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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 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

Davis Music Connections

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Davis has a very unique musical scene- from the Mondavi Center’s formal performances to the local clubs where bands and upcoming artists hone their craft. Up-and-coming local artists are covered by Listening Lyrics with Pieter Pastoor. The local and visiting musicians  are captured by Jim Buchanan on Live Tracks. On Davis Music Connections, we play past Davis bands of note, along with those who are currently touring, taking a little bit of Davis to the rest of the world. We also bring you a taste of world-reknowned artists who have appeared or will appear at the Mondavi Center for the Performing Arts, especially the jazz performers due to Clyde's lifelong love of jazz and Latin music.  Also, we play whatever we want.

Live Tuesday 3-4pm
Replays Tuesday 10-11pm, Thursday 10-11am, Friday 4-5pm
DJ(s): 
Ned, Connections Clyde
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Crossing Continents

A World music show in which I cover the Middle East, Mediterranean region, North Africa, Central Asia and the Indian sub continent. I cover the traditional and contemporary musical styles. Not a Pop music show!

Live Monday 10am-12pm
DJ(s): 
Gil Medovoy
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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 stagelights on musicians from American, Swedish & Norwegian shredders.   Thirty brutal mins of blast-beat heaven every week!

Live Saturday 11-11:30pm
DJ(s): 
The Cerealist
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Cowboy Tracks

Join Nancy around the campfire to hear authentic Western Roots music and cowboy poetry. Something deep in your soul will resonate to stories from the early wranglers, Mexican vaqueros, old West adventurers, Silver Screen buckaroos, contemporary real cowboys, and all who appreciate wide open spaces, freedom, and the western lifestyle.

 

Live Wednesday 1-2pm
Replays Wednesday 11pm-Thursday 12am, Friday 1-2pm
DJ(s): 
Nancy Flagg
Homepage URL: 
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The Awesome Patrol Show

JOY Gentle Friends!!

Catch me FRIDAY afternoons {yay! Again!!} LIVE @ 2:30pm for your weekly installment of The Awesome Patrol Show - an hour of fresh tunes to wrap-up the week.

Think of it like a song "flight" of awesome sounds, ideas & feels ! I create the sets to feel reminiscent of old school mix-tapes, something I’ve never stopped making since I got my first double-tape deck in Jr.High. 

Enjoy // InJOY a weekly mix for you, me & our commUNITY!!

TAPS Mantra: Jams up, Windows down!!

Live Friday 2:30-4pm
Replays Monday 9:30-11pm
DJ(s): 
Sara TAPS
Homepage URL: 
TAPS
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Davis Garden Show March 30 2023

Thu, 03/30/2023 - 12:00pm | Don Shor

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Early planting issues, making a mixed perennial border, and more. 

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Jazz After Dark, March 28, 2023

Tue, 03/28/2023 - 5:00pm | Don Shor

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Tonight’s show has lots of rhythm, spanning 1926 to 1999: Benny Goodman, Jelly Roll Morton & His Red Hot Peppers, Dizzy Gillespie with Charlie Parker, Fats Navarro, Red Norvo, Hank Jones. Also Machito with Cannonball Adderley, Milt Jackson, Dave Brubeck with Tony Bennett, Ray Charles, Ron Carter with Eric Dolphy and Mal Waldron, Ray Bryant, Earl "Fatha" Hines, Herbie Mann, The Crusaders, Big Bad Voodoo Daddy, and Wynton Marsalis.

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News Cycle, March 27, 2023: Construction continues throughout DHS for new building spaces

Mon, 03/27/2023 - 12:00am | md79922

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This week, the HUB presents a variety of news and an audio editorial from Davis High's introductory journalism class. From the continuing construction at DHS for robotics, and STEM/auto, to a focus on spring break, to finally, an audio editorial, DHS has it all.

Packages by Gwynn Canfield, Marion Delarue, and Lauren Cornell. Audio editorial by Elina Hibel. Produced by Maria Anderson and Naneh Grigor. Music by Daniel Ruiz-Jimenez.

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Electric Compost Heap, March 24, 2023: Algiers, Carter, Unknown Mortal, and more on the Davis Music Fest

Fri, 03/24/2023 - 8:10pm | Dug Deep

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Playlist: https://kdrt.org/program-playlist/divine-intervention-alt-welectric-comp...

Dug Deep celebrates the Vernal Equinox with new music from Algiers, Jason Carter, and the Unknown Mortal Orchestra. He'll also reveal a few more bands playing at this year's Davis Music Festival. The official color of tonight's program is GREEN!

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Imagining Yolo Davis, March 24, 2023: Tony Morales discusses mentoring as 'a key to life'

Fri, 03/24/2023 - 6:10pm | Pieter Pastoor

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Tony Morales joins us this week to share his experiences as both a recipient and a leader of Empower Yolo. Tony discusses the benefits and results of this all-important program.

Imagining Yolo Davis playlist for 03/24/2023
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Davis Garden Show, March 23, 2023

Thu, 03/23/2023 - 12:00pm | Don Shor

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On today's program: Rain, more rain, and spring diseases. Photinia hedges and fireblight. Low shrub alternatives. Our March bloom calendar, and another front yard veggie garden!

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The Folk Brothers for March 22, 2023: The songs of Ewan MacColl

Wed, 03/22/2023 - 11:10am | Peter Schiffman

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Ewan MacColl (1915-1989) -- one of the leading lights of the British folk revival of the '50s -- was among many things a singer, a song collector, an actor, a radio presenter, and a prodigious songwriter. This morning we celebrate the latter with contributions from Pete Morton, Seth Lakeman, Christy Moore, Johnny Cash, as well as the great man himself.   

The Folk Brothers playlist for 03/22/2023
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Jazz After Dark, March 21, 2023

Tue, 03/21/2023 - 5:00pm | Don Shor

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Tonight’s show: Oscar Aleman, Fats Waller with Jack Teagarden & Eddie Condon, Julie London, Dave Brubeck, Freddie Gambrell, Benny Carter with Ben Webster & Barney Bigard, Jimmy Smith & Lalo Schifrin, Frank Strozier, Oscar Peterson, Stanley Turrentine, Dianne Reeves, and Cornell Dupree.

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Twang Thang, March 20, 2023: One of the all-timers

Mon, 03/20/2023 - 8:10pm | DJ Dirk

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This week’s show is 1 of the all-timers, with hot tracks from Lacy J Dalton, Darrell Scott, Charley Crockett, Brennen Leigh, the incomparable Hayes Carll, and so many more.

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Davisville, March 20, 2023: The Ukes of Great Britain bring their skill and humor to Davis

Mon, 03/20/2023 - 5:30pm | Bill Buchanan

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The Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain, known for both talent and self-effacing humor, will play at the Mondavi Center for the Performing Arts in Davis on April 28. This week on Davisville, founder George Hinchliffe and creative producer/performer Leisa Rea talk about the music and why the orchestra came together in the first place.

“We’re a strange kind of musical juggernaut,” Rea says, “and we seem to delight people all over the world, no matter what the culture, no matter whether there’s a language barrier or not. Somehow the ukulele is the people’s instrument.”

Among other things, we talk about tuning, their choice of songs, ukes as kindling, and Hinchliffe’s friendly encounter with George Harrison of the Beatles. A typical Ukes concert, Rea and Hinchliffe say, “is a sort of white-knuckle shopping-cart dash through just about every musical genre.”

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