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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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Grist for the Chill

dave mccasey

Dave serves up a truly interesting mix of music with a focus on fingerstyle guitar and percussive groove as it relates to roots,  world fusion, jazz, funk, Latin and Brazilian music, and more.  

Live Thursday 11am-12pm
Replays Saturday 11pm-Sunday 12am
DJ(s): 
Dave Mcasey
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Eye on Sports

Eye On Sports is a talk radio show focused on local sports in the Sacramento/Davis area that occasionally covers National Sports. Hosts Chuck and Cody have been involved with sports both nationally and locally for more than 15 years and want to share their opinions and initiate discussion to the public through conversation and occasional outside interviews. This show will not be politically driven in anyway. The conversation will cover the results , local impact, business and psychology of sports.

Live Thursday 6-7pm
Replays Saturday 7-8am
DJ(s): 
Cody Westergaard, ChuckGarcia7
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Praise Time with Preacher

Praise Time with Preacher

The word "gospel" is derived for the old Anglo-Saxon word meaning “good message” or “good news." Host Preacher believes gospel music is powerful, whether the listener is or is not Christian — that everyone can enjoy listening to gospel because it is uplifting and inspiring, sung with passion and belief from the artist, touching all who hear it in a good and heartfelt way. The aim of Praise Time is to help listeners find what Preacher believes lives in everyone: a good spirit that drives us to be the best we can be.

Live Tuesday 4-5pm
Replays Sunday 7-8am
DJ(s): 
Preacher
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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
DJ(s): 
Sam Hawk
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Listening Lyrics

Listening Lyrics, Pieter Pastoor, KDRT
Welcome to an hour of LISTENING LYRICS. Right here on KDRT 95.7FM in Davis, California. Listening Lyrics is a genre free zone - we feature the artist. What makes them do their thing. Listen to the hope and satisfaction in their voices. Listen to what only commercial free community radio can bring you. Close your eyes - open your ears - relax your mind. Join host Pieter Pastoor as he sends color to your ears. Now lets enter, the mother of all that is music and lyrics and the human capability of producing art.
Live Friday 4-5pm
Replays Sunday 11am-12pm
DJ(s): 
Pieter Pastoor
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Dashboard Diaries -- Dec. 4, 2025

Thu, 12/04/2025 - 12:30pm | RayK

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This week on Dashboard Diaries, host RayK has the defroster on high with tunes designed to warm your cockles: Bonnie Raitt, Chuck Berry, James McMurtry, and the recently departed Jimmy Cliff and Steve Cropper. So hop in and turn on your seat warmer, we’re burning daylight! Tune in Thursday, 3-4 p.m. on KDRT.org  or anytime

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Davis Garden Show, Dec. 4, 2025

Thu, 12/04/2025 - 12:00pm | Don Shor

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Today’s topics: fall in the garden, saffron crocus, fireblight continued, a weeping olive tree, oxalis continued, Cotton Candy grape, and more.

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IMPLOSION – 3 December 2025

Wed, 12/03/2025 - 3:30pm | Nick Saloman

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Known for stellar psychedelic sounds, Nick Saloman is also a discriminating consumer and curator of progressive rock, with a strong aversion to its latter-day bloat. Tune in for IMPLOSION on Wednesday, Dec. 3, at 8 p.m. PT for a purposeful presentation of only premium prog – right here on your favorite community radio station, KDRT 95.7 fm + KDRT.org. Listen on demand via the web and the podcast apps!

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Jazz After Dark, Dec. 2, 2025

Tue, 12/02/2025 - 5:00pm | Don Shor

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Jazz from 1928 to 1941 tonight:

