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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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Democracy Now!

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Hosted by Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez, Democracy Now is an award-winning syndicated news program that gives voice to perspectives rarely heard in corporate-sponsored media, including independent journalists, grassroots leaders and peace activists, artists, academics, independent analysts, and ordinary people from around the world.

Live Friday 9-10am
Homepage URL: 
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Dashboard Diaries

Hop in for a trip through ever-changing musical landscapes, from familiar highways to roads less travelled. Dashboard Diaries host Ray K loves to share hand-picked tunes spanning broad styles of music, with a nod to the real, organic disc jockey-driven radio of his youth. It's all about the journey...

Live Thursday 3-5pm
Replays Wednesday 10am-12pm, Saturday 1-3pm
DJ(s): 
RayK
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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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A Constant Grin

DJ Chris Mussen presents all things modern indie, from shoegaze to psychedelic, dream pop to space rock, post-punk to indie folk. Whatever you prefer on your indie playlists, A Constant Grin is sure to keep you smiling.

Live Friday 2-2:30pm
Replays Saturday 7-7:30pm
DJ(s): 
Chris Mussen
Homepage URL: 
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The Cerealist

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The Cerealist curates chilling broadcasts of loud + bizarre soundscapes from an ancient cave bellowing death metal from around the globe, with smoky stage lights on music from American, Swedish, and Norwegian shredders. Tune in every week for 30 brutal minutes of blast-beat heaven!

Live Wednesday 7:30-8pm
Replays Sunday 11:30pm-Monday 12am
DJ(s): 
The Cerealist
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Beyond broken glass: Anoosh JorJorian is the guest this week on Hello Davis!

Tue, 08/18/2026 - 10:19am | Pieter Pastoor

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Corner Drug, a longtime family-owned pharmacy in Woodland, was recently targeted in an anti-LGBTQ act of vandalism. Store windows were broken and hateful messages were written on the building, leaving behind damage that reaches far beyond broken glass.

This week on Hello Davis!, Wednesday, Aug. 19 at 5:30 p.m., our guest is Anoosh JorJorian, who is affiliated with the Davis Phoenix Coalition.

Anoosh will help us look beyond the incident and discuss the broader questions it raises: How do acts of hate affect members of the LGBTQ community? What impact do they have on the larger community? And what social and cultural conditions create an environment in which this kind of hostility can take root?

Join us for an important conversation about hate, its consequences, and the role all of us can play in building communities where people feel safe, respected, and welcome.

Listen in at KDRT 95.7 FM or online at KDRT.org.

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Jazz After Dark August 18 2026

Mon, 08/17/2026 - 12:04am | Don Shor

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On tonight's show: Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five with Ella Fitzgerald, Cat Anderson and His Orchestra & Jimmy Jones, Billy Taylor, Al Hirt, The Tommy Flanagan Trio, Ray Charles, Gerry Mulligan, Clark Terry & Chico O'Farrill, Preservation Hall Jazz Band, New Orleans' Own The Dukes of Dixieland, Hank Crawford, and Carol Welsman.

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Sonic Rehab, Monday Aug. 17, 2026

Sun, 08/16/2026 - 5:10pm | Jojo Johanssen

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Catch the next Sonic Rehab this Monday the 17th from 1-3 p.m. to see what sort of delicacies DJ Jojo Johanssen's picked out. Some Herbie Hancock, Cameo, Tata Vega, and Jesca Hoop. Also a tune and lack of a tune for his friend who sadly passed recently,  a track by an artist whose name can't be said over the air (there's a NAUGHTY word involved), and Cat Stevens covering Stevie Wonder. It's going to be all sorts of rollercoaster, and all sorts of great music, so tune in this Monday or catch it as you can over the next 2 weeks on kdrt.org.

