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About Us

KDRT is low-power grassroots radio located in Davis, California, airing an eclectic mix of music and public affairs programming, and building community by promoting dialogue, encouraging artistic expression, and acting as a forum for people who typically lack media access. Noncommercial radio KDRT 95.7 FM is a project of Davis Media Access (DMA.) DMA is a 501(c)(3) non-profit corporation. Our mission reflects our values: localism, social equality, public participation, media literacy, diversity, and, of course, community media. Read more...

OUR PROGRAMS

The News Cycle

The Davis Senior High School's Blue Devil Hub produce this weekly show for the Davis community. The show dives into issues relevant to students and residents. In addition to KDRT, you can find the show at bluedevilhub.com. It is broadcast on 95.7 KDRT at 8 AM on Mondays and noon on Tuesdays.

Live Monday 8-8:10am

Replays Tuesday 5-5:10pm

DJ(s):

md79922

Homepage URL:

Davis Hub

Album of the Week

With a rotating cast of hosts and in-depth exploration of entire albums, Album of the Week brings a fantastically fun hour to the airwaves.

Live Wednesday 4-5pm

Replays Sunday 1-2pm

DJ(s):

Don Shor, Pieter Pastoor, David A. Reynolds, Frank aka Dr Doowop Fox, Darrick, Nancy Flagg, Wayne Hagen, Alison B, Ned

Cowboy Tracks

Join Nancy around the campfire to hear authentic Western Roots music and cowboy poetry. Something deep in your soul will resonate to stories from the early wranglers, Mexican vaqueros, old West adventurers, Silver Screen buckaroos, contemporary real cowboys, and all who appreciate wide open spaces, freedom, and the western lifestyle.

Live Wednesday 1-2pm

Replays Wednesday 11pm-Thursday 12am, Friday 1-2pm

DJ(s):

Nancy Flagg

Homepage URL:

Cowboy Tracks

Davis Garden Show

Nursery pro Don Shor has been gardening and selling plants in Davis for more than three decades. Join Don and co-host Lois Richter as they discuss and answer your questions on all things for the garden. To submit a question (or a brag!) send to gmail.com for DavisGardenShow.

Live Thursday 12-1pm

Replays Saturday 9-10am

DJ(s):

Lois Richter, Don Shor

Homepage URL:

Davis Garden Show on the Web

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 we just talk.

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

Live Thursday 11am-12pm

Replays Saturday 7-8am

DJ(s):

Lois Richter

More programs ...

Davisville, Feb. 13, 2017: Davis Hunts Sweet Spot for its Budding Marijuana Law

Mon, 02/13/2017 - 7:55pm | Bill Buchanan

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Davis is calmly (at least so far) going about the business of creating a city marijuana law, now that Proposition 64 has legalized recreational use of pot in California. The state ballot measure gave Davis, like every town in the state, several choices: Allow growing outdoors? Do you permit retail marijuana shops, and if so where? What about enforcement? How will all this synchronize with what the county, state and federal governments opt to do? On today’s show, Davis City Manager Dirk Brazil and Chief Innovation Officer Diane Parro talk about the current status, decisions facing Davis, what other cities are doing, and developments to date, including comments from the first “community conversation” this month.

KDRT LIVE broadcast from Armadillo Music on 2/10/17 at 6:30PM with The Smoke Shovelers

Fri, 02/10/2017 - 9:54am | Pieter Pastoor

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Smoke Shovelers to a KDRT/Armadillo appearance

Second Friday ArtAbout with KDRT and Armadillo Music (207 F Street, Davis CA)

Davis, CA - Feb. 10, 2017 at 6:30PM

This months the Davis 2nd Friday ArtAbout features the Smoke Shoveler’s performing live at Armadillo Music. The performance will be broadcast live using the KDRT mobile DIRT technology.

