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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.

 

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Listening Lyrics

Listening Lyrics, Pieter Pastoor, KDRT
Welcome to an hour of LISTENING LYRICS. Right here on KDRT 95.7FM in Davis, California. Listening Lyrics is a genre free zone - we feature the artist. What makes them do their thing. Listen to the hope and satisfaction in their voices. Listen to what only commercial free community radio can bring you. Close your eyes - open your ears - relax your mind. Join host Pieter Pastoor as he sends color to your ears. Now lets enter, the mother of all that is music and lyrics and the human capability of producing art.
Live Friday 4-5pm
Replays Sunday 11am-12pm
DJ(s): 
Pieter Pastoor
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Divine Intervention (1st/3rd week) – The Electric Compost Heap (2nd/4th week)

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Divine Intervention with Jess Goddésse strikes the airwaves every 1st & 3rd Friday, bringing you an unholy assortment of rock, pop, punk, psych, funk, jazz, roots, and randomness across the decades plus brand new releases. For the truly devout, Vinyl Vespers, a celebration of record-store bargain bins, plus our Goddess of the Month featured artiste!

Live Friday 6-8pm
Replays Monday 8-10pm
DJ(s): 
Jess Goddésse, Dug Deep
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Heart to Heart

Heart to Heart KDRT program Davis California

Nothing brings greater rewards than a life filled with love and care for people and the world around us. With Heart to Heart, host "Dr. G" inspires and teaches listeners to live life richly and lightly. To ask a question on the show, call 1.530.792.1648 during the live broadcast. Check the Davis Enterprise to for guests and weekly topics.

Live Wednesday 12-1pm
Replays Sunday 8-9am
DJ(s): 
Dr. Gitane
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Roots, Shoots and Leaves

Roots, Shoots and Leaves' DJ Tree has a theory of music that involves a tree. Suffice it to say that it involves a trinity — an exploration of themes and connections among recording artists — and otherwise very few boundaries. Listen for music old and new, known and unknown. And if you listen long enough, you may experience some musical enlightenment. 

Live Tuesday 6-8pm
Replays Thursday 4-6pm
DJ(s): 
Tree Kilpatrick
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This Way Out

This Way Out KDRT

This Way Out is an award-winning nationally syndicated show that gives voice to the lesbian/gay/bisexual/transgender movement. Fighting for LGBT equality and rights since 1988, the program shows no signs of slowing down!

Live Tuesday 11:30pm-Wednesday 12am
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In the Key of Folk, Sept. 10, 2025

Wed, 09/10/2025 - 12:30pm | Karen Leyse

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Wednesday again already? Yes it is, and it's almost 2  p.m. Pacific time, which means that it's about time for In the Key of Folk on KDRT! Today we have a bunch of new releases for your enjoyment, including several by songwriters accoladed by the Northeast Regional Folk Alliance, and several from a compilation, The Long Journey Home, which John McCutcheon has produced to recognize the music of the 1925 Mountain City Fiddler's Convention: Hint, you'll hear Tim O'Brien, Jake Blount, amazing bluegrass fiddler Becky Buller, and John McCutcheon on these. So stay tuned to KDRT 95.7 FM or KDRT.org for replays and much more!

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Jazz After Dark, Sept. 9, 2025

Tue, 09/09/2025 - 5:00pm | Don Shor

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On tonight’s show:

  • Glenn Miller, Little Brown Jug
  • Duke Ellington, Take The A Train
  • Lester Young & His Band, These Foolish Things
  • Art Tatum, Willow Weep For Me
  • Count Basie, Cherokee
  • Charlie Shavers and Maxine Sullivan, Dark Eyes
  • Claude Williamson Trio, Stompin' at the Savoy
  • Tony Scott, My Funny Valentine
  • Stan Getz with Gerry Mulligan, Let's Fall in Love
  • Art Pepper, You'd Be So Nice to Come Home To
  • Ella Fitzgerald, Misty
  • Harry Carney & The Duke's Men, Jeepers Creepers
  • McCoy Tyner, Satin Doll
  • Earl "Fatha" Hines & Johnny Hodges, Tippin' In
  • Zoot Sims, Somebody Loves Me
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Save the date! KDRT's 21st birthday bash is Oct. 3, 2025

Tue, 09/09/2025 - 12:00pm | Jess Goddésse

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Save the date! We’re getting ready to celebrate our 21st birthday on Friday, Oct. 3, with live music from The Cantaliers, surprises from our infamous DiRT Bag, and new swag. Please plan to join us at Sudwerk starting at 6 p.m.!

