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KDRT 95.7 FM is grassroots radio from Davis, CA, airing an eclectic mix of music and public-affairs programming. A project of nonprofit Davis Media Access, KDRT streams worldwide via KDRT.org.

 

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Davisville

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Davis has interesting people, ideas, connections, and events. On Davisville, host Bill Buchanan presents stories that have some connection to Davis. The program has won 14 Excellence in Journalism awards from the San Francisco Press Club since 2018, plus a national Hometown Media Award for excellence from the Alliance for Community Media in 2024. Contact: davisville @ dcn.org

Live Monday 5:30-6pm
Replays Saturday 8:30-9am
DJ(s): 
Bill Buchanan
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That's Life

Lois Richter’s format for That’s Life is mostly interviews. Recurring topics include Davis activities and groups; work and life choices; philosophy and theory; plus birding, cooking, art, and other passions. Lois occasionally breaks into music — from ballads to the slack key sounds of Hawaii to golden oldies rock 'n' roll — but mostly there is just talk.

To suggest a topic for discussion or a person to interview, text Lois or leave a message in the comments here.

Live Tuesday 12-1pm
Replays Wednesday 5-6pm
DJ(s): 
Lois Richter
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Taste, Talk and Whine: All about Wines

Taste Talk & Whine

Tune in for weekly discussions on topics related to wine making and wine enjoyment — plus occasional guests and engagement with listeners. Topics will span the spectrum from technical growing, making, and tasting to what we're drinking to the best places to find a bottle locally.

Live Tuesday 5:30-6pm
DJ(s): 
Nicole Salengo Lee, Tree Kilpatrick
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Live Tracks

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Live Tracks  frequently airs recordings from local performances here in Davis. LT began broadcasting on Sept. 30, 2004, and has produced 720 original episodes as of August 2024. Best experienced with a lava lamp, cool recreational beverage of choice, and a place to chill out. Peace.

Live Thursday 7-9pm
Replays Saturday 9-11pm
DJ(s): 
Jim Buchanan
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Mapping Healthcare

Mapping Healthcare is a radio show and podcast where a medic with a map explores ways in which people around the globe make the world of healthcare better and what we can learn from them. The host is a pediatrician, educator, and researcher who leads programs to help people access high-quality healthcare and stay healthy. All past episodes are archived below. Find Mapping Healthcare on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts.

Live Friday 5:30-6pm
DJ(s): 
Dr. Shaikh
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A Constant Grin beckons you to dive head-first into the mischief

Mon, 09/18/2023 - 9:19am | kdrtradio

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Each week on A Constant Grin, DJ Chris Mussen delivers indie rock — serious indie — plus Dada show descriptions, like the sentence on this week’s playlist: “Sweet blood bribing my reckless tuxedo egg enemies all winter.”

Chris says A Constant Grin, which has been part of KDRT for years, “is a home-recorded 30-minute maelstrom of mischievous miscellaneous music that can be heard every Friday at 2 p.m.,” plus via repeats and streaming. The current program starts with “Egg in a Frame,” by Palm, from its 2015 release Trading Basics (pictured).

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Silver Nine Volt Heart for Sept. 14, 2023, starts with the great Link Wray

Thu, 09/14/2023 - 6:10pm | Rodriguez

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In today's Silver Nine Volt Heart you will hear the sounds of Link Wray, The Wailers, Nashville Honeymoon, and much more.

Wray's performance of "Apache" opens the show. Wray (1927-2005; photo shows cover of his The Pathway Sessions album) is in the Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame, which says "If there is one musician with an overriding influence over all rock guitarists – from 1960s British rock to 1970s punk to 1980s hardcore to 1990s grunge – that musician is Link Wray. Every young rebel who has donned a leather jacket and slashed away at an electric guitar with loud, distorted abandon owes [him] a significant debt."

And once that song wraps up, well, DJ Rodriguez is only getting started.

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Davis Garden Show, Sept. 14, 2023

Thu, 09/14/2023 - 12:00pm | Don Shor

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Today's topics: El Niño update, harvest issues now, naked lady and spider lily bulbs, some southwestern natives for gardeners, food storage ideas, trees flowering out of season, Western redbud issues, and lawn-killing options.

