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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

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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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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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 Thursday 10-11pm
DJ(s): 
Don Shor
Homepage URL: 
Jazz After Dark on the Web (blog with playlists)
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10 Years Forgotten

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10 Years Forgotten with your host JonEmery focuses on modern classics and indie standards from 2000–2010, the decade lost in the shuffle due to the Dawn of the Digital Age. TYF also explores the history of record stores in the Sacramento Valley – including why some are still open today –  along with the future of physical and digital music locally, regionally, and beyond.

Live Wednesday 3-5pm
DJ(s): 
JonEmery
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Na Mele O Hawai'i

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Join host Beth Post as she features the unique sounds of Hawaiian music — from early icons of island music to today's innovators — exploring styles, the history of the genre, and revered songs and performers.

Live Thursday 1-3pm
Replays Saturday 10am-12pm
DJ(s): 
Beth Post
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Divine Intervention alt. w/Electric Compost Heap, March 10, 2023: Wayne Shorter

Fri, 03/10/2023 - 8:10pm | Dug Deep

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Tonight we mix in various pieces by jazz great Wayne Shorter, who passed away last week at the age of 89. Shorter's long career included stints with Miles Davis, Herbie Hancock, the Weather Report, and many other solo projects. We'll also take a first look at the lineup for the 2023 Davis Music Festival.

Tune in, drop out, and decompose.

Playlist: https://kdrt.org/program-playlist/divine-intervention-alt-welectric-comp...

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Davis Garden Show, March 9, 2023

Thu, 03/09/2023 - 12:00pm | Don Shor

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On today's program: Weather issues. cherry fruit fly, apricots, bulbs, getting rid of stumps, and front-yard food gardens.

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The Folk Brothers for March 8, 2023: Remembering David Lindley

Wed, 03/08/2023 - 11:10am | Peter Schiffman

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Multi-instrumentalist Mr. Dave, as he was affectionedly called, was a musician's musician: a session player as well as solo artist who always chose the right notes and tones. Best known for helping to create Jackson Browne's signature sound in the '70s, Lindley also led his own bands -- Kaleidoscope in the late '60s and El Rayo X in the '80s -- as well as playing in duos with percussionists Hani Nassar and Wally Ingraham, frequenting the Palms Playhouses both in Davis and Winters. This morning we explored some of his many musical projects with Ry Cooder, Henry Kaiser, Linda Ronstadt, and many others.

The Folk Brothers playlist for 03/08/2023
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Jazz After Dark, March 7, 2023

Tue, 03/07/2023 - 5:00pm | Don Shor

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Tonight on Jazz After Dark: the Nat King Cole Trio, Oscar Peterson (Billie Holiday vocals), Thelonious Monk, Ella Fitzgerald, Stanley Turrentine, Paul Desmond, Boots Randolph, Boogaloo Joe Jones, Yusef Lateef, The Modern Jazz Quartet, and Sonny Rollins.

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Davisville, March 6, 2023: Electrifying Davis as the city adapts to climate change

Mon, 03/06/2023 - 5:30pm | Bill Buchanan

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The city's plan to cut carbon pollution in Davis to net zero by 2040 relies on electrifying buildings and transportation, plus other visible changes. On today’s program Kerry Daane Loux, the city’s project manager for the Climate Action and Adaptation Plan, and City Council member Bapu Vaitla talk about why Davis must change, and what’s ahead.

The council will take up the plan again in April.

“The next steps are very important. We’ve arrived at a hundred actions, 28 priorities, but we know that we need to prioritize within the priorities and say this year, what are the three, four, maybe five actions that we want to become law,” Vaitla says on Davisville. “It doesn’t necessarily need to be mandates, but it does need to be policies that we would place at the top of the list in terms of the climate impact they’re going to have, in terms of the greenhouse-gas reduction impact.

“ … The idea stage is nearing the end of its first phase, but now it’s the implementation stage where all of us need to be involved and give, give of ourselves.”

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News Cycle, March 6, 2023: Mishka's Cafe is the coziest coffee shop in Davis

Mon, 03/06/2023 - 12:00am | DHS Journalism Class

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Mishka's Cafe is the place in Davis where everyone can go to wind down. Also on today's program: a movie review on the new movie Puss in Boots: the Last Wish, with an audio editorial on how difficult it can be to settle down in a new country after immigrating. Lastly, a profile on one of Davis High’s sneakerheads.

Packages by Sean Campbell, Jeremiah Haskins, Rowan Baar, and Lucas Liu

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Laura Legacki from Yolo CASA, on Imagining Yolo-Davis, March 3, 2023

Fri, 03/03/2023 - 6:10pm | Pieter Pastoor

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Laura Legacki discusses the benefits of volunteering within the Yolo CASA organization. Laura, a long-time volunteer and training director at the nonprofit, shares stories about the bond formed with the foster child, and explains what is required of volunteers and the training they receive.

From Yolo CASA: "The heart of our program is the Court Appointed Special Advocate (CASA), a specially trained and supervised community volunteer appointed by the judge. Research shows that just one consistent, stable, and healthy relationship significantly improves adult outcomes for foster children."

Imagining Yolo Davis playlist for 03/03/2023
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Davis Garden Show, March 2, 2023

Thu, 03/02/2023 - 12:00pm | Don Shor

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Today: More about avocado pruning, bacterial gummosis of stone fruits, talking to plants, small space gardening, cottony cushion scale, and more (avocado photo courtesy of Marta Matvienko).

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Album of the Week, March 1, 2023: 'Like a month of therapy and a week at the spa'

Wed, 03/01/2023 - 5:10pm | Pieter Pastoor

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Beth Post here: Today I'm fulfilling a long-held dream of sharing a favorite "soundtrack of my life" album on KDRT's Album of the Week.

Thanks, Pieter Pastoor, for letting me cycle in.

We're playing Disc 2: "After Hours" of Chillin' at the Playboy Mansion. This album is the soundtrack to the Post family's annual North Fork of Long Island end-of-summer vacay, and just hearing the needle drop on this thing is like a month of therapy and a week at the spa.

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Jazz After Dark, Feb. 28, 2023

Tue, 02/28/2023 - 5:00pm | Don Shor

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Tonight on Jazz After Dark: songs from 1927 to 1969. Fats Waller, Count Basie & His Orchestra, Dinah Shore & Buddy Clark, Louis Armstrong, Charlie Christian, Dizzy Gillespie, Duke Ellington And His Famous Orchestra with Johnny Hodges, Roland Kirk, Nat King Cole, Al Hirt, Miles Davis, Bud Powell Trio (Kenny Clark drum solo), Johnny Hodges, Herbie Mann, and then Ella Fitzgerald with the Ernie Heckscher Big Band & Tommy Flanagan.

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