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ABOUT US

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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Davis Music Connections

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Davis has a very unique musical scene — from the Mondavi Center’s formal performances to the local clubs where bands and upcoming artists hone their craft. Local and visiting musicians  are captured by Jim Buchanan on our Live Tracks program. On Davis Music Connections, we play past Davis bands of note, along with those who are currently touring, taking a little bit of Davis to the rest of the world.

Live Monday 3-4pm
Replays Sunday 9:30-10:30pm
DJ(s): 
Ned, Connections Clyde
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The Golden Road

​Join Wayne Hagan and take a musical journey down the Golden Road and explore the music of the Grateful Dead, its roots, and its many offshoots. Past DJs include Alligator, Lee Maddex, and Rod Moseanko. What a long strange trip!

Live Tuesday 2-4pm
Replays Sunday 1-3pm
DJ(s): 
Wayne Hagen, Alligator, Rodriguez, Lee Maddex
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Divine Intervention (1st/3rd week) – The Electric Compost Heap (2nd/4th week)

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Divine Intervention with Jess Goddésse strikes the airwaves every 1st & 3rd Friday, bringing you an unholy assortment of rock, pop, punk, psych, funk, jazz, roots, and randomness across the decades plus brand new releases. For the truly devout, Vinyl Vespers, a celebration of record-store bargain bins, plus our Goddess of the Month featured artiste!

Live Friday 6-8pm
Replays Monday 9-11pm, Sunday 4-6pm
DJ(s): 
Jess Goddésse, Dug Deep
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Independent and Local

Independent and Local

Independent and Local is a music program featuring local unsigned artists and bands, including "Moments" — brief interviews with experts in the scientific, health, and artistic communities about interesting topics and current events. The main focus is music, along with a few outside-the-box ideas.

Live Monday 4-5pm
Replays Saturday 7-8am
DJ(s): 
Sam Hawk
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Crossing Continents

In this World Music show, Gil covers the Middle East, the Mediterranean region, North Africa, Central Asia, and the Indian sub continent, including traditional and contemporary musical styles. This is not a pop music show!

Live Monday 10am-12pm
DJ(s): 
Gil Medovoy
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Divine Intervention – May 16, 2025

Fri, 05/16/2025 - 5:36pm | Jess Goddésse

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Coming up at 6 p.m. Pacific, it's Divine Intervention, featuring the latest releases from the Bug Club, Chime Oblivion, Bill Fox, DeWolff, the Convenience, Mclusky, and more PLUS a tune or two from our Goddess of the Month – Big Maybelle – AND, of course, a Vinyl Vespers pick. Don't miss the fun at KDRT 95.7 fm + KDRT.org + the podcast apps!

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The Yolo County Breakdown for May 16, 2025

Thu, 05/15/2025 - 3:30pm | Rocky Outcrop

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This week's installment of The Yolo County Breakdown features another very special guest -- six-time IBMA Mandolin Player of the Year Sierra Hull. Sierra is out on the road now touring with Willie Nelson, Bob Dylan and Billy Strings as part of the Outlaw Music Festival, and she just released a wonderful new album called A Tip Toe High Wire. She joins host Rocky Outcrop to chat about this and more. If you are a fan of stringed instruments with eight strings, this is an interview you won't want to miss! The program airs Friday at 10 a.m.

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The Russ Tolman Goodtime Hour – May 15, 2025

Thu, 05/15/2025 - 3:00pm | Russ Tolman

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Where can you hear music from the Popealopes, the Pretenders, the Psychedelic Furs, Bobby Darin, Bob Mitchum, and more? It's this week's fine edition of The Russ Tolman Goodtime Hour, coming your way at 9 p.m. Pacific on KDRT 95.7 fm + KDRT.org + where you get you podcasts!

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Davis Garden Show, May 15, 2025

Thu, 05/15/2025 - 12:00pm | Don Shor

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On today's show: early season tomato tips, grapefruit vs. pummelo, earwigs, what bareroot means, gopher cages, and more.

