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Lest We Forget -- Yolo in WWI

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(image of Ray Maclock Harlow)

Where was YOUR family a hundred years ago?

What would YOU have been doing if you had lived here then?


Former Yolo County Archivist Mel Russell will give us a 100-year-old NEW FLASH on 'That's Life' on 26 October 2017 (Thursday @ 1pm, Friday @ 3pm)! Her second talk in the series 'Lest We Forget' will cover the second six months of World War I as experienced by residents of Yolo County: On the home front there is extensive activity by the Red Cross, YMCA, various schools, and the newly formed ultra-patriotic 'Liberty Leagues'.  Young draftees are disbursed to training camps throughout the nation. 'Enemy Aliens' now have to register with the government. Some Yolo boys are on the troop ship 'Tuscania' that sinks in the Irish sea killing 210 men, while others finally make it 'Over There'. Now we get word of our very first causalities of the war. And also of our first medal for bravery -- when the French 'Croix de Guerre' is awarded to ambulance driver Herbert Hope, a volunteer from Yolo County.
100 Years Ago Today = Still at War!

Moody Slough visits Listening Lyrics Friday, October 6, 2017 at 4:00PM

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Moody Slough visits KDRT

Moody Slough (Pronounced Moody Slooooo) is an acoustic-based project of original tunes. Joe Sanders appreciates more and more the sound of an acoustic guitar and a voice, and the simplicity it brings while writing a song. Over the years, music has always been his main focus.  When writting his music he didn't see these songs as the beginnings of a project. “Moody Slough” is just the name that he slapped on that project once I figured out that it could really be a project. Joe's ultimate dream is to one day be able to pay his rent and bills through playing music. 

For those outside the listening area this KDRT is streamed "live" at www.kdrt.org

Timothy Nutter appears on Listening Lyrics Friday Sept. 29, 2017 at 4:00PM

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Timothy Nutter

Multi talented Timothy Nutter is a singer-songwriter, theatre director, and choreographer from Davis, California. His original music can be heard regularly at Poetry Night at the Natsoulas Gallery. As Artistic Director of The Art Theater of Davis, he has directed works by Chekhov, Ibsen, Strindberg, Pirandello, and Moliére. His choreography has been presented at the Neuberger Museum of Art, Davis Arts Center, and the Veterans Memorial Theatre. Timothy studied dance at the Conservatory of Dance at SUNY Purchase, philosophy at Antioch College, and philosophy of biology at Exeter University, England.

DCTV -- What, Where, When, Why?

What KDRT is to radio, DCTV is to video -- a public access station in Davis!

In existence for almost thirty years, parts of DCTV (Davis Community Television) are brand new as of 2017. Listen to That's Life on Thursday, 28 Sept, at 1:00 pm to find out all about the current programs, events, and opportunities here at the station. Re-broadcast is Friday at 3:00 pm.

Lois' guest Diane Dedoshka is DMA's Studio Manager. Her bio reads: "Diane works part-time managing DCTV's studio productions. The studio shoots are learning labs for community members, and Diane often trains people 'on the fly'. Her background as a producer for commercial television has brought a new level of professionalism to our community productions, and we are grateful she is sharing her time and talent with us."

Willie Watson on Live DiRT Thursday 092117

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KDRT broadcaster Bill Wagman hosts Americana artist Willie Watson live in the KDRT studio on Thursday, September 21st, at 2 p.m.  Willie Watson, formerly of Old Crow Medicine Show, makes modern folk music rooted in older traditions. He’s a folksinger in the classic sense: a singer, storyteller, and traveler with a catalog of songs that bridge the gap between the past and present. On his new Acony Records release,  Folksinger Vol. 2, he acts as a modern interpreter of older songs, passing along his own version of the music that came long before him.  Willie appears at Harlow's in Sacramento the same evening.