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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!

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.

Celebrate KDRT's 20th during our fall fundraiser, starting Mon., Dec. 2, with special thank-you gifts – including our new 20th Anniversary blue-heron T-shirt! Join us for these special gatherings:

• Dec 8: Davis Manor Holiday Crafts Bazaar @ Duke & M St., 11 a.m.-2 p.m.
• Dec 8: Holiday Vinyl Bazaar with the 410s @ Blue Note Brewing, 12-5 p.m.

Please show your support during fundraiser week at KDRT.org/donate!

ICYMI, the KDRT Events Outlook airs daily at 12 noon and 6 p.m. to keep you current on all the latest live music events. If for some reason you are not glued to your speakers at those times, good news: Our events calendar is always here for you, online, just a click away. Look up above this blog feed and you'll see an Events tab in the orange menu bar. That's it — easy as pumpkin pie! We also do our darndest to keep you in the know via our Facebook & Instagram accounts — so let's connect. As always, if you'd like to submit an event, holler.

See YOU today in downtown Davis from 4 to 6 p.m. for Suds & Sounds at Armadillo Music! Meet K-DiRT friends and fans, grab a sticker & a new T-shirt, pick some vinyl to spin...! Beverages will be available at the Bootleg Bar. This gathering repeats every month on the last Wednesday — mark you calendars!

There's a lot of fun coming your way in Yolo/Sacto this week — including our very own KDRT Suds & Sounds this Wednesday eve at Armadillo Music, Halloween happenings galore, and some excellent touring bands. Keep up to date this and every week with the KDRT Events Outlook, airing live daily at noon at 6 p.m. and always available via kdrt.org!

On Implosion this week, host Nick Saloman says he's including “an odd holiday tune or two in a fine mix of music from the Ventures, Merry Clayton (pictured), Dave Mason, and more.”

This promises to be another fun show. Find it today (Wednesday, Dec. 20) at 5 p.m. Pacific time, and stream it anytime after then.

The latest Na Mele o Hawai'i features an in-studio visit with Bay Area musician, composer, and cultural practitioner Pili Moreno (shown here with program host Beth Post). Pili shared his new album and brought some awesome vinyl to spin, sharing music that inspired him to learn slack key guitar as well as 'ōlelo Hawai'i!

This week's Celtic Songlines features fiddler Gerry O'Connor, Cherish the Ladies, Ian MacInnes, from Scotland The Shee (pictured), Ashley Davis, Anúna with Michael McGlynn, Martin Hayes with The Common Ground Ensemble, from the UK the band Salt House, The Furrow Collective, Runa and the trio Molloy, Brady & Peoples.