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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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Independent and Local

Independent and Local

Independent and Local is a music program featuring local unsigned artists and bands, including "Moments" — brief interviews with experts in the scientific, health, and artistic communities about interesting topics and current events. The main focus is music, along with a few outside-the-box ideas.

Live Wednesday 8-9pm
Replays Saturday 11pm-Sunday 12am
DJ(s): 
Sam Hawk
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Afrosonic Taxi

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DJK lives by the motto “connecting cultures with music.” Each week he invites listeners to hop in the Afrosonic Taxi for a global ride through music with African roots, showcasing artists whose hopeful, defiant sounds uplift, inspire, and make you move.

Live Thursday 10-11pm
Homepage URL: 
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Hello Davis!

Hello Davis!

Hello Davis! spotlights the people and organizations that help define the character of our town. Each week, one of the follow local community organizations hosts the program in rotation, interviewing guests connected to their work — sharing stories, highlighting their programs, and offering a closer look at how they serve Davis. 

Live Wednesday 5:30-6pm
Replays Wednesday 11:30pm-Thursday 12am
DJ(s): 
Pieter Pastoor
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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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Old-Time Radio

Old Time Radio KDRT Davis California

Immerse yourself in programs from radio’s Golden Age.

Live Sunday 10-11:30pm
DJ(s): 
Jim Buchanan
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Jazz After Dark, July 14, 2026

Tue, 07/14/2026 - 8:00pm | Don Shor

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Tonight's show: Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie & His Orchestra, Dave Brubeck, Herbie Mann, Johnny Hodges, Red Norvo with Frank Sinatra, Wes Montgomery, Charlie Byrd & Stan Getz, George Shearing with Nat King Cole, Mongo Santamaria, Astrud Gilberto, George Benson with The McCoy Tyner Trio, Roy Clark & Joe Pass, and Antonio Carlos Jobim.

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Davisville, July 13, 2026: Davis and Bob Dunning ‘saved my career’

Mon, 07/13/2026 - 5:30pm | Bill Buchanan

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Editorial cartoonist Jack Ohman is good at skewering whatever he targets in his cartoons, a talent recognized by the honors he has received, including the Pulitzer Prize a decade ago and the Herblock Prize this year.

Most people in Davis know him for the cartoons he drew for the Sacramento Bee for a decade. But Davis and longtime local journalist Bob Dunning also helped Ohman save his career, he says today on Davisville.

Three years ago McClatchy, which owns the Bee, fired Ohman and the company’s two other editorial cartoonists, saying it didn’t want to run daily editorial cartoons anymore. Ohman, then 62, joined the San Francisco Chronicle part-time as a columnist and cartoonist, and a larger recovery followed when he launched You Betcha!, a Substack home in 2024 for his cartoons and columns. He got advice from Dunning and others — Dunning, of course, launched his own Substack after the Davis Enterprise cut him loose two years ago, and quickly surpassed the salary he’d lost.

Other topics today: How Ohman works; developing a meta sense of San Francisco from regular meetings with Willie Brown; fishing; becoming a political columnist; and his project, currently idle, to write a graphic personal memoir of the Apollo 11 moon landing 57 years ago this month.

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Hello Davis!, July 15, 2026: Disability Pride Month with the Davis Phoenix Coalition

Mon, 07/13/2026 - 4:37pm | Pieter Pastoor

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This Wednesday at 5:30 p.m., Hello Davis! will welcome The Davis Phoenix Coalition, when coalition Director Anoosh Jorjorian will interview Kate Laddish and Kelly Heung.

Laddish (she/her), a longtime advocate for disabled Californians who lives in Winters, is president of the California IHSS Consumer Alliance and chair of the Yolo County In-Home Supportive Services Advisory Committee. Dr. Heung is associate director of the Northern California LEND (Leadership Education in Neurodevelopmental and Related Disabilities) training program with the UC Davis MIND Institute.

The program airs on KDRT 95.7 FM and kdrt.org

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Get some Rehab this Monday, July 13, 2026!

Sat, 07/11/2026 - 6:53pm | Jojo Johanssen

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DJ Jojo Johanssen is back with some more Sonic Rehab to get your week started. He continues to make his way through the new Brian Jackson album, along with the classic original versions by Jackson and Gil Scott Heron. He'll also be playing some new favorites he recently discovered by  Cloud One and Seawind, alongside some tunes from the Pizzicato Five and The Bacao Steel and Rhythm band he found while enjoying some fine cinema.

