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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 on the first, third and occasional fifth Friday of the month.  

Live Friday 11am-1pm
Replays Sunday 9-11am
DJ(s): 
Greg LaTraille
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Night Train Cocktail Lounge

A saloon of songs and sounds from back then, focusing on anything recorded between the 1890s and the 1970s. All forms of jazz, blues, rock, surf, garage, punk, country, folk, film-radio-television samples, speeches, comedy, and anything grabbed from the ages and put to cylinder, wax or tape, colliding on top each other.

Night Train Cocktail Lounge is produced live at WXOX-LP FM in Louisville, KY. All local material is edited, including times and dates, making each episode an evergreen episode. All episodes are FCC compliant.

Live Wednesday 9-10pm
Homepage URL: 
Night Train Cocktail Lounge
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Reggae Cruise

Reggae music from over 100 nations highlighting the global reach and how the components have contributed to its evolution with a focus on the 21st century. No dancehall. 

Live Friday 11pm-Saturday 12am
Homepage URL: 
Reggae Cruise
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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 Wednesday 10-11pm
DJ(s): 
Don Shor
Homepage URL: 
Jazz After Dark on the Web (blog with playlists)
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Education Beat

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KDRT is proud to air EdSource’s program Education Beat, getting to the heart of California schools. From EdSource: "Join us each week as we cover everything from preschool to college, bringing you the personal stories behind the headlines.   We want you to hear the voices that are too often drowned out in the broader conversation: parents, teachers, and the students themselves."

Live Monday 5-5:30pm
Homepage URL: 
Ed Source on the web
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Jazz After Dark, July 16, 2024

Tue, 07/16/2024 - 5:00pm | Don Shor

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On tonight’s show:

  • Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong, Summertime
  • Benny Goodman, Jersey Bounce
  • Gene Krupa, Anita O'Day & Roy Eldridge, Knock Me A Kiss
  • Lena Horne, The Lady Is A Tramp
  • Edmond Hall and the Hot Jazz Stars, Indiana
  • Jimmy McPartland's Hot Jazz Stars, Muskrat Ramble
  • Terry Pollard and Her Septet, Mamblues
  • Terry Pollard and Her Septet, Cat Meets Chick
  • Tony Bennett, Firefly
  • Ben Webster & Gerry Mulligan, Sunday
  • Bobby Darin, Beyond The Sea
  • Cal Tjader, Soul Burst (Guajera)
  • Duke Ellington, Take The "A" Train (Vocal)
  • Count Basie and His Orchestra, It's Only A Paper Moon
  • Ray Charles, It Ain't Necessarily So (instrumental)
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Davisville, July 15, 2024: The other real estate in Davis

Mon, 07/15/2024 - 5:30pm | Bill Buchanan

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People talk more often about housing, but the commercial side of Davis real estate is just as important. That includes the buildings we work in, hang out in, meet in — in other words, offices, stores, restaurants, industrial space, apartments, churches, and your favorite place for coffee. The kinds and amounts of commercial property available, what it costs, the condition it’s in, how people use it, all of that shapes life in our town.

Today we talk about Davis commercial real estate with two people who often appear on Davisville when we talk about local housing — Steve and James Boschken, father and son real estate professionals in Davis. Topics include the demand for “second-generation” restaurant space, office vacancies, rent trends, and properties ranging from the large new biotech/manufacturing building opening on Faraday to what might happen to the now fenced-off former Carl’s Jr. in northeast Davis.

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Replay of Paul Smaldino of The Small Dinosaurs, live in the studio on Listening Lyrics, Aug. 19, 2022

Fri, 07/12/2024 - 5:00pm | admin

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Paul Smaldino is the lead singer of The Small Dinosaurs, a strange band dedicated to singing songs about the little things that matter. Their first album, Household Songs, is entirely about household chores, and is available everywhere on the internet. Their second album, Dad Songs, is due out in 2023.  Listen in, get to know Paul, and learn a bit about little things that matter.

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NEW! Audio Ecotone – Fridays at 3 p.m.

Fri, 07/12/2024 - 11:00am | Eddy Owt

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Don't miss the latest addition to our programming lineup — The Audio Ecotone — an off-the-beaten-path journey into a zone of sounds old and new, familiar and strange, mainstream and just a bit out of left field. Come explore the music of the last 100 years with your guide Eddy Owt — every Friday afternoon at 3 Pacific on KDRT, where the grassroots grow!

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Davis Garden Show, July 11, 2024

Thu, 07/11/2024 - 12:00pm | Don Shor

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Today's topics: sunburned leaves and heat wave issues, watering trees, arborist wood chips, and more.

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Special 7-11 re-airing of Bob Wertzberger on Listening Lyrics from May 6, 2016

Thu, 07/11/2024 - 10:00am | Jeff Shaw

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We celebrate Bob on 7-11. Listen to this old episode now online, or via the broadcast at 3 p.m. today. Tune in at 7 p.m. tonight on July 11, 2024 to hear a special live recording of the song 7-11, and again at 9 p.m. for more tribute. You can also watch Bob perform with his full band, starting at 46 minutes in, here:

https://dctv.davismedia.org/content/nexus-stage-live-chickeebob-05-04-13

Read Autumn's blog post for more.

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IMPLOSION – 10 July 2024

Wed, 07/10/2024 - 10:00am | Nick Saloman

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You know you don't want to miss this week's edition of IMPLOSION with the one and only Nick Saloman, bringing you the best in psychedelic rock and complementary sounds from the likes of the McCoys, the Raiders, the Grumbleweeds, Venus & the Razorblades, and more. Tune in at 5p Pacific to KDRT 95.7 fm | KDRT.org — check the schedule online for replays and the audio archive!

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Jazz After Dark, July 9, 2024

Tue, 07/09/2024 - 5:00pm | Don Shor

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Longer sets on tonight's show:

  • Erroll Garner, Farewell To Paris
  • Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis, The Rev
  • Earl "Fatha" Hines, Lonesome Road
  • Sarah Vaughan, Wave
  • Toots Thielemans, Tenor Madness
  • Gerry Mulligan, Sun on the Stairs
  • Milcho Leviev & Friends, Take the 'A' Train
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Divine Intervention – July 5, 2024

Fri, 07/05/2024 - 5:00pm | Jess Goddésse

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Get ready for a blast of torrid tunes this HOT summer evening at 6 p.m. Pacific on Divine Intervention. We'll hear some old favorites ... some new tracks from Sour Widows, Redd Kross, the Woggles, Girl and Girl, Guided by Voices, La Luz ... a track or two from our new Goddess of the Month (who will it be?!) ... and, of course, Vinyl Vespers (yikes!) ... all here on KDRT 95.7fm  |  KDRT.org.

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Replay of Guillaume Pastoor and the bossa nova, on Listening Lyrics, from April 5, 2024

Fri, 07/05/2024 - 5:00pm | admin

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Guillaume Pastoor joins us this week to share with us his "affair" with the music genre bossa nova. Guillaume carefully selected songs to show us how different singers around the world interpet the music of Antonio Carlos Jobim.

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