  • Louis Armstrong, West End Blues
  • The Mills Brothers, Tiger Rag
  • Benny Goodman and His Orchestra, Moonglow
  • Ozzie Nelson, Dream a Little Dream of Me
  • Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra, You Are My Lucky Star
  • Billie Holiday & Teddy Wilson and His Orchestra, Carelessly
  • Billie Holiday, I Gotta Right to Sing the Blues
  • Ivie Anderson, It Don't Mean a Thing if It ain't Got That Swing
  • Fred Astaire & Johnny Green and His Orchestra, A Fine Romance (A Sarcastic Love Song)
  • Rex Stewart & His 52nd Street Stompers & Duke Ellington, Sugar Hill Shim Sham
  • Fats Waller & His Rhythm, Music, Maestro Please
  • Fats Waller, Two Sleepy People
  • Sidney Bechet with Trixie Smith, Freight Train Blues
  • Sidney Bechet, Muskrat Ramble
  • Coleman Hawkins, One O'Clock Jump
  • Coleman Hawkins, Bugle Call Rag
  • Anita O'Day, Let Me Off Uptown
  • Gene Krupa, Anita O'Day & Roy Eldridge, Amour
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Davisville, Dec. 1, 2025: The silver lining is the public’s response

Mon, 12/01/2025 - 5:30pm | Bill Buchanan

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It’s been a strange year for food relief, marked most recently by the sporadic suspension of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) aid during the federal government shutdown this fall. Today on Davisville we talk with two people deeply involved in different areas of Davis food relief: Liane Moody, executive director of the Short Term Emergency Aid Committee, and Max Morgan from the Davis Night Market. They talk about what they’ve seen this year, the growing demand for food assistance, underlying causes, and short- and long-term ideas that could reduce the problem.

We talk about prospects for 2026. “The skeptic in me says, oh, this is going to keep getting worse,” Morgan says. “The one big optimistic point, which Liane [talks] about too, is the way the community has stepped up support as things have hit a whole another nadir. It’s really impressive.”

The photo shows food and gifts collected and given away during STEAC’s holiday program in 2021.

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Andy Schmidt presents a journey of a playlist, on Listening Lyrics, Nov. 28, 2025

Fri, 11/28/2025 - 5:40pm | Pieter Pastoor

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This week on Listening Lyrics, Andy Schmidt joined me in the KDRT studio to share a playlist that mirrors his life built on movement, curiosity, and craft.

Andy is a journey all by himself. An accomplished bassist, entrepreneur, avid bicyclist, master handyman, sail maker, kayak builder, storyteller—you name it, he’s probably done it, made it, or fixed it. Stepping into Andy’s world is like walking into a friendly windstorm: You just keep moving, lean into the energy, and enjoy the ride.

His playlist reflects that whirlwind spirit. Each track takes us somewhere new, offering a glimpse into the rhythm and momentum that fuel Andy’s life. If you’d like to see another side of his creativity, check out his custom bicycle basket and frame bags at Lords Luggage.

Listening Lyrics playlist for 11/28/2025
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The Electric Compost Heap – Post-Thanksgiving 2025

Fri, 11/28/2025 - 5:30pm | Dug Deep

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Tonight (Friday) at 6 Pacific on The Electric Compost Heap, yer host Dug Deep features tunes for late fall, cold foggy nights, and leftovers in the fridge! Serving it up hot at KDRT.org, community radio for Davis, CA!

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Davis Garden Show, Nov. 27, 2025

Thu, 11/27/2025 - 12:00pm | Don Shor

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Today's topics: the plants of Thanksgiving, holiday plant toxicity, a listener’s frost protection box, fireblight, coastal tomatoes, female ginkgoes, and more.

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Dashboard Diaries -- Nov. 27, 2025

Thu, 11/27/2025 - 11:31am | RayK

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This week on Dashboard Diaries, host RayK gives thanks with a live musical tribute to home, family, bountiful food and, of course, the prevention of grease fires and clogged drains. Joined by a relative or three, Ray will try to fill that quiet void between the parade, dog show, football games and dinner. So pull up a chair and let’s dig in!

Tune in Thursday, 3-4 p.m. on KDRT.org or anytime.

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IMPLOSION – 26 November 2025

Wed, 11/26/2025 - 4:00pm | Nick Saloman

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This week (and every week), we are extremely thankful for Nick Saloman, who brings us yet another new edition of IMPLOSION!  We'll hear psych-tinged tunes from the Attack, Ian & the Zodiacs, the Movement, Odel Brown & the Organ-izers, and more, complemented by commentary from Nick himself. Tune in every Wednesday at 8 p.m. Pacific here on KDRT 95.7 fm + KDRT.org. Listen at your pleasure via the web and the podcast apps. Happy Thanksgiving!

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