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Davis Media Access (DMA) is a dba of Davis Community Television, a 501(c)(3) non-profit corporation. DMA is a community media center serving Davis, CA and surrounding areas. Our mission is to enrich and strengthen the community by providing alternatives to commercial media for local voices, opinions and creative endeavors. Our major projects are KDRT 95.7 FM, Davis Community Television and DJUSD Channel 17.

About Us

KDRT is low-power grassroots radio located in Davis, California, airing an eclectic mix of music and public affairs programming, and building community by promoting dialogue, encouraging artistic expression, and acting as a forum for people who typically lack media access. Noncommercial radio KDRT 95.7 FM is a project of Davis Media Access (DMA.) DMA is a dba of Davis Community Television, a 501(c)(3) non-profit corporation. Our mission reflects our values: localism, social equality, public participation, media literacy, diversity, and, of course, community media. Read more...

OUR PROGRAMS

Music Eclectica

Music Eclectica explores every genre of music including (but never limited to) rock, soul, jazz, hip-hop, electronica, indie, folk, country, metal, R&B, and all of their overlaps.

Live Wednesday 10-11pm

Replays Sunday 8-9pm

DJ(s):

Shawn Rainbow

Davis Garden Show

Nursery pro Don Shor has been gardening and selling plants in Davis for more than three decades. Join Don and co-host Lois Richter as they discuss and answer your questions on all things for the garden.

Live Thursday 12-1pm

Replays Saturday 9-10am

DJ(s):

Lois Richter, Don Shor

Homepage URL:

Davis Garden Show on the Web

Meraki Radio

Meraki [may-rah-kee] (adjective) This is a word that modern Greeks often use to describe doing something with soul, creativity, or love — when you put "something of yourself" into what you're doing, whatever it may be.

Meraki Radio tries to live up to the definition of this interesting word. Anyone who wants to get behind the mic and talk about meraki in their own life-- whether it be professional, historical, artistic, scientific, prolific or otherwise is encouraged to contact the show at kdrtmeraki@gmail.com.

Live Tuesday 12:30-1pm

Replays Tuesday 5:30-6pm, Thursday 2-2:30pm

DJ(s):

Alison B, Kate M

Davisville

Davis is full of interesting people, ideas, connections, and events. On Davisville, host Bill Buchanan presents stories from in and around town that involve the Davis community. The show is a three-time winner of Journalistic Excellence awards from the San Francisco Press Club.

Live Monday 5:30-6pm

Replays Friday 12:30-1pm, Saturday 8:30-9am, Sunday 12:30-1pm

DJ(s):

Bill Buchanan

Tales of the Resistance

The legendary San Francisco Mime Troupe presents:

Tales of the resistance- an original radio serial!

Featuring 9 parts in four distinct genres that will run bi-weekly throughout the summer!

Four different story lines – told in the style of detective noir, adventure, horror, sci-fi – will culminate in a finale where all the narratives converge. The show will be in their signature style which includes – political comedy, biting satire, and catchy original music.

Live Thursday 11:30am-12pm

Replays Thursday 11:30pm-Friday 12am, Sunday 7:30-8pm

Homepage URL:

SF Mime Troupe

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Jazz After Dark September 15 2020

Tue, 09/15/2020 - 7:05pm | Don Shor

Coming up tonight on Jazz After Dark! Count Basie, Erroll Garner, Peggy Lee, Ella Fitzgerald, Oscar Peterson, Duke Ellington, Louis Armstrong, The Don Ellis Orchestra, Paul Desmond Quartet, Bob Brookmeyer Small Band, Ramsey Lewis, Houston Person, and Niels-Henning Orsted Pedersen with Mulgrew Miller.

Jazz After Dark broadcasts 8 pm Tuesdays on KDRT-LP 95.7 FM in Davis, CA. Replays Monday 11 pm.

Live-streaming at https://kdrt.org/page/listen-now

Show page here: https://kdrt.org/program/jazz-after-dark

Link to tonight's program: https://kdrt.org/audio/jazz-after-dark-800pm-sep-15th-2020

(Music shows are archived for two weeks).

Look for us on iTunes (you can listen to the live broadcast via their Radio link; just search for KDRT) or your favorite podcast site.

https://player.fm/featured/jazz

Celtic Songlines Episode 3: From Scotland, Hungary, Ireland and Beyond - Sep 15th, 2020

Tue, 09/15/2020 - 12:10pm | David A. Reynolds

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On this week's program: Phillip Boulding's music featuring his hammered dulcimer, Old Blind Dogs from Scotland, Dervish, An Dochas, Kate Rusby Fay Hield, from Hungary The Moon & The Nightspirit, Celtic super group The Gloaming, Borun's Ghost, Dublin's Lankum and Altan. Altan will be streaming their first live concert since March on September 25th via their facebook page. From the Sunday Tribune, Dublin "“The appeal of Altan centres on the fact that they see no differences or divisions in music. As such, they have managed to cross the all- important cultural barriers between folk and world and rock music”.

Davisville, Sept. 14, 2020: Learn how psychedelic pedal steel and sweet harmonies helped mix country with rock ’n’ roll

Mon, 09/14/2020 - 6:10pm | Bill Buchanan

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So, what’s your opinion of the Eagles? The band, not the team. How about Emmylou Harris, the unusual pedal steel of the Flying Burrito Brothers, or the pop twang of the Beatles’ “Rocky Raccoon”? If any of this resonates with you, or even simply makes you curious, then today’s guest might interest you: Larry Lobre, a retired administrator at UC Davis, a musician, and an instructor whose next class for the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at UC Davis in October presents “The Origins and Development of Country Rock Music.” We talk about the genre, what it offers, OLLI, The Flying Burrito Brothers'Gilded Palace of Sin, and the time Merle Haggard, his backseat full of 45 records, drove in to a Signal gas station where Larry was working in Oildale.