Not enough to tempt you? How bout some Saint Etienne and a classic bit of techno from Pascal F.E.O.S as remixed by Timo Maas? THERE IT IS! Be sure to tune in on Monday the 13th from 1-3 p.m. Pacific time, or catch it later when you're ready on kdrt.org. You're gonna LOVE IT!!!!

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Davis Garden Show, July 9, 2026

Wed, 07/08/2026 - 11:30pm | Don Shor

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Today’s topics: blossom end rot, boxwood blight resistance, flowers for summer heat, passion fruit, figs, and more

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In the Key of Folk, July 8, 2026

Wed, 07/08/2026 - 12:10pm | Karen Leyse

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In the Key of Folk returns today with a little music from Macbeth. Could that be? Just tune in to listen for singing witches ... and you'll also hear a new release or two, tracks by artists including Rita Hosking, Karan Casey, Kray Van Kirk, John Doyle, Emily Scott Robinson, Richard Thompson, The Milk Carton Kids, and a few others. Shall we call it a medley of old and new favorites? It's likely that you'll find some magnificent voices here!

Stop in Wednesdays at 2 p.m. Pacific on KDRT 95.7 FM, Davis, and at KDRT.org

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Jazz After Dark, July 7, 2026

Tue, 07/07/2026 - 8:00pm | Don Shor

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Longer sets tonight from Duke Ellington, Louis Armstrong & Sy Oliver, Clark Terry, Ahmad Jamal, Ben Webster, Earl "Fatha" Hines, Gerry Mulligan, and Sonny Rollins.

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Sister and uncle birthday special on Sonic Rehab, July 6, 2026

Sun, 07/05/2026 - 3:13am | Jojo Johanssen

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This coming Monday is a special day, as it's Jojo's sister's AND Jojo's uncle's birthdays! He'll be celebrating by playing 2 hours of their favorite music, as well as a few tunes peppered in that remind Jojo of those wonderful people. Watch for tracks from Flight of the Conchords, Washed Out, Crosby, Stills and Nash, Gordon Lightfoot and many more! Tune in, as it's sure to be a fun and heartfelt celebration with some great stories. Catch all the merriment Monday, July 6, from 1-3 p.m. only on 95.7fm and kdrt.org. If you can't listen live, catch it in our Sonic Rehab archives!

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Divine Intervention – July 3, 2026

Fri, 07/03/2026 - 4:49pm | Jess Goddésse

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Divine Intervention returns this evening with a full and tasty slate of new releases, including tracks from the Bobby Lees, Death Cab for Cutie, Downtown Boys, Grey DeLisle, the Matt Berry Trio, Natacha Atlas, Thee Oh Sees, River Shook, St. Divine, Styrofoam Winos, Vince Staples, and Zoh Amba. We'll also revisit the latest Bevis Frond album, dip back to the 1920s for our Goddess of the Month, spin something questionable for Vinyl Vespers, and check in on Critter Corner – yes, there's something for everyone, starting at 6 p.m. Pacific on KDRT 95.7fm + KDRT.org – available anytime via the web + the podcast apps!

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Music for this week, July 4, summer and the Empire State Building, on Listening Lyrics, July 3, 2026

Fri, 07/03/2026 - 4:00pm | Pieter Pastoor

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This week’s Listening Lyrics tries to do the nearly impossible: squeeze an entire busy week into one music format without needing a permit from the city of New York.

First, we celebrate Independence Day, with all the red-white-and-blue spirit, and the annual reminder that someone, somewhere, is about to overcook a hot dog. Then summer festivities kick fully into gear, bringing sunshine, long evenings, outdoor music, and that wonderful seasonal feeling of asking, “Is it hot enough for you?” even though everyone already knows the answer.

And finally, because this week apparently did not have enough going on, we climb all the way to the top of the Empire State Building for a proposal high above New York City. Romance, skyline, music, and maybe just a little fear of heights — what more could a show need?

Join us for a week of songs that celebrate summer, freedom, love, and the kind of big moments that deserve a soundtrack.

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