, Charlie Parker, Charlie Shavers, and more, Funky Blues
  • Thelonious Monk & Gerry Mulligan, 'Round Midnight (feat. Wilbur Ware & Shadow Wilson)
  • Ben Webster & Teddy Wilson, Ben's Blues
  • Duke Ellington and Johnny Hodges, Harry Edison trumpet, Basin Street Blues
  • Miles Davis, Solea
  • Bill Evans Trio featuring Stan Getz, The Two Lonely People
  • Read more about Jazz After Dark, Aug. 12, 2025
  • Add new comment

Ari Kohn shares his musical journey on Listening Lyrics, Aug. 8, 2025

Fri, 08/08/2025 - 5:10pm | Pieter Pastoor

IMG_4448.jpeg

From Portland, Ore., to the heart of New Orleans—Ari Kohn followed his musical compass all the way south. In New Orleans, he discovered that music isn’t just heard, it’s felt. It’s in the ground beneath your feet, in the way people move, even in the rain on your skin. And yes—the food plays right along.

This week on Listening Lyrics, Ari shares that journey. A Jazz Studies graduate from Tulane, Ari—known on stage as “Ariel”—brings a bold, warm sound on sax, flute, and vocals. Ari also performs with the band Brass Lightning. He will perform with J & The Causeways Sept. 19, 2025 at the Boom Boom Room in San Francisco.

Listening Lyrics playlist for 08/08/2025
  • Read more about Ari Kohn shares his musical journey on Listening Lyrics, Aug. 8, 2025
  • Add new comment

Davis Garden Show, Aug. 7, 2025

Thu, 08/07/2025 - 12:00pm | Don Shor

willow leaves showing drought.jpg

On today's show: powdery mildew, more irrigation discussions, ground cover for chickens, depth of planting for trees, potato problems, and more.

  • Read more about Davis Garden Show, Aug. 7, 2025
  • Add new comment

In the Key of Folk, Aug. 6, 2025

Wed, 08/06/2025 - 12:30pm | Karen Leyse

Screenshot 2025-08-06 at 11.43.33 AM.png

Folk festivals are surely a place for good vibes!  In line with that, today In the Key of Folk will feature several additional tracks from the Vancouver Folk Festival, along with some favorite oldies from Gordon Lightfoot, and more new album releases by Watchhouse, Jez Lowe, Janet Feld, and Christine Lavin. We'll end the hour with a few contra dance tracks to invigorate you for the day! Tune in today  at 2 p.m. on KDRT 95.7 FM in Davis, CA & KDRT.org online.

  • Read more about In the Key of Folk, Aug. 6, 2025
  • Karen Leyse's blog
  • Add new comment

Jazz After Dark, Aug. 5, 2025

Tue, 08/05/2025 - 5:00pm | Don Shor

jazz logo 2021.jpg

On tonight's show:

  • Louis Armstrong & Ella Fitzgerald, Summertime
  • Major Glenn Miller & The American Band of The Allied Expeditionary Force, Caribbean Clipper
  • Dave Pike, cattin' latin
  • Count Basie and His Orchestra, Good Times Blues
  • Count Basie and His Orchestra, Blues in Hoss's Flat (feat. Waymon Reed, Jimmy Forrest & Al Grey)
  • Ella Fitzgerald & Tommy Flanagan, Night and Day
  • Marcos Valle, So Nice (Summer Samba) - Marcos Valle
  • Charlie Byrd, Favela
  • Jim Hall, Curacao Doloroso
  • The Hot Club Of San Francisco, Giselle - Waltz D'Entichement
  • Grover Washington Jr., Estate (Ess-tah-tay)
  • Read more about Jazz After Dark, Aug. 5, 2025
  • Add new comment

Davisville, Aug. 4, 2025: ‘I want him (Guaraldi) to become one of our Tchaikovskys’

Mon, 08/04/2025 - 5:30pm | Bill Buchanan

IMG_9986.jpeg

Vince Guaraldi’s music continues to have a wonderful afterlife, thanks to the successful recent releases of the Peanuts soundtracks that Guaraldi recorded before he died at 47 in 1976. Today we update the story with Derrick Bang, who wrote the book about the San Francisco jazz pianist and writes liner notes for the Peanuts soundtrack producers Jason and Sean Mendelson. Bang believes there’s likely more unreleased music to come even after the soundtracks series ends. Today on Davisville he also names an often-overlooked Guaraldi song that he says evokes a stroll in the rain as winningly as the composer’s Christmas song “Skating” evokes kids skating on a pond. We hear part of the song, “Rain, Rain Go Away,” which is nothing like the children’s nursery rhyme.

Bang underscores his belief in Guaraldi’s music and talent. “I want to do the best I can to make sure that his music lives into the 22nd century,” he says on today’s program. “I want him to become one of our Tchaikovskys.”

Illustration taken from the cover of The Charlie Brown Suite and Other Favorites CD (2003), which uses a drawing of Vince Guaraldi by Charles Schulz.

  • Read more about Davisville, Aug. 4, 2025: ‘I want him (Guaraldi) to become one of our Tchaikovskys’
  • Add new comment
  • first
  • previous
  • …
  • 4
  • 5
  • 6
  • 7
  • 8
  • 9
  • 10
  • 11
  • 12
  • …
  • next
  • last
KDRT Facebook Button  KDRT Bluesky Button  KDRT Instagram Button 

Search form

SUPPORT KDRT

DONATE YOUR CAR

If you have a van,

please contact us first.

For cars, CALL 855-500-RIDE (7433)

or VISIT CAR EASY



Unless otherwise stated, the content of this site is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 2.5 License.

DJ Login - Privacy Policy - Terms of Service