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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.

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!

Jazz classics by:

Duke Ellington
Fats Waller
Benny Goodman
Glenn Miller
Artie Shaw
Sidney Bechet
Thelonious Monk
Louis Armstrong
Frank Sinatra
Pearl Bailey
Lena Horne
Mose Allison
Ramsey Lewis

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 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+

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.

Hi there … and welcome to Mountain Mama’s Earth Music … playing favorites for 2010

http://kdrt.org/station/archives/123

1) Wild West End, Dire Straits 4:42
2) Idaho, Gregory Alan Isakov 4:43
3) Burn The Honeysuckle, The Gourds 3:35
4) Pitchfork, Joshua James 4:06

The Bad Mother
by Susan Griffin
The bad mother wakes from dreams
of imperfection trying to be perfection.
All night she’s engineered a train
too heavy with supplies
to the interior. She fails.
The child she loves
has taken on bad habits, cigarettes
maybe even drugs. She
recognizes lies. You don’t
fool me, she wants to say,
the bad mother, ready to play
and win.
This lamb who’s gone –
this infant she is
pinioned to – does not listen,
she drives with all her magic down a
different route to darkness where
all life begins.

5) This Woman’s Work, Kate Bush 3:34
6) Last Lonely Goodbye, Little Country Giants 2:51

Your Family Reunion
By Perie Longo

I will never be able to keep your family straight.
Is the one with the short, brown hair the sister
or cousin of the woman who was the wife
of a polygamist and why won’t she talk to her?

Tune in on the 19th and we'll get juggy for Christmas. From Tampa Red, the Memphis Mudcats, Jim Kweskin Jug Band and, of course, the Christmas Jug Band wishin' you a Sounds So Sweet Holiday.

Hey there K-Dirt listeners...wanted to let you all know the latest on keeping you tuned in the sounds of REAL country music on the station. From what we hear, Mae and Tyler have hit the trail and might be headed straight to Nashville...hard to say, but we are gonna miss them creating their great show every Wednesday in the K-D-R-T studio. But don't fret, country music fans...our crack team of DJ's here at The Dirt have banded together once again to keep

To hear Radioactive Gavin's latest No Country For Young Men radio show, from Wednesday morning Dec. 15th, CLICK HERE. Today is Bill of Rights Day! Have you read the Bill of Rights lately? Vanessa Graber from Prometheus Radio Project was my guest. She says Prometheus has been working hard to lift "anonymous holds" placed on the Local Community Radio Act (S. 592) in the Senate. The legislation would allow the FCC to open an application window for as many as 1000 new Low-Power FM licenses, just like KDRT. Senators in Wyoming, Utah and Texas have been convinced to stop "holding" but the latest suspect is Senator Jeff Sessions of Alabama. This past Monday Prometheus performed circus tricks including juggling and hula-hooping outside the headquarters of the National Association of Broadcasters in Washington, DC. This trade group led by Clear Channel and