Blogs

Jan. 12 on Speakeasy

Tue, 01/11/2011 - 7:23pm | Autumn Labbe-Renault

Tomorrow we’re getting up close and local about a big development in national media policy. I recently blogged about the passage of the Local Radio Act in December; the bill was just signed into law by President Obama. I'll host DMA’s Jeff Shaw, who will also speak to his role with an organization called Common Frequency. We will talk about what the bill means, the back story to getting it passed, and what happens next. 10 a.m. Wed., Jan. 12 on KDRT or here on the website.

Second Amendment

Mon, 01/10/2011 - 7:17pm | Rick Moniz

Question: what limitations, if any, should be placed upon the right to bear arms? should automatic weapons be widely available for public consumption? what, if any, due diligence protocols could be in place absent a shrill response from gun advocates? finally, is it just plain silly, given the power of the NRA and its supporters, to have this discussion And should we all just go arm ourselves?

Dr. Paul's Classic Hour is Moving

Thu, 01/06/2011 - 8:31am | Dr. Paul

Dear Listeners, Yes, this show that is all about classical music is changing it's broadcast day and time. My show will be broadcast, as usual on 95.7 fm, but starting next week on Tuesdays from 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. Yes, the new time will be a two hour format rather than the previous one hour show! This will allow me to play more pieces in their entirety, adding many new possibilities into the mix. Please tune in and enjoy some relaxing quality time with me listening to beautiful music that has stood the test of time. Paul Sheeran

Part Two: Local Celebrity Derrick Bang visits ‘Davisville’

Wed, 01/05/2011 - 12:17pm | Jeff Shaw

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To hear Part One of the interview, click here: CLICK HERE. To hear Part Two of the interview, click here: CLICK HERE. Derrick Bang, the film critic and former entertainment editor for the Davis Enterprise, once staged a life-sized Monopoly game around half of what is now Central Park. On the two latest “Davisville” radio shows, he talks about his career, the movies, his expanded blog, and where he’s headed next. Bang, who lives in Davis, has reviewed movies for the Aggie, Daily Democrat, Sacramento News and Review, and now the Enterprise since the mid 1970s. He also owned the now-closed Game Preserve store in downtown Davis, and has written books about Peanuts cartoonist Charles Schulz. The Enterprise, reacting to the weak market for newspapers and the poor economy in general, laid off

Davis Shakespeare Ensemble performs Twelfth Night in January, 2011

Wed, 01/05/2011 - 12:35am | Labiba Boyd

ART+ interviewed The Davis Shakespeare Ensemble about their upcoming performance of Twelfth Night at UC Davis Arboretum Gazebo. Performances will be from Thursday - Sunday, January 13 - 16 and January 20 - 23 at 8 pm.

Matinee performances are on Sunday, January 16 at 2 pm and Sunday, January 23 at 2 pm. The Davis Shakespeare Ensemble worked very hard to cover the Gazebo and make it warm and welcoming to the audiences.

This performance of Twelfth Night is staged to music by composer Richard Chowenhill who majored in music at UC Davis.

click here for a short video about Twelfth Night

Davis Shakespeare Ensemble's first performance was Romeo and Juliet which they staged last summer at the Arboretum. The performance had great reviews.

click here for a short video about Romeo and Juliet

Tonight on Jazz After Dark, 8 – 9 pm! Jan. 04 2011

Tue, 01/04/2011 - 7:01pm | Don Shor

Don Ellis
Ennio Morricone
Jelly Roll Morton's Red Hot Peppers
Bunny Berigan (Kay Little vocals)
Don Ewell / Sidney Bechet
Duke Ellington (Ray Nance vocals)
Sarah Vaughan
Dizzy Gillespie & His Orchestra
Boots Randolph
Tony Bennett
Henry Mancini
Claude Bolling
Ella Fitzgerald
Al Jarreau
The Spencer Wyatt Big Band
Gerry Mulligan
Stanley Turrentine

Radio Act a major success for media democracy

Tue, 01/04/2011 - 10:25am | Autumn Labbe-Renault
By Autumn Labbé-Renault This column originally published Dec. 30, 2010 in The Davis Enterprise I’ve written much about how media policy trickles down from the Beltway and affects us in our communities. Davis is extraordinarily rich in local media and I know we’re effective locally, but at the national level, efforts to make media more democratic and inclusive have frequently met with discouraging ends. However, I’m choosing to cap off the year with a happy ending. This is the story of the Local Community Radio Act, “the little piece of legislation that could.” Replete with tales of hula-hooping justice seekers and strange bedfellows, it’s really a story about the power of overwhelming grassroots pressure brought to bear on the legislative process.

The Grapevine's Look Back at 2010

Fri, 12/31/2010 - 8:59am | Rodriguez

Hiya K-Dirt Listeners -

If you want to put a little shake in your hips and a smile on your lips, then check out The Grapevine broadcast from 12/30/10. In this edition of The Grapevine, we are taking a good look back at some of the sounds we shared together along the trail of this past year. You'll get to hear some of the classic solid senders like Etta & Otis but there is also some of the cool obscure stuff that you can only catch on community radio...like when's the last time you took a ride down Whittier Blvd. with Thee Midnighters?!

Keep it tuned to 95.7 LP FM and we'll see you all in 2011!