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Praise Time with Preacher helps the good spirit shine through music

Wed, 09/13/2023 - 9:05am | kdrtradio

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“Movin’ On” by Grammy winners Jonny McReynolds and Mali Music (pictured) closes out this week’s Praise Time with Preacher, and it’s no hardship waiting ‘til the end of the show to hear it. DJ Preacher’s love for gospel shines throughout the whole program. The entire hour is a treat. The man knows the music.

Preacher -- his name, not his title -- wants to lift you up, too.

 “The aim of my show is to help you feel what I believe is inside of all of us, and that is a good spirit that drives us to be the very best people we can be. I hope through my music, I hope through my words, you can feel my spirit,” he says during today’s program. “We fall down, but we get up again. We will work together, we will be with one another, we will help each other, and get each other through these days.”

Tune your spirits up again with this week’s Praise Time with Preacher.

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Jazz After Dark, Sept. 12, 2023

Tue, 09/12/2023 - 5:00pm | Don Shor

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First we’ll hear some early Ella Fitzgerald with Chick Webb, Jelly Roll Morton, Quintetto Ritmico di Milano, and Charlie Parker. Then we have a set from our featured artist, Chico Hamilton, followed by Duke Ellington, Ella again, Lee Morgan, Vince Guaraldi & Bola Sete, Boogaloo Joe Jones, and Stan Getz.

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Independent and Local shows you the kind of talent we have around here

Tue, 09/12/2023 - 12:11pm | kdrtradio

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On Independent and Local, DJ Sam Hawk plays music performed by unsigned artists, and it’s hard to believe these musicians aren’t signed to a major record label. This week’s show includes songs by Hobby Horse, Lori Hawk, Elaine Davidson, Ruby Jay, Classic Q Band. Matt Jaffee, Wealth of Nations (a Davis band!, pictured), Mark Lemaire and Kevin Fagan.

Plus a couple others. Gotta leave some surprises. This is one fine hour.

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Balancing act: The First Amendment and extremist expression, on The News Cycle

Mon, 09/11/2023 - 12:00am | DHS Journalism Class

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This week The News Cycle talked to Yolo County Supervisor Jim Provenza, and UC Davis professors Garen Wintemute and Ashutosh Bhagwat, about the recent incident at the Mary L. Stephens public library, and its aftermath.

Interviews by Noah Meyer. Produced by Rowan Reising and Noah Meyer. Theme music by Daniel Ruiz-Jimenez.

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Torin Dunnavant of Tree Davis, on Imagining Yolo Davis, Sept. 8, 2023

Fri, 09/08/2023 - 6:10pm | Pieter Pastoor

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Torin Dunnavant, executive director of Tree Davis, shows us how to keep our towns really "cool." Tree Davis has more than 13,000 witnesses standing guard around Yolo County (that's how many trees they have planted to date). Listen in today on Imagining Yolo Davis as he discusses its many programs, such as tribute trees, memorial groves, education programs, and so much more.

As Tree Davis says on its website, its mission is "to improve the health and resilience of our communities by enhancing and expanding climate-ready trees and landscapes through direct action, community engagement, and advocacy."

Imagining Yolo Davis playlist for 09/08/2023
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Davis Garden Show, Sept. 7, 2023

Thu, 09/07/2023 - 12:00pm | Don Shor

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Today: Easy house plants, house plants that are safe for cats, low shrubs for hot sunny areas, vines and flowers for shade, deciduous flowering shrubs, and lots of plant suggestions!

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Jazz After Dark, Sept. 5, 2023

Tue, 09/05/2023 - 5:00pm | Don Shor

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We have New Orleans jazz, bossa nova, and more tonight: Billie Holiday, Bunny Berigan (Danny Richards vocals), Georgie Auld & His Orchestra, New Orleans' Own The Dukes of Dixieland, Benny Carter, Louis Armstrong, The 6 & 7/8ths String Band, Percy Humphrey's Crescent City Joymakers, Sweet Emma & Her Dixieland Boys, Johnny Hodges, João Gilberto & Milton Banana, Luiz Bonfá, Carlos Lyra & Quarteto de Oscar Castro Neves, Nara Leão, Charlie Byrd And The Washington Guitar Quintet, and the Cannonball Adderley Quintet.

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