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The Electric Compost Heap -- Aug. 14, 2026

Fri, 08/14/2026 - 5:26pm | Dug Deep

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STOP EVERYTHING! Friday at 6 p.m. Pacific on The Electric Compost Heap, it's the cat's pajamas! We'll be spinning a litterbox full of new music, including brand new stuff from Anton Barbeau, Kiwi Jr., and Why Bother. Hope all you cats and kittens can join us on 95.7fm Davis and KDRT.org worldwide. Listen at your leisure via the web and the podcast apps!

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A century of sound: 10 decades, 10 songs, on Listening Lyrics, Aug. 14, 2026

Fri, 08/14/2026 - 4:00pm | Pieter Pastoor

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A Century of Sound: 10 Decades, 10 Songs takes listeners on a musical journey from the 1930s to today, featuring one fun and memorable song from each decade. Along the way, Listening Lyrics explores how popular music changed—and how advances in recording technology transformed the way we hear it. Join us on KDRT for nearly 100 years of music, sound, and innovation in just ten songs.

Check out the latest listening experience on https://www.dolby.com/atmos-visualizer-music/

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Davis Garden Show, Aug. 13, 2026

Thu, 08/13/2026 - 12:00pm | Don Shor

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Today’s topics: planting brassicas now, mosquitoes, allelopathy and fennel, pests of cherries and eucalyptus, the string-of plants and cat safety, and more.

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Hello Davis! -- Aug. 12, 2026

Wed, 08/12/2026 - 5:30pm | Pieter Pastoor

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This week on Hello Davis!, Brett Lee of the Downtown Davis Business Association sits down with Dave Greenwald, executive director of the Davis Vanguard, for a conversation about how downtown Davis has changed over the past three decades.

Dave has maintained an office in downtown for more than 30 years, giving him a front-row seat to the growth, challenges, and changing character of the city center. Brett invites Dave to look back at what downtown was like 30 years ago, what has disappeared, what has taken its place, and how changes in business, housing, transportation, development, and community life have shaped the downtown we know today.

It’s a conversation about Davis then and now — and what the next chapter of downtown Davis might look like.

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2026-08-11: Replay of That's Life with David Hosley (2021)

Tue, 08/11/2026 - 11:00pm | Lois Richter

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David Hosley had led a very full life. Lois could have interviewed him about many many different things and filled up a show -- his long media career (starting at age 12!), being a renowned investigative reporter,  teaching at various colleges and universities, UC administration, managing LOTS of radio and tv stations, producing six documentaries, training journalists in ethics, heading non-profits, talking about the history of migration into California and the challenges of life in the San Joaquin valley, and sharing thoughts on community, economy, social assumptions, and why people work after retirement.  As I say, we COULD have filled up an hour on any of those.  Instead, because we met working together on a project of the Davis Genealogy Club, we started with family history and went from there. 

So how do I know all those other things about David Hosley? We actually touch on them all during this show!  Jam-packed and fully loaded, this episode is definitely a keeper.

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Jazz After Dark, Aug. 11, 2026

Tue, 08/11/2026 - 8:00pm | Don Shor

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Sax player Cannonball Adderley is our featured artist tonight. Recordings with Miles Davis, Milt Jackson, John Coltrane, Bill Evans, and more.

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Davisville, Aug. 10, 2026: Changes coming downtown, especially if you drive

Mon, 08/10/2026 - 5:30pm | Bill Buchanan

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People who drive downtown will see some changes starting in September. The immediate change is the switch to paid parking in three central parking lots with about 330 spaces. The change that will take awhile to show up is the impact of approximately 340 new apartments planned along G Street, mostly without space for parking (the photo shows the demolition in progress on Aug. 5 of a former Davis Ace building, where some of the new apartments will be built). If the renters don’t bring cars, then this change should add more life to downtown without amping up the competition for a place to park. If.

Today on Davisville we talk about these changes with Brett Lee, executive director of the Davis Downtown Business Association (and a former mayor), and Trish Price, vice president of Bike Davis. As the discussion shows, these changes contain more nuance than might appear at first glance.   

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