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Dr. Paul's Classic Hour is Moving

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’

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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

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

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

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

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!

Local Radio Act Passes House and Senate!

Breaking news from our friends at Prometheus Radio: Thousands of community groups rejoice at new opportunity for locally owned media WASHINGTON, DC – Today a bill to expand community radio nationwide – the Local Community Radio Act – passed the U.S. Senate, thanks to the bipartisan leadership of Senators Maria Cantwell (D-WA) and John McCain (R-AZ). This follows Friday afternoon’s passage of the bill in the House of Representatives, led by Representatives Mike Doyle (D-PA) and Lee Terry (R-NE). The bill now awaits the President's signature.http://www.prometheusradio.org/node/2438

Singer, Song Writer, Tish Hinojosa, Interviewed on ART+

Singer, Song writer Tish Hinojosa was interviewed on ART+ about her folk music which crosses many borders; Tish talked about her new country music album 'Our Little Planet' and about her classic, award winning, bi-lingual album (& book) for children 'Every Child'. Tish has been a successful singer and song writer over the past 25 years; this is quite an accomplishment considering that she is the youngest of 13 children and that her parents were very hard working immigrants. Tish grew up listening to music on her parents' radio; she is a very big fan of radio and of community radio.

Tish Hinojosa's radio show will be broadcast on December 22 at noon and re-broadcast on December 29th.

For more information about Tisch Hinojosa, please

click here to go to her website

Best Wishes for
A Happy Holiday Season &
A Very Happy New Year.

ART+

The Grapevine's Annual Holiday Special

Happy Holidays folks! Be sure to check out The Grapevine broadcast from December 16th...it features a bunch of spirited holiday sounds that just might put a smile on your face and ease your soul. You'll hear some classic tunes and some fun surprises by artists such as Pearl Bailey, The Temptations, Leon Redbone and even good ol' Bing Crosby. And, as always, thank you for listening to KDRT and keeping the spirit of community radio alive and well.