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Yes, it's that time of year when everyone and their grandma (at least those who have radio shows) play all of their favorite Christmas songs. Here at the Audio Ecotone Laboratories, we are not immune from celebrating the annual solstice-adjacent holidays, but we do things differently — so no Mariah, no "Santa Baby" and, for gawd's sake, no "Wonderful Christmastime"! Instead our holiday audio fruitcake is studded with morsels from Sufjan Stevens, Shemekia Copeland, Low, Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings, Duke Ellington, BeauSoleil, and more surprises. Listen live on Friday, Dec. 20, at 3:00 pm on KDRT 95.7 FM or online at KDRT.org.

Are you ready for IMPLOSION??!!  Be sure to listen up at 5 p.m. Pacific as Nick Saloman brings you psychedelia and beyond, including tunes from Gary Walker & the Rain, Murray Head, the Pretty Things, the Peep Show, and more — all on your favorite freeform station, KDRT 95.7 FM | KDRT.org!

It is almost the solstice, the darkest time of the year. Fear not though, the sun will be returning shortly!

So join us at In the Key of Folk this afternoon from 2 to 3 PM, to hear tidings of the holiday season, followed by music that will keep you energized for the afternoon and beyond.

Selections include pieces on the solstice and holiday season by Ashley Hutchings, Silly Sisters, the Melrose Quartet, and additional tunes by noted fiddler Rodney Miller and the Stringrays, the Syncopaths, Nova, and Nightingale. And, BTW, you are looking at Rodney Miller, Jeff Spero, and TJ Crow of the Rhythm Raptors, providing contra dance music this New Year's season. Thank you for listening and thank you for your support! KDRT 95.7 fm | KDRT.org

Divine Intervention is here with Friday the 13th blessings, including the latest sounds from The Snares, Les Breastfeeders, Des Demonas ... plus a few tracks from our Goddess of the Month... and, of course, Vinyl Vespers. The fun starts at 6 p.m. Pacific on KDRT 95.7 fm | KDRT.org.

Russ is ready to astound you with music from Anton Barbeau, Be Bop Deluxe, Brian Eno, Benny Trokan, and more. Tune in at 5 p.m. Pacific for The Russ Tolman Goodtime Hour, right here on KDRT 95.7 fm | KDRT.org!

On behalf of all of us at KDRT and Davis Media Access, thank you for listening, supporting, and attending our events during last week's On-Air fundraiser.  As a "volunteer-powered" grassroots station, we depend on the support we receive from our community, and last week was a record-breaker! We're also grateful to our friends at Armadillo Music, Davis Odd Fellows Hall, Blue Note Brewing, and Davis Manor Winter Bazaar for having us, and to the musicians who brought the live music - Alex Roth, Green Grass Snakes, the 410s, and Dave Nachmanoff.  In case you missed it, there is still time to support our community radio at kdrt.org/donate

Thanks SO MUCH for supporting our Fall FUNdraiser. As a noncommercial community station, we depend on our volunteers and donors to bring you the sounds you savor. Thanks too to the venues and artists who supported the cause, including Alex Roth, Green Grass Snakes, Dave Nachmanoff, the 410s and Armadillo Music, Davis Odd Fellows, our Davis Manor neighbors, and Blue Note Brewing in Woodland. Haven't contributed yet? There's still time: kdrt.org/donate!

Jess Goddésse joins Dug Deep in the Electric Compost Heap, bringing you the best in divine rock, pop, and assorted randomness — new and old — in celebration of KDRT's 20th Anniversary and our fall FUNdraiser. Tune in at 6 p.m. Pacific as they battle wits and segues — only on KDRT 95.7 fm | KDRT.org.

We're fundraising this week to support programs like these. If you can help, please go to KDRT.org/donate. Thank you!

Three episodes of local programs created for Davis community radio station KDRT — two about sports, and one about the aftermath of a traumatic week in Davis — were honored Wednesday in the San Francisco Press Club’s 47th annual Greater Bay Area Journalism Awards.

Rohan Baxi (in left photo, at UC Berkeley), who graduated from Da Vinci High School in June and now attends the University of California at Berkeley, won second and third place in the noncommercial radio/podcast Sports Feature category for episodes titled “Fair Play,” about women’s sports and pay disparity from June 2024, and ”Rowing Stronger,” from July 2024.

Bill Buchanan (right photo, at the awards) placed second among noncommercial public affairs programs with small staffs for “Integrating a traumatic week into Davis,” an interview with Susan Cosio following three violent assaults, including two fatalities, in spring 2023. Cosio, a retired hospital chaplain, pastor and longtime resident of Davis, has spent most of her life helping people navigate crises. This episode also won a Hometown Media Award from the Foundation for the Alliance for Community Media this summer.