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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.

 

OUR PROGRAMS

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 Friday 8-9am
DJ(s): 
Cody Westergaard, ChuckGarcia7
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The Audio Ecotone

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"We have a tropical situation where there are thousands of 'species' of music around and they're all constantly cross-breeding and hybridizing. It's very exciting, but you can't keep up with it easily." -- Brian Eno

Live Friday 3-4pm
Replays Tuesday 7-8am, Saturday 6-7pm
DJ(s): 
Eddy Owt
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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 Wednesday 7-8am, Sunday 9:30-10:30pm
DJ(s): 
Ned, Connections Clyde
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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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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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Davisville, Nov. 1, 2021: It's not only the pandemic that's making labor scarce

Mon, 11/01/2021 - 5:30pm | Bill Buchanan

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We're living in a labor shortage, and signs like this one in downtown Davis aren't hard to find. The pandemic is a huge part of the reason but other factors are also at work, such as childcare, more people working for themselves, the cushion provided by benefits and a high savings rate, and baby boomers retiring. And yet California has the highest unemployment rate of any state except Nevada.

Today's guest is Suzy Taherian, a lecturer in the Graduate School of Management at the University of California at Davis, and the chief financial officer of Xpansiv, an international company based in San Francisco. She describes conditions she and other CFOs are seeing as we talk about reasons for the labor shortage, including some you might not have heard yet; how employers are responding; how it might resolve; and how employees can take advantage of the opportunities it presents.

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Local bands are back live: Gold Souls, Boca Do Rio, Big Sticky Mess, and Adrian West, featured on Listening Lyrics

Fri, 10/29/2021 - 4:00pm | Pieter Pastoor

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Hooray! Slowly the local music scene is coming back to life.

This week (Oct. 29) on Listening Lyrics we feature the music of four local bands that have gigs this weekend: The Gold Souls (pictured), Boca Do Rio, Big Sticky Mess and The Adrian West Band. Also in the playlist are some tunes to bring this hour to one heck of a close.

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Live Tracks, Oct. 28, 2021: … or should we say, Terror Tracks?

Thu, 10/28/2021 - 9:10pm | Jim Buchanan

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Gather ‘round your device — better yet, find a set of 1960s stereo speakers, or even a cathedral radio lit by the warm orange glow of 1930s tube technology — and tune in for this year’s Halloween edition of Live Tracks.

We have treats for you: music, stories of spooky doings, and two skits from the Davis Tales of Terror Theatre Troupe, aired tonight for the first time anywhere.

Local moody music selections include a live recording of "She's Waiting" by Rita Hosking and Cousin Jack, and  selections from Bill Scholer's "Haunted Highway" album and Roger Kunkel's "Guitar Solo."

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Davis Garden Show, Oct. 28, 2021

Thu, 10/28/2021 - 12:00pm | Don Shor

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Today's topics include:

  • rainfall totals
  • fall planting
  • apples for California
  • fava beans
  • getting rid of bamboo

and more!

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The Folk Brothers for Oct. 27, 2021: The Clock Winds Down

Wed, 10/27/2021 - 11:10am | Peter Schiffman

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This morning we debuted a new track, "Clock Winds Down," from Christy Moore's forthcoming album Flying Into Mystery. It's a dystopian take on the effects of climate change as penned by Seattle songwriter Jim Page. Also on today's show: a beautiful, new rendition of Kate McGarrigle's "Talk To Me Of Mendocino" from Karine Polwart and Dave Milligan, as well as new tracks from Dublin's Irish/Americana group I Draw Slow, Glasgow's Assynt, Nashville-based fiddler/realtor Christian Sedelmeyer, and San Francisco-based Noctamble. And much more!

The Folk Brothers playlist for 10/27/2021
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Jazz After Dark October 26 2021

Tue, 10/26/2021 - 5:00pm | Don Shor

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Tonight on Jazz After Dark, jazz from 1936 to 2013. We'll hear from Chu Berry, Benny Goodman (Helen Ward vocals), Billie Holiday, Jazz At the Philharmonic 1947, Eddie Lockjaw Davis With Paul Gonsalves, Artie Shaw, Sonny Clark, Anita O'Day, Gerry Mulligan, Joe Henderson, Billy Butler, and Jimmy Rosenberg.

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Lost, then found: Guitars of Jimmy Page, Smashing Pumpkins, Peter Frampton and The Guess Who, on Listening Lyrics

Fri, 10/22/2021 - 4:00pm | Pieter Pastoor

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Today on Listening Lyrics (Oct. 22) we have incredible stories of guitars that were lost or stolen for up to 45 years, and were then returned to their owners. These four stories involve Jimmy Page (Led Zeppelin), Peter Frampton (Humble Pie), Billy Corgan (Smashing Pumpkins), and Randy Bachman ( Guess Who).

The photo shows Frampton and his guitar that was destroyed in a plane crash (or so he thought), and was returned to him 30 years later.

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Davis Garden Show, Oct. 21, 2021

Thu, 10/21/2021 - 12:00pm | Don Shor

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On today's program:

  • Water movement in soils
  • pruning roses (or not)

and more!

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The Folk Brothers for Oct. 20, 2021: Siccar Point

Wed, 10/20/2021 - 11:10am | Peter Schiffman

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In summer 1788, geologist James Hutton sailed along the coast south of Edinburgh to Siccar Point, where outcropings of vertically-tilted gray slate were (and still are) overlain by nearly flat-lying red sandstone. A product of the Scottish Enlightment, Hutton correctly reasoned that it would be impossible to explain what he observed in the context of an Earth that was -- as then believed -- only 6,000 years old.

Hutton is considered the father of modern geology, and the first who proposed the concept of "deep time." On their new album, Karine Polwart and Dave Milligan tell the story of Siccar Point much more elegantly. Also on today's show, new music from Jason Isbell, Two Bird Stone, Adam Holmes, Martyn Joseph, Geoff Muldaur, and Norman Blake.

The Folk Brothers playlist for 10/20/2021
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Jazz After Dark October 19 2021

Tue, 10/19/2021 - 5:00pm | Don Shor

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Tonight on Jazz After Dark: spanning the 1930s to the 1990s. We’ll hear from Fred Astaire, Charlie Christian, Count Basie, Erroll Garner, Miles Davis, Thelonious Monk & Sonny Rollins, Buster Bailey, Doris Day, Peter Appleyard Orchestra, Vince Guaraldi Trio, Gabor Szabo, George Benson with The McCoy Tyner Trio, and Lee Konitz & the Brazilian Band.

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