So if you can not join us at Armadillo Music tune to KDRT 95.7 or via streaming at www.kdrt.org

Jack Symes / Nat Lefkoff visit Listening Lyrics, Friday 2/10/17 at 4 PM PCT

Wed, 02/08/2017 - 5:23pm | Pieter Pastoor

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Jack Symes & Nat Lefkoff vist KDRT

Jack Symes is a singer-songwriter from the LA area but has been living in and performing around the Bay for the last 5 years. A solo act, his music embodies a folky, relaxed tone packed with emotional lyrics and a shaky moustache. Symes recently released his debut EP titled “Gargoyles” and is now out on a 3-month long West Coast tour through April.

Nat Lefkoff: Born and raised in Davis, California, Nat has since toured up and down the West Coast throughout his high school and college careers with a variety of groups and venues. Nat focuses heavily on lyrics and melody as he composes with the goal of creating music that speaks to the experience of being human as we interact with the changing worlds around us.

For those outside the listening area the show will stream live on www.kdrt.org.

Jazz After Dark February 07 2017

Tue, 02/07/2017 - 7:34pm | Don Shor

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Jazz to tap your toes to tonight!

Dinah Washington
Leroy Vinnegar
Ella Fitzgerald & Count Basie
Red Garland
Duke Ellington & Johnny Hodges
Frank Sinatra
Stanley Turrentine
WDR Big Band Köln & Joe Williams with Milt Jackson
Alex Pangman
The Rosenberg Trio
The Anthony Wilson Trio

What Rough Beast visits KDRT Feb 3rd, 2017

Fri, 02/03/2017 - 5:05pm | Pieter Pastoor

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Listen now - to What Rough Beast, an exceptional fusion band. The talent of each individual member shines through in their music. Whatdoes that mean, a depth of sound rarely heard. What Rough Beast is Sacramento based, but their sound is not limited to one geographic location. Members are:

Jon Shapiro - keyboards

Keith Filson - guitar

David Martin - guitar

Bryant Whaley - Bass

Jesse Escobar - Hand percussion

Bob Gibeault - Drums

Mike Rice - Flute/saxophone

Album of the Week - NEW Ty Segall - TH Feb 02

Thu, 02/02/2017 - 4:35pm | Jess Goddèsse

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This week we'll hear the brand spankin' new self-titled release from California's own Ty Segall. Musically brilliant, prolific, and busy, Segall works solo as well as with the fine bands Fuzz, Broken Bat, and GØGGS, and he's a former member of Sic Alps and others. At live performances nowadays, you'll find him backed by the Freedom Band, which comprises Mikal Cronin on bass, Charles Moothart on drums, Emmett Kelly on guitar, and Ben Boye on piano. Tune in Thursday, February 2, 5-6 p.m. PT. Jess Goddesse hosts.

Jazz After Dark January 31 2017

Tue, 01/31/2017 - 7:34pm | Don Shor

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Mostly 70’s jazz tonight: some funk, some sax ballads, and even a little boogie woogie.

Anita O'Day
George Benson
Ella Fitzgerald
Paul Desmond, Modern Jazz Quartet
Charles Kynard
Boogaloo Joe Jones
Grover Washington, Jr
The Crusaders
George Benson
Milt Buckner
Keith Jarrett

Davisville, Jan. 30, 2017: Bad Storms, Mostly Friendly Folks, 6,000 Calories a Day, and Other Tales From Biking 66 While 66

Mon, 01/30/2017 - 6:45pm | Bill Buchanan

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In 2005 Doug Waterman, a retired teacher who lives in Davis, rode his bike solo from Santa Monica to Chicago on Route 66. He also was 66 at the time. A decade later, he has written a book about the trip—“It Only Hurts When I Sit Down: A Bicycle Adventure on Historic Route 66”—and he appears on Davisville today to talk about what he saw along the way. He is joined by his wife Donna, who wrote nightly emails for their friends and family. His recollections include tales of good deeds and usually friendly folks, ghost towns, storms he barely outran, odd moments, and a truck tire he saw explode on the road.

Divine Intervention Strikes - Jan 30

Mon, 01/30/2017 - 6:35pm | Jess Goddèsse

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Temple City Kazoo Orchestra album art

Divine Intervention strikes again -- tonight, to be precise, 7-9p PT. We'll continue with new rock/pop/more from this very month/new year, and we'll worship together for Vinyl Vespers -- which will be a play-along song for those of you with kazoo (or comb) in hand!