Estelle California Shares Her Music and Vision on Listening Lyrics, Friday, Sept. 11, 2020

Thu, 09/10/2020 - 5:51pm | Pieter Pastoor

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Estelle California is a singer/songwriter born in France. She started playing the piano when she was 5 and went on to study saxophone. Later, she was formally trained in opera. Her current life is a far cry from her childhood in France, where she suffered physical and mental abuse, and lived in an environment where she saw many people being discriminated against.

Estelle is a passionate artist, musician, writer, and activist dedicated to shining the light of resilience and bringing forth social healing throughout the world. Her single "Black is the True Light" has garnered significant media attention and resonated with people all over the globe.

Jazz After Dark September 08 2020

Tue, 09/08/2020 - 1:55pm | Don Shor

Jazz After Dark presents a special show at 8 pm tonight featuring artists and works from the second volume of Derrick Bang’s new book: Crime and Spy Jazz on Screen. Tonight, we feature music from 1970 (ok, 1969) on.

You’ll hear performances by Shirley Bassey, Marvin Gaye, Isaac Hayes, Lalo Schifrin, Jerry Fielding, Miles Davis, Taj Mahal, Jimmy Scott, David ‘Fathead’ Newman with Geri Allen & Mark Whitfield, Kansas City Band, Christophe Beck, Louis Armstrong, and Stanley Turrentine.

Featuring selections from Trouble Man, Shaft, Magnum Force and Dirty Harry, The Gauntlet, Mission Impossible, Hot Spot, Twin Peaks, Robert Altman’s Kansas City, The Pink Panther (Steve Martin remake), and, of course: Bond … James Bond.

Link to this week's show: https://kdrt.org/audio/jazz-after-dark-800pm-sep-8th-2020

(Music shows are archived for two weeks).

For more information about the books, just visit https://www.screenactionjazz.com/

COVID-19 Community Report Episode 35: Davis AquaMonsters and Davis Arts Center Describe How Their Summer Programs Adapted - Sep 8th, 2020

Tue, 09/08/2020 - 12:40pm | Autumn Labbe-Renault

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Each week on the "COVID-19 Community Report," we share local news and resources, focusing on what’s impacting Davis and nearby cities in Yolo County during the COVID-19 pandemic. Today on Episode 35, I'll interview Koren Motekaitis about her longtime role co-directing youth swim program Davis AquaMonsters. We'll discuss impacts of the pandemic on youth sports, including how it's narrowing future options for recognition and scholarships. I'll also talk with Stacie Frerichs, executive director of the Davis Arts Center, about how they've had to pivot and change during the pandemic.

Let Us Stay Positive: Tunes for the Times on Listening Lyrics, Friday, Sept. 4, 2020

Thu, 09/03/2020 - 4:11pm | Pieter Pastoor

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Covid-19, hurricanes, fires, racial unrest, a polarized country -- yes, we are living in biblical times. So take an hour and listen to the sounds musicians have been giving us to carry on.

“Yesterday is not ours to recover, but tomorrow is ours to win or lose.”

— Lyndon B. Johnson

Jazz After Dark September 01 2020

Tue, 09/01/2020 - 6:45pm | Don Shor

Coming up at 8 pm tonight on Jazz After Dark: old-fashioned jazz by some of the great artists of the mid-20th century. Fats Waller, Earl Hines, Benny Goodman, Eubie Blake, Coleman Hawkins, Billie Holiday, Jimmy Lunceford, Sidney Bechet, Erskine Hawkins, Ella Fitzgerald, Rahsaan Roland Kirk, Gerry Mulligan, The Ray Brown Trio, Diana Krall, Charlie Haden and Hank Jones.

Broadcasts 8 pm Tuesdays on KDRT-LP 95.7 FM in Davis, CA. Replays Monday 11 pm.

Live-streaming at https://kdrt.org/page/listen-now

Show page here: https://kdrt.org/program/jazz-after-dark

Playlists, archives, and RSS Feed here: https://kdrt.org/blogs/don-shor-0

Look for us on iTunes or your favorite podcast site.

https://player.fm/featured/jazz

COVID-19 Community Report Episode 34: Speaking with Sara Gavin, Chief Behavioral Health Officer at CommuniCare Davis and Melanie Carr of Tuesday Table- Sep 1st, 2020

Tue, 09/01/2020 - 12:40pm | Autumn Labbe-Renault

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This unparalleled time we're living through affects not only our physical health, but our mental health as well. Today I speak with Sara Gavin, LMFT/LPCC. She serves as Chief Behavioral Health Officer at CommuniCare Health Centers, overseeing a 100-person team of Mental Health and Substance Use Disorder services in Yolo County, and also sits on the Board of Directors of National Alliance for NAMI-Yolo. We'll speak about current mental health challenges, and what kinds of local resources are available. In our second interview, I chat with Melanie Carr, a Davis resident who's been offering a "Tuesday Table" through the pandemic, a "take what you need" offering in one Davis neighborhood.

Davisville, Aug. 31, 2020: Changes in Davis homelessness since a year ago

Mon, 08/31/2020 - 6:10pm | Bill Buchanan

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Ryan Collins and Paul Doroshov first appeared on Davisville in July 2019 to talk about homelessness in Davis (“Many homeless people in Davis are finding homes, but more people are becoming homeless”). Today we catch up with developments since then, including the Daytime Respite Center that opened on L Street in February, and the impact of the pandemic. Ryan works directly with homeless people in Davis as the homeless outreach services coordinator for the city, and Paul is deputy police chief for Davis.

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