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Davisville, Sept. 8, 2025: We talk with Benjy Egel, food editor for Abridged, a major new source of regional news

Mon, 09/08/2025 - 5:30pm | Bill Buchanan

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Greater Sacramento will gain a promising new source of news and information when Abridged, part of Sacramento public TV station KVIE, officially debuts on Sept. 16. Benjy Egel (pictured), who grew up in Davis and formerly wrote about food for the Sacramento Bee, is Abridged’s senior food editor, and he describes the new journalism project today on Davisville.

The venture employs several journalists who, like Egel, have already worked in this region. We learn how Abridged will work and what it will write about (generally no crime, or politics that aren’t local). Its main product will be a written newsletter, plus video, free to all. The name plays off the idea of building bridges through information, Tower bridge, and writing succinctly. He says Abridged already has enough money for the first three years despite the Trump administration's cuts to public media.

Because Benjy knows Davis, we also took this opportunity near the end of the show to get his thoughts on the city's places to eat.

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KDRT schedule switcheroo – September 2025

Sun, 09/07/2025 - 11:00pm | Jess Goddésse

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Listen up! Swell schedule switcheroos start this week, including music in the mornings, 7-9 a.m. Monday-Friday! Just a  sampling:

MON: The KDRT Monday Morning Show, live w/DJ Ned [NEW SHOW!]

TUES: Silver Nine Volt Heart, live w/Rodriguez [NEW TIME!]

WED: It's a Twang Thang, live w/DJ Dirk [TWANG ON!]

We also welcome Ray K.'s Dashboard Diaries to the air on Thursday afternoons, a best of The Folk Brothers show collection on Mondays & Fridays, and more syndicated music shows for night owls, including The Night Train Cocktail Lounge, Nuestra Musica, and The Reggae Cruise!

Get smart! Check out these shows and more via the schedule tab at KDRT.org, where replays are available to you anytime!

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Divine Intervention – Sept. 5, 2025

Fri, 09/05/2025 - 5:30pm | Jess Goddésse

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Oh, yes, it's almost time for Divine Intervention, bringing you new music — Anton Barbeau, Art d'Ecco, The Hives, Hunx & His Punks, Sloan, Thee Oh Sees, Vandoliers, more — and a Vinyl Vespers spin. The fun starts at 6 p.m. sharp, Friday, Sep. 5, here on KDRT 95.7 fm + KDRT (and thereafter via the web and podcasts)!

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'Eyes of the Storm' photos by Paul McCartney, on Listening Lyrics, Sept. 5, 2025

Fri, 09/05/2025 - 5:10pm | Pieter Pastoor

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Nearly 60 years after the Beatles performed their final concert at Candlestick Park, Beatlemania is back in the Bay in the form of "Eyes of the Storm" at the de Young, an exhibit of more than 250 personal photographs by Paul McCartney. Images of screaming crowds and paparazzi show the magnitude of the group’s fame and the cultural change they represented.  

In this hour, I play the music of artists mentioned in this photo display -- music the Beatles enjoyed in the early 1960s.

Go back in time. Listen in.

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The Russ Tolman Goodtime Hour – Sept. 4, 2025

Thu, 09/04/2025 - 3:00pm | Russ Tolman

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This week on The Russ Tolman Goodtime Hour, a mix of music guaranteed to please, including tunes from Allah-Las, Arc de Soleil, Dylan Earl, Gill Landry, Nicks Cave and Drake, and more. Tune in at 9 p.m. PT on KDRT 95.7 FM + KDRT.org! Stream anytime via the web or the podcast apps!

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Davis Garden Show, Sept. 4, 2025

Thu, 09/04/2025 - 12:00pm | Don Shor

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Today’s topics: broccoli and cauliflower, verticillium wilt vs. tomato russet mite, planting in a city open space, and more

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In the Key of Folk, Sept. 3, 2025

Wed, 09/03/2025 - 12:30pm | Karen Leyse

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One thing about a road trip is that it can leave you wishing for more! Another thing about a road trip is that you definitely need music, a playlist! So tune in today at 2 p.m. PT on KDRT 95.7FM in Davis, or online at KDRT.org, to listen to In the Key of Folk revisit some of the music that recently kept 16 hours on the road joyful. We'll include tracks from Amble, My Politic,  Anne Briggs, Casey Driessen, Dave Stamey, Iris Dement and more! I hope that you'll join in!

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