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IMPLOSION – 14 May 2025

Wed, 05/14/2025 - 4:30pm | Nick Saloman

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It's a brand new episode of IMPLOSION  in a brand spanking new time slot – Wednesday at *8 p.m.* Pacific. Join Nick Saloman as the sun sets gently in the spring skies for an array of tunes from Bobby Vee & the Ventures, Faine Jade, the Murgatroyd Band, the Soft Machine, the Toreros, and more – all here on your favorite station, KDRT 95.7 fm + KDRT.org + those pesky podcast apps.

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Jazz After Dark, May 13, 2025

Tue, 05/13/2025 - 5:00pm | Don Shor

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On tonight’s show:

  • Fats Waller, Honeysuckle Rose
  • Benny Goodman (Helen Ward vocals), Never Say Never
  • Coleman Hawkins, The Bean Stalks Again
  • Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra, I'll Be Seeing You
  • Frank Sinatra, Come Fly with Me
  • Duke Ellington, C Jam Blues
  • Mundell Lowe, You Don't Know What Love Is
  • Hoagy Carmichael, Two Sleepy People
  • John Coltrane, In A Sentimental Mood
  • Billy Taylor, Paraphrase
  • Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass, Panama
  • Ella Fitzgerald, Hello Dolly
  • Big Miller, I Got Rhythm
  • Chet Baker & Gerry Mulligan, For an Unfinished Woman
  • Tomas Einarsson, Rumdrum
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Thanks for supporting the KDRT spring FUNdraiser!

Tue, 05/13/2025 - 12:00am | kdrtradio

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We can't thank you enough for contributing to our Spring FUNdraiser! 

As a non-commercial community station, we depend on our volunteers and donors to bring you the local sounds you love. 

We also send thanks to local heroes Armadillo Music and The Big Poppies for their steadfast support. 

If you haven't had a chance to donate yet, of course there's still time: KDRT.org/donate!

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Davisville, May 12, 2025: Davis faces choice between more homes, fewer schools

Mon, 05/12/2025 - 5:30pm | Bill Buchanan

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The Davis school district might have to close up to three public schools over the next decade for reasons that include declining birth rates, high housing costs, and changing job patterns. Adding more homes for families in Davis could blunt that trend, but Davis voters generally resist population growth. So, people in Davis need to start talking about what they want to do, while there's still time to plan for the change. Matt Best, superintendent of the Davis public school district, discusses the choice this week on Davisville.

“We’ve got to plan for one of two scenarios. One, we see housing on the horizon and we’ve got a plan for a reboundary [of attendance areas] if those students arrive. The second path is, there is no new housing on the horizon, and we’ve got to plan to close two or three schools over the course of the next decade, and how are we going to solve that problem as a community?

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Ray Keck takes the mic on Listening Lyrics, May 9, 2025

Fri, 05/09/2025 - 5:10pm | Pieter Pastoor

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This week on Listening Lyrics, I threw caution to the wind and handed over the keys—well, the playlist—to none other than Ray Keck (pictured), a Davis legend and music maestro in disguise.

Ray didn’t just walk into the studio—he stormed it with a playlist so good, I briefly questioned my own musical taste. (Don’t worry, I recovered.)

And behind the mic? Ray was smoother than a jazz sax solo at midnight. The guy was born for radio—I'm pretty sure his voice came with built-in reverb.

Thanks for gracing us with your presence, Ray, and for not hijacking the station entirely. We’ll keep your chair warm.

P.S. This is our fund-raising week, and wouldn't you know it? Ray contributed so he could receive his own special KDRT T-shirt.

www.kdrt.org/donate

Check out the playlist.

Listening Lyrics playlist for 05/09/2025
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Divine Compost Heap – May 9, 2025

Fri, 05/09/2025 - 4:00pm | Jess Goddésse

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Coming to you live from the new KDRT broadcast booth, it’s double trouble with Jess Goddésse *&* Dug Deep, bringing you a divine version of the Electric Compost Heap, featuring new music, old favorites, and oddities. Tune in at 6 p.m. Pacific on KDRT 95.7 fm + KDRT.org — catch it thereafter on the podcast apps. To support this and other fine programming, please visit kdrt.org/donate. TY!

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