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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

Hello Davis!

Hello Davis!

Hello Davis! spotlights the people and organizations that help define the character of our town. Each week, one of the follow local community organizations hosts the program in rotation, interviewing guests connected to their work — sharing stories, highlighting their programs, and offering a closer look at how they serve Davis. 

Live Wednesday 5:30-6pm
Replays Wednesday 11:30pm-Thursday 12am
DJ(s): 
Pieter Pastoor
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Davisville

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Davis has interesting people, ideas, connections, and events. On Davisville, host Bill Buchanan presents stories that have some connection to Davis. The program has won 17 Excellence in Journalism awards from the San Francisco Press Club since 2018, including first place in radio/podcast public affairs programs for 2025, plus a national Hometown Media Award for excellence from the Alliance for Community Media in 2024. Contact: davisville @ dcn.org

Live Monday 5:30-6pm
Replays Saturday 8:30-9am
DJ(s): 
Bill Buchanan
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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: 
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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
Replays Friday 2:30-3pm
DJ(s): 
Nicole Salengo Lee, Tree Kilpatrick
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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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Joel Daniel, house concerts made easy, on Listening Lyrics, Feb. 16, 2024

Mon, 02/19/2024 - 10:30am | Pieter Pastoor

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Joel Daniel and special guest Alex Jordan discuss how an app like SonicMixer could be a game-changer in live music.

Musicians (artists) are caught between streaming services and the corporatization of music venues. In this episode of Listening Lyrics, Joel discusses an app that works like Airbnb for house shows.

It is extremely difficult for a start-up band (or even an established one) to get a show and cut their teeth. Venues are tough to crack, but houses are abundant and could be used for house shows more than they are. 

The app is easy to use and it works. Joel helped to launch it in Austin last November. In the show he talks about how to get more potential hosts to open their homes to the idea. 

Listening Lyrics playlist for 02/16/2024
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Divine Intervention – Feb. 16, 2024

Fri, 02/16/2024 - 9:28am | Jess Goddésse

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Prepare yourself for another edition of Divine Intervention this evening — Friday, Feb. 16, 6 p m. Pacific. Join your hostesse Jess Goddèsse for new releases — including tracks from bands with local roots and ties — old indie chestnuts, some tunes from our Goddess of the Month, and a special Vinyl Vespers spin — only on KDRT 95.7 FM | KDRT.org!

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Davis Garden Show, Feb. 15, 2024

Thu, 02/15/2024 - 12:00pm | Don Shor

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Today we have additional information on citrus rootstock, shrubs for deep shade, stump grindings and toxicity and nitrogen, knowing the different bay trees, and more. 

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Jazz After Dark, Feb. 13, 2024

Tue, 02/13/2024 - 5:00pm | Don Shor

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Jazz for Valentine’s Day:

  • Django Reinhardt with Stéphane Grappelli, I've Got My Love to Keep Me Warm
  • Jimmy Yancey, State Street Special
  • Nat King Cole, L-O-V-E
  • Jimmy Hamilton, I Can't Give You Anything But Love
  • Hal McKusick, What's New
  • Pérez Prado & His Orchestra, Besame Mucho
  • Bobby Timmons, Chet Baker and His Crew, Lucious Lu
  • The Ella Fitzgerald Quarter, My Funny Valentine
  • Lee Morgan, P.S. I Love You
  • Pete Fountain, Do You Know What It Means to Miss New Orleans?
  • Pete Fountain, Poor Butterfly
  • Stan Getz, Love Is Here to Stay
  • Toots Thielemans, Please send me someone to love
  • Etta Jones, You Better Go Now
  • Joe Pass, Blues for Alican
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Listening Lyrics returns to the air this Friday, when Joel Daniel will discuss the business of music

Sun, 02/11/2024 - 11:00am | Pieter Pastoor

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Joel Daniel in the KDRT studio

 

Musicians (artists) are caught between streaming services and the corporatization of music venues. Joel has the details and some answers. Tune in this Friday, Feb. 16, 2024 at 4 p.m., as Listening Lyrics returns to the airwaves.

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ELectric Compost Heap, Feb. 9, 2024

Fri, 02/09/2024 - 4:51pm | Dug Deep

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Tonight (Feb. 9) at 6 p.m. on the Electric Compost Heap, DJ Dug Deep remembers Wayne Kramer and Mojo Nixon, two iconoclastic artists who both left us recently. Don't know if they ever met one another, but our guess is they would have got along great! Lots of other musical compost tonight, hope you can join us at KDRT.org.

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Davis Garden Show, Feb. 8, 2024

Thu, 02/08/2024 - 12:00pm | Don Shor

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On today's program, we talk about glowing petunias, soil too wet to plant, okay to amend soil and more about soil structure, suckers on citrus and other fruit trees, time to plant seeds, and more.

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IMPLOSION -- 7 February 2024

Wed, 02/07/2024 - 4:05pm | Nick Saloman

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Are you ready for IMPLOSION? Tune in at 5 p.m. Pacific, Feb. 7, for music from Sid Ramin, Electric Flag, Chocolate Watchband, Dick Shawn(!), Sammy(!!), and much more. Join host Nick Saloman on KDRT 95.7 | KDRT.org for a special themed show this eve!

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Jazz After Dark, Feb. 6, 2024

Tue, 02/06/2024 - 5:00pm | Don Shor

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Jazz classics tonight:

  • Benny Goodman, Stardust
  • Fats Waller, The Joint Is Jumpin'
  • Ella Fitzgerald, Stairway To The Stars
  • Billie Holiday ,  God Bless the Child
  • Dizzy Gillespie & Charlie Parker, Shaw 'Nuff
  • Charlie Parker, Lover Man
  • Count Basie, One O'Clock Jump
  • Don Shirley, Water Boy
  • Dave Brubeck Trio, Body and Soul
  • Duke Ellington, Jimmy Blanton, Pitter Panther Patter
  • Oliver Nelson, Stolen Moments
  • Cannonball Adderley, Sabbath Prayer
  • Ella Fitzgerald, It's All Right With Me
  • Horace Silver, Song for My Father
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Davisville, Feb. 5, 2024: The Artery at 50, Cuteware, and painting Putah Creek

Mon, 02/05/2024 - 6:30pm | Bill Buchanan

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The Artery co-op/gallery/store turns 50 this year. Most of its downtown Davis neighbors from the 1970s are gone, so how has the Artery lasted? Heidi Bekebrede and Adele Shaw, two of its members, list several reasons on today’s Davisville, and some might surprise you — they include the hours (most art galleries don’t open daily), the variety (most don’t display so many artists), members who work in the shop, turnover that brings in new artists, fresh displays, and a town with lots of people interested in the arts. The train station a block away helps too.

We also talk about the store’s name, how they find members, the other meaning of “cute” in Bekebrede’s Cuteware, the way Putah Creek inspires Shaw’s paintings, and how managing a 32-machine laundromat in San Francisco introduced Shaw to first- and second-hand stories of her neighborhood from many decades before.

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