Davisville, Nov. 11, 2024: Deciding what Davis citizen commissions should talk about

Mon, 11/11/2024 - 5:30pm | Bill Buchanan

This week’s subject is narrow, but contains a question worth considering. It involves one of the ways that ideas emerge and ultimately shape public life in Davis. This specific path involves the Davis citizen commissions that advise the City Council on subjects including city spending, planning, police accountability, and several other areas.

A commission can take up a topic for various reasons, including if the council asks it to, if city staff needs it to, and on its own volition. The third option might be changing. This year the council will decide if a commission should get prior approval from its council liaison (or a council subcommittee) before putting an item on the commission’s agenda.

Why make this change, what’s good about it, what isn’t? Today on Davisville we hear from two proponents — Mayor Josh Chapman and Vice Mayor Bapu Vaitla, who form the council’s subcommittee on commissions — and Elaine Roberts Musser and Dan Carson, two of the change’s leading critics.

Electric Compost Heap -- Nov. 8, 2024

Fri, 11/08/2024 - 5:37pm | Dug Deep

Tonight at 6 p.m. PST on the Electric Compost Heap, host Dug Deep features some music by the Sex Organs, who will be playing in Locke (south of Sacramento) next Friday, Nov. 15!  He'll spin some new and newer music for you, as well as few songs of discontent and many other musical compostables. The official color of this evening's program is blue! Hope you can join us at KDRT.org

In the Key of Folk, Nov. 6, 2024

Wed, 11/06/2024 - 1:30pm | Karen Leyse

This afternoon at 2PM, tune in to In the Key of Folk to hear seletions by Kevin Burke and The Bothy Band, Solas, David Francey, Archived selections from Joni Mitchell's early days on the folk scene, Karine Polwart's song Laws of Motion, and more. Keep your ears tuned to music that soothes and calms ... a comfortable place to be on a windy day! So please join me for the hour at KDRT.org

Jazz After Dark, Nov. 5, 2024

Tue, 11/05/2024 - 5:00pm | Don Shor

Programming note: the Tuesday 8 p.m. broadcast is pre-empted by election coverage. This program will play at the Friday 11 p.m. rebroadcast time.

Upbeat jazz favorites tonight: 

  • Bunny Berigan (Kay Little vocals), Somebody Else Is Taking My Place
  • Nat King Cole, Route 66
  • Ella Fitzgerald, Misty
  • Vince Guaraldi, Skating
  • Jacy Parker, Here Comes Trouble Again
  • Duke Ellington and His Orchestra & Oscar Peterson, Take the "A" Train
  • Antônio Carlos Jobim, Takatanga
  • Gerry Mulligan, One to Ten in Ohio
  • Don Ellis, Sidonie
  • Rahsaan Roland Kirk, The Entertainer (Done in the style of The Blues)
  • Hubert Laws, Passacaglia, guitar solo
  • Herb Alpert & Hugh Masekela, Kalahari Nights
  • Paco De Lucía, John McLaughlin & Al Di Meola, Manha de Carnaval

Divine Intervention – Nov. 1, 2024

Fri, 11/01/2024 - 5:00pm | Jess Goddésse

Don't miss Divine Intervention, hitting the airwaves and your eardrums at 6 p.m. Pacific with SO MUCH new music, including tracks from the Jackets, Los Mundos, and the Snares — all of whom are playing locally on Sunday! We'll also hear the latest from Fantastic Negrito, Funkrust Brass Band, the Hard Quartet, Naked Roommates, the Pixies, and PyPy; some tunes from our Goddess of the Month; and, of course, a Vinyl Vespers feature — all here on KDRT 95.7 fm | KDRT.org!

KDRT airs live, local election night programming Nov. 5, 2024 from 8-9:30 p.m.

Fri, 11/01/2024 - 2:50pm | Diane Crumley

Nov. 6 update: Davis elects Deos, OKs tax increases

Davis Media Access (DMA) will present a live election-night program from 8-9:30 pm PST on Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2024. The show airs on KDRT 95.7 FM and streams live at kdrt.org. Hosts Don Shor and Autumn Labbe-Renault will conduct short interviews with some candidates for local offices, as well current elected officials. Due to the short length of the show and its individual interviews, hosts will not field call-ins from the public.

The show caps a busy election season for the nonprofit media center. DMA records “Meet the Candidates” statements for local contested races, candidate forums, and pro-con statements for local ballot measures.

Local election coverage is integral to DMA’s mission to highlight voices and opinions that typically do not receive mainstream media coverage. DMA has been proud to offer free election coverage to local candidates and measure representatives for more than 35 years. Reach DMA at info@davismedia.org or (530) 757-2419.

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